Seven won thanks to My Kitchen Rules (2.310 million national/ 1.543 million/ regional) and Packed To The Rafters (2.042 million national/ 1.316 million/ regional). which more than accounted for The Voice (2.614 million national/ 1.895 million/ regional) on Nine. And that was the night. Ten was a bit stronger than Monday night, The ABC was its usual middling self for a Tuesday night. end of story. Seven was also a big winner in regional markets through Prime/7Qld. It was the second Tuesday in a row that Seven has had a solid win in all people and the main channels over Nine and The Voice.

Seven now leads the week in both metro and regional markets (where My Kitchen Rules again beat The Voice as the most watched program for a second night, 768,000 to 717,000 viewers). In metro markets, The Voice beat MKR in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, but the tables were again tuned in Adelaide and Perth.

Ten’s The Biggest Loser had another weak night averaging 740,000 national/ 531,000 metro/ 209,000 regional viewers.

Nine’s news won Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane last night, and Seven won Adelaide and Perth (by enough to overtake the margins Nine had on the east coast). Notice how Seven’s biggest loss was again in Melbourne, losing by 62,000. Seven news still won the metros and nationally, but the headache in Melbourne won’t go away and Sydney is still weak (losing by 16,000). A Current Affair won Sydney and Melbourne by 50,000 and 63,000, and lost the rest to Today Tonight (Brisbane by 1000), which won national and in the metro markets.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (32.9%)
  2. Nine (29.6%)
  3. Ten (15.8%)
  4. ABC (15.6%)
  5. SBS (6.1%)

Network main channels: 

  1. Seven (26.1%)
  2. Nine (24.8%)
  3. ABC1  (12.0%)
  4. Ten (11.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.1%)

Top 5 digital channels:

  1. 7TWO (3.9%)
  2. GO, 7mate  (2.9%%)
  3. Eleven (2.5%)
  4. ABC2 (2.3%)
  5. Gem (1.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Voice (Nine) – 2.614 million
  2. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) – 2.310 million
  3. Packed To The Rafters (Seven) – 2.042 million
  4. Seven News — 1.950 million
  5. Nine News — 1.733 million
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.448 million
  7. ABC1 News — 1.301 million
  8. Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.346 million
  9. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.217 million
  10. New Tricks (ABC1, repeat) — 1.081 million>

Metro top programs: 

  1. The Voice (Nine) — 1.895 million
  2. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) — 1.543 million
  3. Packed To The Rafters (Seven) — 1.316 million
  4. Seven News — 1.291 million
  5. Nine News — 1.182 million
  6. Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.081 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.014 million

Losers: Nine is keeping up its ignorant and arrogant programming by ignoring its viewers. They have rejected Two And A Half Men and Anger Management and yet last night there they were in the Nine schedule — Two And A Half  Men was at 9.40pm and averaged a derisory 497,000 national/ 325,000 metro/ 172,000 regional viewers. American Idol was pulled by Ten for figures like that. Then at 10.10pm we got episode one of Anger Management (that’s the bizarro second life for Charlie Sheen) — it averaged an even more laughable 327,000 national/ 211,000 metro/ 116,000 regional viewers. Episode two at 10.40pm averaged 233,000 national/ 148,000/ 85,000 regional. That’s a joke, and Nine doesn’t seem to have anything else to schedule. 

News and current affairs:

  1.  Seven News — 1.291 million
  2. Nine News — 1.182 million
  3. Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.081 million
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) – 1.014 million
  5. ABC 1 News – 887,000
  6. Ten News — 645,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC1) — 630,000
  8. Foreign Correspondent (ABC1) — 517,000
  9. The Project (Ten) — 503,000
  10. Dateline (SBS ONE) — 237,000

Morning TV:

  1. Today (Nine) – 341,000
  2. Sunrise (Seven)  – 333,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC1) – 46,000 + 28,000 on News 24

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. Fox 8 – 3.2%
  2. TV1, lifeStyle – 2.2%
  3. Cartoon Network– 1.9%
  4. Foxtel movies - 1.7%.
  5. Nickelodeon, Fox Classics – 1.6%

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Futurama, Family Guy (Fox 8),  AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 84,000
  2. The Simpsons (Fox 8) – 70,000
  3. Coronation Street (UK TV) – 58,000
  4. The Simpsons (Fox 8) – 56,000
  5. Game of Thrones (Showcase ) – 52,000

Tonight: My Kitchen Rules on Seven and then Criminal Minds. Mad As Hell on ABC1 at 8pm, then The Thick of It at 10pm. Ten has Mr and Mrs Murder at 8.30 pm and then The Good Wife. Nine has three repeats of The Big Bang Theory then double episodes of the weakening series The Following.

Thursday: Don’t forget to march, or sleep in. AFL and NRL during the day on Seven, Nine and pay TV (but not in all markets). The Checkout on ABC1 at 8 pm, Mrs Brown’s Boys on Seven at 8.30pm. Ten has nothing memorable — Jamie Oliver’s 15-Minute Meals at 7.30pm. SBS has its usual concoction of foodie programs. Nine also has the Footy Shows.

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