Seven’s night, again in All People, Nine was a weak second, and Ten pushed the ABC out of third.  In regional markets, Seven again won dominantly, with Nine a weak second and the ABC a strong third, with Ten a distant fourth.

Nothing really stood out. Ten’s Recipe to Riches (807,000 national/608,000 metro/ 199,000 regional viewers) was again a confection of advertising for Woolies and weak content. In its own, unique way, it is a grubbier TV program than say, The Bachelor, while MasterChef is a beacon of TV virtue for the all the plugs for Coles. No wonder around 250,000 people returned to Ten at 8.30pm to watch Under The Dome (1.091 million national/ 784,000 metro/ 307,000 regional viewers), which is a superior bit of TV in comparison.

The ABC started another BBC Science show program at 8.30 pm called Rise of The Continents — it had 1.104 million national/ 718,000 metro/ 389,000 regional viewers which was solid. Brian Cox’s Wonders of Life was more inspiring. Catalysts’s recent special on the universe confirms there’s a solid, million plus audience for these programs around the country, which is heartening news.

Seven News in Sydney copped a whacking from Nine News as bush fires erupted in the north west and outer western suburbs yesterday afternoon. Nine’s 6 pm News had 427,000 viewers last night, 131,000 more than Seven’s News with 296,000. In Melbourne Nine News won 420,000 to 322,000. But Home and Away (1.535 million/ 965,000 metro/ 570,000 regional viewers) and Winners & Losers (1.493 million national/992,000 metro/ 501,000 regional viewers) pushed Seven home.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (30.0%)
  2. Nine (24.8%)
  3. Ten (20.2%)
  4. ABC (19.1%)
  5. SBS (5.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (22.2%)
  2. Nine (18.4%)
  3. Ten (14.2?%)
  4. ABC 1 (13.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.7%)
  2. GO (3.6%)
  3. ABC 2 (3.3%)
  4. 7mate, Eleven (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.845 million
  2. Nine News — 1.803 million
  3. The Force (Seven) — 1.756 million
  4. Border Security (Seven) — 1.664 million
  5. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.535 million
  6. ABC News — 1.514 million
  7. Winners & Losers (Seven) — 1.493 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.278 million
  9. Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.232 million
  10. 7.30 (ABC1) — 1.222 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Nine News — 1.260 million
  2. Seven News — 1.238 million
  3. The Force (Seven) — 1.134 million
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.107 million
  5. Border Security (Seven) — 1.071 million
  6. ABC News — 1.016 million

Losers: No one really, Ten viewers perhaps at 7.30pm, Nine viewers for a generally weak offering.Metro news and current affairs:

  1.  Nine News — 1.260 million
  2. Seven News — 1.238 million
  3. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.107 million
  4. ABC News — 1.016 million
  5. Today Tonight (Seven) — 988,000
  6. 7.30 (ABC1) — 781,000
  7. Foreign Correspondent (ABC1) — 671,000
  8. Ten News — 652,000
  9. The Project (Ten) — 617,000
  10. Insight (SBS ONE) — 224,000

Morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 354,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 320,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC1, 87,000 + 40,000 on News24) — 127,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. TV1 (2.9%)
  2. Fox 8 (2.8%)
  3. LifeStyle (2.4%)
  4. Sky News (2.2%)
  5. FoxSports 1 (2.1%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Australia’s Next Top Model (Fox 8) – 108,000
  2. AFL: 360  (Fox Footy) – 105,000
  3. The Simpsons (Fox 8) – 69,000
  4. Back Page (Fox Sports 1) – 66,000
  5. Tennis: US Open Men’s Singles (Fox Sports 3) – 65,000

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