Seven won thanks to the Big Bash League game — 524,000 nationally — and more than 1.32 million for the 6-7pm news hour. Ten brought us the second episode of The Bachelors Australia — 373,000, down from 405,000 for Monday’s premiere ep. Nine, Ten and the ABC were behind Seven, in that order.
Network channel share:
- Seven (31.7%)
- Nine (26.0%)
- Ten (16.6%)
- ABC (15.2%)
- SBS (10.4%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (22.2%)
- Nine (17.4%)
- Ten (10.1%)
- ABC ONE (9.9%)
- SBS (4.9%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (4.5%)
- 7TWO (3.7%)
- Gem (3.1%)
- 10 Bold, 10 Peach (2.8%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.334 million
- Seven News 6.30pm — 1.317 million
- Nine News — 917,000
- Nine News 6.30pm — 905,000
- 7pm ABC News — 794,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 769,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 765,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 733,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 558,000
- Cricket: Big Bash League (Seven) — 524,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News, 458,000; Seven News 6.30, 457,000; Home and Away, 296,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 245,000; 7pm ABC News, 243,000.
Losers: a typical Tuesday night, in or out of ratings — boring.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News 6.30pm — 877,000
- Seven News — 859,000
- Nine News — 681,000
- Nine News 6.30pm — 668,000
- 7pm ABC News — 551,000
- ACA (Nine) — 542,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 383,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 275,000
- Ten News First — 213,000
- The Project 6.30pm — 194,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 372,000/213,000
- Today (Nine) — 247,000/169,000
- ABC News Breakfast — 232,000/143,000
- ABC News Mornings — 218,000
- The Morning Show Summer (Seven) — 180,000
- Today Extra Summer (Nine) — 115,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 181,000
- Cricket: BBL Big Break (Fox Cricket) — 164,000
- Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 151,000
- Cricket: B4 The Bash (Fox Cricket) — 85,000
- Cricket: BBL Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 50,000
