Gruen and The Weekly scrape through, but Hard Quiz repeats beat all

It’s a pretty poor state of affairs when, for me, the Hard Quiz (212,000 nationally) repeat at 5.30pm on ABC TV is the highlight of the night.

Gruen (712,000) at 8pm and Charlie Pickering’s The Weekly (632,000) at 8.30pm were OK, but not all that funny. Tom Gleeson and the cast of quizetters and quizettes he assembles certainly are, even in repeat.

Seven’s night from Nine, Ten and the ABC. And Bluey — a total of 834,000 viewers yesterday — 484,000 for the AM ep, 350,000 for the afternoon reminder. Seven’s Big Brother, 484,000. It will get more from BVOD especially, but Bluey wins hands down for the pleasure it brings its fans.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (26.7%)
2. Nine (26.2%)
3. Ten (20.8%)
4. ABC. (17.9%)
5. SBS (8.1%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (18.8%)
2. Nine (17.8%)
3. Ten (14.3%)
4. ABC (13.2%)
5. SBS ONE (3.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.1%)
2. Gem (3.5%)
3. 10 Peach (3.2%)
4. 10 Bold (2.7%)
5. ABC Kids/Plus, ABC News, 9Life, (2.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.484 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.408 million
3. Nine News — 1.091 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.075 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 848,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 843,000
7. The Chase Australia 5.30 (Seven) — 823,000
8. 7.30 (ABC) — 738,000
9. Home and Away (Seven) — 730,000
10. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 725,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.

Regional top 5: Seven News, 599,000; Seven News 6.30, 551,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 329,000; Nine News, 304,000; Nine News 6.30, 302,000.

Losers: It was a three-dog night.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 895,000
2. Seven News 6.30 — 858,000
3. Nine News— 787,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 773,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 577,000 
6. 7pm ABC News — 548,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 484,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 387,000
9. Ten News First — 306,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 260,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 377,000/215,000
2. Today (Nine) — 296,000/191,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 258,000/160,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 270,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 212,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 159,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 61,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) — 58,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 54,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 46,000
5. The Kenny Report (Sky News) — 41,000