Have You Been Paying Attention? rises above the competition

Have You Been Paying Attention? on Ten — all that naughty teasing of Australian netball captain Liz Watson! You are terrible, Sam Pang, but I suppose you do cop a lot of teasing about your playing days at Collingwood! An excellent episode — 889,000 viewers after MasterChef Australia’s 762,000, which saw it top Seven’s Big Brother (579,000) and Nine’s Celebrity Apprentice (536,000). Yes, BB will do well on the streaming and seven-day figures, but so will MasterChef Australia and Have You Been Paying Attention?

In fact over the week from last Monday night (May 30), Have You Been Paying Attention?’s audience lifted by a quarter to an average of 1.095 million and fifth overall in total people (the original audience was 879,000). BB saw a 53% lift in streaming and delayed viewing to 723,000 from 479,000 overnight. That was an impressive percentage jump, but Have You Been Paying Attention? had the eyeballs, as did MasterChef Australia — its audience rose 18% to 893,000 from 757,000. Not as many new eyeballs as BB, but MCA’s overnight lead was maintained.

It was Nine’s night, narrowly, from Seven and Ten, with the ABC fourth. Ten won the night from 7.30pm onwards — from 7.30-9.30pm, Ten’s national audience averaged more than 840,000.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (27.0%)
2. Seven (25.4%)
3. Ten (21.9%)
4. ABC (17.4%)
5. SBS (8.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (18.0%)
2. Seven (17.5%)
3. Ten (16.0%)
4. ABC (12.6%)
5. SBS ONE (4.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.7%)
2. Gem (3.2%)
3. 10 Bold (2.9%)
4. GO (2.8%)
5. 7mate (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.691 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.596 million
3. Nine News — 1.244 million
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.205 million
5. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 995,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 981,000
7. 7pm ABC News — 968,000
8. Have You Been Paying Attention? (Ten) — 880,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 875,000
10. Home and Away (Seven) — 850,000

Top metro programs: Seven News — 1.038 million

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 653,000; Seven News 6.30, 670,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 399,000; Home and Away, 354,000; 7pm ABC News, 320,000.

Losers: Celebrity Apprentice on Nine, Big Brother on Seven.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 1.038 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 989,000
3. Nine News — 929,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 904,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 683,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 648,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 580,000
8. Australian Story (ABC) — 544,000
9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 389,000
10. Four Corners (ABC) — 366,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 415,000/246,000
2. Today (Nine) — 299,000/191,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 267,000/174,000
4. ABC Morning News — 266,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 253,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 167,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 56,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 74,000
2. Credlin (Sky News), AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 66,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 58,000
4. The Kenny Report (Sky News) — 47,000