Seven’s night again thanks to The Good Doctor — but once again viewers flocked to the digital channels and their collective share last night of free-to-air viewing was 31.1%, up from the 30% for Monday night. The Good Doctor averaged 1.73 million viewers, not much different to the previous Tuesday night peak of 1.79 million viewers. That made it the most watched program on the night and it was also in the same slot in the metros (1.131 million) and 597,000 in the regions. Seven’s Instant Hotel did well with 1.156 million viewers across the country and Seven News easily won the hour from 6pm to 7pm. The end result was Seven winning metros, regions and nationally. In fact After the 597,000 for The Good Doctor in regional markets, Seven News attracted 564,000 people, Seven News/TT, 474,000, Instant Hotel, 439,000 and Home and Away, 428,000 in fifth spot.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (32.5%)
  2. Nine (26.8%)
  3. Ten (17.3%)
  4. ABC (15.6%)
  5. SBS (7.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (24.1%)
  2. Nine (17.9%)
  3. Ten (11.5%)
  4. ABC (10.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (3.9%)
  2. 7mate (3.6%)
  3. ABC 2 (3.5%)
  4. 7TWO, Gem (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

    1. The Good Doctor (Seven) — 1.727 million
    2. Seven News  — 1.574 million
    3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.380 million
    4. Instant Hotel (Seven) — 1.156 million
    5. Nine/NBN News — 1.130 million
    6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.120 million
    7. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.101 million
    8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.045 million
    9. 7pm ABC News — 1.029 million
    10. The Chaser Australia 5.30pm (Seven) —938,000

Top metro programs:

  1. The Good Doctor (Seven) – 1.131 million

Losers: Nine, running dead until the Ashes Test cricket starts next week.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 960,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 906,000
  3. Nine News — 888,000
  4. Nine News (6.30pm) —858,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 764,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 714,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 630,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 490,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 426,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 328,000

Morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 494,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 400,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 171,000 + 89,000 on News 24) — 260,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 213,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 158,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 116,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Jones & Co (Sky News) — 63,000
  2. The Great British Bake-Off (LifeStyle Food) — 56,000
  3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 54,000
  4. Family Guy (Fox8) — 50,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 49,000

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