The Bachette managed 1.06 million national viewers and 828,000 in the metros. The Block grabbed 1.77 million national and 1.21 million viewers in the metros,  Doctor Doctor grabbed a solid 1.16 million nationally and  Nine won the night (again). 

That spike in viewer numbers for Nines Today on Tuesday as the ghouls tuned in to see who would replace Lisa Wilkinson, was as I expected, a one day wonder. On Tuesday Today won nationally with 479,000 viewers and 301,000 in the metros to Sunrise’s 447,000 and 262,000. Yesterday morning Seven’s Sunrise was back in charge — 490,000 national viewers and 284,000 in the metros — and Today, 395,000 nationally and 261,000 in the metros. That has been par for the course from around May onwards. And while Seven News continues to win nationally, it’s been because of big wins in Adelaide and especially Perth, and in the regions, particularly in Queensland. Nine has dominated in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

In regional markets The Block was again on top with 554,000 viewers, from Seven News with 545,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 459,000, Home and Away was fourth with 448,000 and Doctor Doctor was fifth with a solid 428,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.3%)
  2. Seven (24.5%)
  3. Ten (19.8%)
  4. ABC (16.8%)
  5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.5%)
  2. Seven (15.5%)
  3. Ten (14.8%)
  4. ABC (12.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.4%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.8%)
  2. GO (3.4%)
  3. 7mate (3.0%)
  4. ABC 2 (2.8%)
  5. ONE (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.770 million
  2. Seven News  — 1.518 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.385 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.214 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.194 million
  6. Nine/NBN News — 1.168 million
  7. Doctor Doctor (Nine) — 1.163 million
  8. Gruen (ABC) — 1.123 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.118 million
  10. The Bachelor (Ten) — 1.069 million

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.216 million

Losers: Seven, and Ten’s Wrong Girl — Gone, gone girl.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 973,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 926,000
  3. Nine News (6.30pm) — 918,000
  4. Nine News — 908,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 853,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 684,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 537,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 536,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 458,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 345,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) —490,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 395,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 152,000 + 84,000 on News 24) — 236,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 190,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 156,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 136,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 157,000
  2. Love It Or List It Australia (LifeStyle) — 119,000
  3. Escape To The Chateau (LifeStyle) — 62,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 63,000
  5. The Flash (Fox8) — 53,000