Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: footy and cooking

Seven’s night in metros and regional markets last night, with the AFL game between Freo and Collingwood doing the job in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Ten’s move to run two episodes of Masterchef Australia back-to-back pushed it up into second place in the main channels and a very close third in total people, and great demos for the night (and a higher audience than a year ago). In the morning Seven’s Sunrise maintained its gap over Today which has faltered this week and found itself unable to match the caravans over on Seven.

The AFL game on Seven had 853,000 national viewers on the main channel and 7mate, and a further 276,000 on Fox Footy on Foxtel, for a total audience of 1.129 million. And, for the weekend: Go Matildas, go!

Network channel share:

1. Seven (30.4%)
2. Nine (24.7%)
3. Ten (24.6%)
4. ABC (16.0%)
5. SBS (4.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (20.6%)
2. Ten (18.8%)
3. Nine (16.5%)
4. ABC (11.2%)
5. SBS ONE (3.5%)

Top digital channels: 

1. 7TWO, GO  (5.1%)
2. 7mate (4.8%)
3. Eleven (3.3%)
4. ABC 2, Gem (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Nine News — 1.512 million
2. Masterchef Australia episode 1 (Ten) — 1.396 million
3. Masterchef Australia episode 2 (Ten) — 1.390 million
4. Seven News — 1.160 million
5. ABC News — 1.129 million
6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.150 million
7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.034 million
8. Nine News 6.30 — 1.009 million
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 943,000
10. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 912,000

Top metro programs:

1. Nine News — 1.105 million
2. Masterchef Australia episode 2 (Ten) — 1.058 million
3. Masterchef Australia episode 1 (Ten) — 1.031 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.009 million

Losers: The AFL game was a solid night of TV if sport is your thing, as was Masterchef Australia. Ten running back to back episodes was a novel move.Metro news and current affairs:

1. Nine News — 1.105 million
2. Nine News 6.30 — 1.009 million
3. Seven News  –  889,000
4. A Current Affair (Nine) – 858,000
5. Seven News/ Today Tonight  – 703,000
6. ABC News – 733,000
7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 657,000
8. 7.30 (ABC) — 607,000
9. Ten Eyewitness News — 592,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 505,000

Morning TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) – 348,000
2. Today (Nine) –  270,000
3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 133,000
4. News Breakfast (ABC 1,  75,000 + 34,000 on News 24) — 109,000
5. Mornings (Nine) — 107,000
6. Studio 1o (Ten) — 49,000

Top pay TV channels:

1. Fox Footy (4.6%)
2. Fox8, LifeStyle  (2.7%)
3. Nick Jr (1.9%)
4. UKTV (1.7%)

Top five pay TV programs:

1. AFL: Fremantle v Collingwood  (Fox Footy) – 276,000
2. AFL: Thursday Night Football (Fox Footy) – 111,000
3. Australia’s Next Top Model (Fox8) — 111,000
4. Matty Johns Big Weekend (Fox Sports 1) — 89,000
5. The Simpsons (Fox8) –  81,000

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