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Glenn Dyer

The ABC’s Old People’s Home for Teenagers closes its doors

It was Nine’s night easily from Seven, the ABC and Ten on another dull Tuesday night — The Block on Nine attracted 1.038 million, Farmer Wants A Wife on Seven 832,000. The ABC’s Take 5 With Zan Rowe — this episode travelling to Nashville to talk tunes with Keith Urban — drew 488,000, and the Old People’s Home for Teenagers finale got in 509,000. The Amazing Race Australia on Ten is still lost with 432,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (30.2%)
  2. Seven (27.7%)
  3. ABC (17.5%)
  4. Ten (16.5%)
  5. SBS (8.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.3%)
  2. Seven (19.6%)
  3. ABC (12.1%)
  4. Ten (10.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.8%)
  2. ABC Kids/Plus (2.9%)
  3. 7TWO, Gem, 10 Peach (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.410 million
  2. Seven News — 1.393 million
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.117 million
  4. Nine News — 1.102 million
  5. The Block (Nine) — 1.038 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.027 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 875,000
  8. Farmer Wants a Wife (Seven) — 832,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 786,000
  10. Home and Away (Seven) — 758,000

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

Losers: viewers on another weak Tuesday night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 895,000
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 893,000
  3. Nine News — 842,000
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 839,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 716,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 590,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 467,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 317,000
  9. Ten News First — 260,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 210,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 343,000/197,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 299,000/192,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast — 272,000/175,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 242,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 213,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 164,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 35,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 47,000
  2. Credlin (Sky News) — 44,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 41,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 40,000
  5. Basketball: Women’s World Cup (ESPN) — 33,000
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