Flooding rain and invaded Ukraine keep viewers’ eyes on the news

Rain and Ukraine dominated TV viewing on Tuesday. And there’s going to be more of the same today, one could safely say.

Nine won the night because of MAFS (1.210 million viewers) and nearly 1.3 million people (on average) who watched the network’s news from 6-7pm. Seven News averaged just under 1.6 million for the 6-7pm hour. 

Around half a million extra viewers (from a week ago) tuned in for the 6-8pm news and current affairs programs. In the morning, Sunrise and Today kept going. All up, over 300,000 viewers tuned in yesterday on top of the figures for last week.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (33.2%)
2. Seven (26.3%)
3. ABC (17.8%)
4. Ten (14.4%)
5. SBS (8.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (26.2%)
2. Seven (18.4%)
3. ABC (10.9%)
4. Ten (8.5%)
5. SBS ONE (4.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.0%)
2. ABC News (3.8%)
3. 10 Peach (3.0%)
4. ABC Kids/Plus (2.6%)
5. 7Mate (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.625 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.562 million
3. Nine News — 1.339 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.283 million
5. Married At First Sight (Nine) — 1.210 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.035 million
7. 7pm ABC News — 1.022 million
8. Home and Away (Seven) — 890,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 832,000 
10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 677,000

Top metro programs: 

1. Seven News — 1.049 million

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 576,000; Seven News 6.30, 563,000; Nine News, 362,000; Home and Away, 352,000; Nine News 6.30, 341,000.

Losers: Ten generally, Seven’s SAS Australia

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 1.049 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 999,000
3. Nine News — 977,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 942,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 737,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 704,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 550,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 360,000
9. Ten News — 315,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 214,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 479,000/284,000
2. Today (Nine) — 360,000/231,000
3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 351,000/237,000
4. Sunrise Extended (Seven) — 327,000/119,000
5. ABC News Mornings — 331,000
6. Today Extended (Nine) — 271,000/178,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 34,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 58,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) — 55,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 49,000
4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 41,000
5. Newsday, The Kenny Report (Sky News) — 40,000