Nine’s night in the metros with a small but clear win over Seven (compared with previous nights) while in the regions, Seven did better. The Block again dominated with more than 1.7 million national viewers. Seven returned First Dates (the local version) at 7.30pm with 1.06 million viewers, and 800 Words an hour later with 1.13 million. Nothing to boast about, but equally nothing there to get the sheep crook out and yank them from the schedule. In fact 800 Words proved the difference for Seven in regional markets 

The House ended with an OK 814,000 for the ABC. It is a pity the program couldn’t have shot a final new ep to take account of the horrible security fence now going up around Parliament House. Tonight the ABC returns Gruen at 8.30pm and we are going to be told that companies know a lot about us that we don’t know — go figure. Ten’s Shark Tank sank again — 655,000 national viewers is nowhere near enough — it and Australian Survivor are teetering on the edge of the ratings abyss.

In regional markets it was Seven News on top with 614,000 viewers, followed by The Block with 529,000, then Seven News/TT with 518,000, Home and Away was fourth with 476,000 and 800 Words was fifth with 442,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (29.4%)
  2. Seven (28.8%)
  3. Ten (18.1%)
  4. ABC (10.8%)
  5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (22.1%)
  2. Seven (19.7%)
  3. Ten (11.8%)
  4. ABC (10.8%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.7%)
  2. ABC 2 (3.5%)
  3. Eleven (3.2%)
  4. ONE (3.1%)
  5. GO, Gem, (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.707
  2. Seven News  — 1.619 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.494 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.273 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.207 million
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.201 million
  7. 800 Words (Seven) — 1.137 million
  8. The Big Bang Theory (Nine) — 1.123 million
  9. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.117 million
  10. First Dates (Seven) — 1.061 million

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.178 million
  2. Seven News — 1.006 million

Losers: Just an average night all round. The Block was the only clear winner, honourable mentions for First Dates and 800 Words.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.060 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 980,000
  3. Nine News (6.30pm) — 970,000
  4. Nine News — 924,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 774,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —708,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 584,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 537,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 437,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 365,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 505,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 438,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC,  172,000 + 90,000 on ABC News) — 262,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) —206,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 172,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 123,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. TVHITS  (2.3%)
  2. Sky News (2.1%)
  3. LifeStyle (2.0%)
  4. Fox8  (1.9%)
  5. Fox Classics (1.5%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 83,000
  2. AFL: MVP Awards (Fox Footy) — 71,000
  3. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 61,000
  4. Jones & Co (Sky News) — 59,000
  5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 51,000