With The Block Glasshouse in the line up, it was an easy win for Nine in the metros. But in regional markets, it wasn’t good enough and we saw the metro/regional split reappear (even though The Block was the most watched program and 60 Minutes was pretty solid). As a result, Seven won overall in the main channels and in the regions. In both, the ABC was third and Ten was fourth — especially in the regionals. The Block Glasshouse had 2.379 million national/1.664 million metro/714,000 regional viewers. The X Factor’s Live Performance had 1.843 million national/1.131 million metro/712,000 regional viewers. As usual it’s uncompetitive in the vital metro markets.

And the best news from last night? Well, the debut episode of the ABC’s new thriller, The Code had more viewers than the rubbishy Big Brother on Nine — 1.165 million national/771,000metro/395,000 regional viewers) to 996,000 national/667,000 metro/329,000 regional viewers. That renews my faith in TV viewers (and with Bringing Sexy Back having been “vaulted” by Seven, we still have to see off The Bachelor on Ten).

And speaking of Sexy, eagle-eyed viewers will have noticed that Bringing Sexy Back has gone from the Seven schedule (and was the trigger for the attack on host Sam Armytage by Sydney Daily Telegraph gossip writer and former Nine Network flackette, Annette Sharp). All the produced episodes of Sexy have been broadcast, so its dead, gone, finished! With The Brownlow Medal on Seven/7mate tonight (and Fox Footy on pay TV), Seven has shifted The X Factor nationally to Tuesday night, as it has done in previous years. Seven has used these moves to shift The Amazing Race from tonight to Thursday night. Seven is juggling its time slots ahead of the return/arrival of the new series of Dancing With The Stars, fast tracked episodes of The Blacklist, the new series, The Big Adventure and Beauty and The Geek Las Vegas (yes, that one is coming back and making its usual late dash for Turkey of The Year).

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.5%)
  2. Seven (28.7%)
  3. ABC (16.6%)
  4. Ten (16.4%)
  5. SBS (6.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (25.9%)
  2. Seven (20.7%)
  3. ABC 1 (12.3%)
  4. Ten (10.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.3%)
  2. 7mate, ONE (3.7%)
  3. GO (3.0%)
  4. Gem (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Glasshouse (Nine) — 2.379 million
  2. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.848 million
  3. Seven News — 1.845 million
  4. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) – 2.171 million
  5. The X Factor Live Performance (Seven) — 1.843 million
  6. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.679 million
  7. ABC1 News — 1.275 million
  8. The Code (ABC 1) — 1.165 million
  9. Big Brother (Nine) — 996,000
  10. Dr Who (ABC1) — 977,000

Top metro programs:

  1. The Glasshouse (Nine) — 1.664 million
  2. Seven News — 1.225 million
  3. Nine News — 1.220 million
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.211 million
  5. The X Factor Live Performance (Seven) — 1.131 million
  6. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.058 million

Losers: Ten was weak again, but that’s by design.Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.225 million
  2. Nine News — 1.220 million
  3. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.211 million
  4. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.058 million
  5. ABC1 News — 841,000
  6. Ten News — 451,000
  7. SBS News — 195,000

Morning TV:

  1. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 339,000
  2. Insiders (ABC 1, 252,000, 79,000 on News 24) — 331,000)
  3. Weekend Today (Nine) — 257,000
  4. Landline (ABC 1) — 240,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC 1) — 191,000
  6. Financial Review Sunday (Nine) — 173,000
  7. The Bolt Report (Ten) — 134,000
  8. The Bolt Report repeat (Ten) — 123,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. Fox 8  (3.0%)
  2. Foxtel Movies (2.4)
  3. TVHits!  (2.4%)
  4. LifeStyle  (2.1%)
  5. Fox Sports 3 (1.9%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. The Simpsons (Fox8) — 70,000
  2. The Simpsons (Fox8) — 70,000
  3. Delivery Man (Foxtel Movies) — 69,000
  4. The Simpsons (Fox8) — 64,000
  5. The Simpsons (Fox8) – 62,000

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