Home and Away saves the day (the evening, actually) for Seven

Ah, Manly being beaten in the NRL — there’s nothing sweeter. Well, actually, there is something just as sweet: Collingwood losing to the Swans.

In the NRL, Manly lost to the Melbourne Storm in the first game of the Indigenous round (499,000 nationally, 238,000 on Foxtel, #1 for the night). The AFL’s Indigenous round continues tonight with the Swans playing Richmond — is Dusty Martin playing for a role at the Swans as Buddy’s successor?

It was Seven’s night because of the strength of the 6-7pm news (an average of 1.47 million), then Home and Away (normal and late eps, which averaged 764,000 from 7-8.30pm). The ABC news with 927,000 and ACA with 825,000 did better, and then 7.30 won the 7.30-8pm slot with 764,000. But Home and Away’s performance meant Seven maintained a higher average and good share in the demos.

Ten’s MasterChef Australia showed some life to average 691,000 from 7.30-8.40pm and won the individual program demos.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (28.1%)
2. Nine (24.5%)
3. ABC (19.2%)
4. Ten (18.8%)
5. SBS (9.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (20.1%)
2. Nine (16.9%)
3. ABC (12.5%)
4. Ten (12.1%)
5. SBS ONE (4.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.3%)
2. ABC Kids/Plus (3.3%) 
3. 10 Bold (2.9%)
4. 9Life, 10 Peach (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.511 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.446 million
3. Nine News — 1.112 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.026 million
5. 7pm ABC News — 927,000
6. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 870,000
7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 825,000
8. Home and Away (Seven) — 807,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 764,000
10. Home and Away — late (Seven) — 702,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 545,000; Seven News 6.30, 539,000; Home and Away, 334,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 333,000; Nine News, 313,000.

Losers: Nine viewers — and Manly supporters.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 966,000
2. Seven News — 907,000
3. Nine News — 797,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 744,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 629,000
6. ACA (Nine) — 569,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 508,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 373,000
9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 343,000
10. Q+A — 334,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 385,000/232,000
2. Today (Nine) — 312,000/200,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 310,000/195,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 274,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 206,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 152,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 48,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. NRL: Melbourne v Manly (Fox League) — 238,000
2. NRL: Late Night With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 103,000
3. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 72,000 
4. Credlin (Sky News) — 58,000
5. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 55,000