Is Nine’s Today program yesterday’s hero?

NRL played well for Nine (523,000 nationally, plus another 252,000 on Fox League on pay TV) but Seven snuck home with a win in total people, although the rugby helped Nine to a narrow win in the main channels and Ten prospered with MasterChef (620,000 nationally) and Gogglebox (746,000 nationally).

The real story was again breakfast-time TV where Nine’s Today will have its first weekly loss for a year or more after again having a morning with less than 300,000 national and 200,000 metro viewers. The numbers: Sunrise with 386,000 national and 238,000 metro, ABC News Breakfast with 294,000 and 197,000, Today with 281,000 and 185,000.

On Foxtel, Piers Morgan with 30,000 and left right out — he’s number 15 nationally. Week number two in Australia is another down, down week for Rupert’s poster boy.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (27.1%)
2. Nine (25.4%)
3. Ten (21.7%)
4. ABC (15.5%)
5. SBS (10.2%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (18.8%)
2. Seven (17.7%)
3. Ten (15.9%)
4. ABC (10.7%%)
5. SBS ONE (6.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7mate (4.3%)
2. 7TWO (3.8%)
3. 10 Bold (2.8%) 
4. 10 Peach (2.5%)
5. ABC Kids/Plus (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.446 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.421 million
3. Nine News — 1.058 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.026 million
5. 7pm ABC News — 903,000
6. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 854,000
7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 817,000
8. Home and Away (Seven) — 779,000
9. Gogglebox (Ten) — 746,000
10. Home and Away late (Seven) — 705,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 554,000; Seven News 6.30, 535,000; Home and Away, 323,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 322,000; 7pm ABC News, 300,000.

Losers: weak night overall, except for Ten with MasterChef and Gogglebox.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News 6.30 — 891,000
2. Seven News — 887,000
3. Nine News — 794,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 761,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 603,000
6. ACA (Nine) — 564,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 465,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 341,000
9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 309,000
10. 10 News First — 284,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 386000/238,000
2. ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 294,000/197,000
3. Today (Nine) — 281,000/185,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 236,000
5. ABC News Mornings — 216,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 135,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. NRL: Brisbane vs South Sydney (Fox League) — 252,000
2. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 94,000
3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 78,000
4. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 73,000 
5. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 68,000