The Chase leads the race when it comes to Oz versions of foreign formats

Just one of those nothing nights when the 5.30pm portion of Seven’s The Chase Australia can once again be the top-rating non-news program in the nation, its 923,000 viewers ranking it seventh nationally from 5.30-6pm. 

When a cheaply made quiz program that’s a local version of a foreign format (UK, in this case) does better than the expensively made local versions of foreign formats like Lego Masters, MasterChef and Big Brother) you know wised-up viewers are not all that eager to watch FTA TV … nor are they really watching pay TV.

That put it ahead (though in a different timeslot) of Nine’s Lego Masters with a solid 866,000, while MasterChef Australia stagnated with 662,000 and Big Brother fell under 600,000 to 598,000 (but no doubt will do well in the BVOD streaming figures in a week.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (28.2%)
2. Seven (27.2%)
3. Ten (19.4%)
4. ABC (15.8%)
5. SBS (9.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (19.5%)
2. Seven (18.1%)
3. Ten (12.8%)
4. ABC (11.0%)
5. SBS ONE (5.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.1%)
2. 7mate (3.5)
3. 10 Bold (3.2%)
4. Gem (3.1%)
5. 10 Peach (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.577 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.469 million
3. Nine News — 1.196 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.134 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 971,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 948,000
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 923,000
8. Lego Masters (Nine) — 866,000
9. Home And Away (Seven) — 842,000
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 734,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 580,000; Seven News 6.30, 547,000; Home and Away, 341,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 328,000; 7pm ABC News, 327,000.

Losers: just the entire night, really.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 997,000
2. Seven News 6.30 — 922,000
3. Nine News 6.30 — 890,000
4. Nine News — 881,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 668,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 621,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 491,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 391,000
9. Ten News First — 287,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 268,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 393,000/226,000
2. Today (Nine) — 301,000/202,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 279,000/181,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 242,000
5. ABC Morning News — 216,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 153,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 40,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 82,000
2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 62,000
3. Credlin (Sky News) — 48,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 56,000
5. The Repair Shop Australia (LifeStyle) — 51,000