Streaming a saviour for the commercial networks’ reality programs

It made for a weak night when the expensive reality programs were weak. Big Brother on Seven — 473,000; Celebrity Apprentice on Nine — 539,000; MasterChef Australia on Ten averaged 756,000 and helped Have You Been Paying Attention? to 880,000. Between those two shows, Ten’s main channel moved past Seven into second nationally behind Nine (which was helped by the news and A Current Affair’s OK showings). Seven slipped despite another good night for the 6-7pm news hour and Home and Away from 7-7.30pm.

Big Brother will again do well on catch-up and streaming — last Monday night’s audience jumped 48%. Similarly, Celebrity Apprentice saw a 34% gain, MasterChef a 20% gain and Have You Been Paying Attention? a 27%, gain which lifted the overnight audience of 867,000 to 1.105 million.

MasterChef was still in front of Celebrity Apprentice and Big Brother in total viewers after the streaming and catch-up viewing. Catch-up and streaming is helping a weak Big Brother look better, but the boost to MasterChef is far more important.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (25.7%)
2. Seven (25.4%)
3. Ten (22.6%)
4. ABC (18.3%)
5. SBS (8.0%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (18.5%)
2. Ten (16.1%)
3. Seven (15.8%)
4. ABC (13.8%)
5. SBS ONE (4.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.6%)
2. 7mate (3.4%)
3. 10 Bold (3.1%)
4. 10 Peach (2.7%)
5. ABC Kids/Plus (2.2%).

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.681 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.569 million
3. Nine News — 1.281 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.249 million
5. 7pm ABC News — 1.033 million
6. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.025 million
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 969,000
8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 966,000
9. Have You Been Paying Attention? (Ten) — 880,000
10. Home and Away (Seven) — 806,000

Top metro programs: 

1. Seven News — 1.065 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.009 million

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 615,000; Seven News 6.30, 560,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 400,000; 7pm ABC News, 332,000; Home and Away, 327,000.

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

Metro news and current affair

1. Seven News — 1.065 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.009 million
3. Nine News — 967,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 935,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 701,000
6. ACA (Nine) — 682,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 665,000
8. Australian Story (ABC) — 532,000
9. Media Watch (ABC) — 423,000
10. Four Corners (ABC) — 415,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 388,000/236,000
2. Today (Nine) — 289,000/188,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 288,000/191,000
4. Morning News (ABC) — 280,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 241,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 157,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 45,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 71,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) — 70,000
3. F1: Ted’s Notebook (Fox Sports 506) — 66,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 65,000
5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 63,000