Another win for Seven, with the ABC up to second overall. It was the second night in a row that the ABC’s offerings powered it to a solid finish in the main channels.  Four Corners report on the Paradise tax papers averaged 1.12 million national viewers — a good sign of the wide interest among viewers. It won the 8.30pm timeslot easily. Australian Story’s first part of two about Mike Willesee’s life and his struggle with throat cancer did very well — 1.26 million viewers nationally. It was well done and a reminder of his brilliant career.

Seven’s Liar continues to sink — 710,000 national viewers — as does Nine’s Family Food Fight — 708,000 national viewers. All will fade away. Seven’s The Wall got 1.08 million viewers across the country — remember it had more than 1.56 million viewers on its first outing and over 1.3 million second time around. It costs a bit of money and must be starting to approach, or fall below, the ratings/breakeven point. Have You been Paying Attention on Ten is far more cost effective and got 884,000 national viewers last night.

In regional markets Seven News was on top with 568,000 viewers, followed by Seven News/TT with 458,000, Home and Away was third with 437,000. The Wall was fourth with 395,000 and Australian Story was fifth with 390,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (30.6%)
  2. ABC (22.5%)
  3. Nine (21.7%)
  4. Ten (18.1%)
  5. SBS (7.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (20.3%)
  2. ABC (16.9%)
  3. Nine (15.3%)
  4. Ten (11.8%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (5.4%)
  2. 7TWO (4.0%)
  3. ONE (3.7%)
  4. ABC 2 (3.6%)
  5. Eleven (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.533 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.430 million
  3. Australian Story (ABC) — 1.264 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.190 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.186 million
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.148 million
  7. Four Corners (ABC) — 1.126 million
  8. The Wall (Seven) — 1.083 million
  9. 7pm ABC News — 1.082 million
  10. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.065 million

Losers: Liar, The Wall, Seven and Family Food Fight, Nine.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News/Today Tonight — 973,000
  2. Seven News — 965,000
  3. Nine News — 888,000
  4. Nine News (6.30pm) — 874,000
  5. Australian Story (ABC) — 874,000
  6. Four Corners (ABC) — 770,000
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) – 746,000
  8. 7pm ABC News —724,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 724,000
  10. Media Watch (ABC) — 618,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 475,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 402,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 170,000 + 98,000 on News 24) — 268,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 223,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 188,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 146,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Football: Melbourne v Western Sydney (Fox Sports) — 102,000
  2. Football: Melbourne v Western Sydney Post Game Show (Fox Sports) — 90,000
  3. Outlander (showcase) — 78,000
  4. Paul Murray Love (Sky News) — 73,000
  5. The Walking Dead (Fx) — 55,000