Nine’s night with Young Sheldon (1.31 million nationally and down 100,000 from Monday night), the fresh episode of The Big Bang Theory (1.20 million and also sliding) and a repeat of Big Bang at 8.30pm (1.04 million). Young Sheldon was tops nationally in the metros and regions when it started last week. Last night it was third nationally, fourth in the metros and third in the regions, with the audiences at series lows. It is a one off hit and will fade. 

Ten’s Batchelor in Paradise was watched by 985,000 people. Seven and the ABC had nothing of importance — Seven though ran the AFL-skewing The Front Bar last night and it grabbed a solid 527,000, including 139,000 in Melbourne. Sunrise really whacked Today yesterday — 492,000 to 382,000 nationally and 295,000 to 253,000 in the metros. 

In the regions Seven News was on top with 520,000 followed by Seven News/TT with 490,000, was Young Sheldon was third with 421,000, then Home and Away with 408,000, and fourth was The Big Bang Theory with 382,000. 

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.0%)
  2. Seven (25.1%)
  3. Ten (20.2%)
  4. ABC (17.0%)
  5. SBS (6.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (22.2%)
  2. Seven (16.8%)
  3. Ten (14.7%)
  4. ABC (12.3%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (2.7%)
  2. ONE (3.5%)
  3. Gem (3.3%)
  4. 7mate (3.1%)
  5. 9Life (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.661 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.547 million
  3. Young Sheldon (Nine) — 1.317 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.305 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.243 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.232 million
  7. The Big Bang Theory (Nine) — 1.208 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.099 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.065 million
  10. The Big Bang Theory repeat (Nine) — 1.040 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.072 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.056 million

Losers: ABC, Seven.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.072 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.056 million
  3. Nine News (6.30pm) — 960,000
  4. Nine News —937,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 854,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 734,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 573,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 554,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 423,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 362,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 492,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 382,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 176,000 + 74,000 on News 24) — 250,000
  4. Today Extra (Nine) — 180,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 152,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 109,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 74,000
  2. Back Page (Fox Sports), Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 58,000
  3. Jones &Co, (Sky News), Open Mike (Fox Footy) — 53,000