A night to forget — except for Ten with Masterchef (1.12 million nationally) again doing well and easily topping Seven’s House Rules  — 936,000 nationally. Naturally Seven and Ten both said they won something from the night. Nine was on top in the main channels, while Seven did better in total people thanks to a strong performance from its digital channels which finished one and two in those rankings. In the Melbourne AFL show battle, Nine’s Footy Show managed 185,000 viewers, Seven’s Front Bar, 183,000. 

In regional markets it was Seven’s night.  Their News bulletin was on top with 608,000 viewers, then Seven News/TT with 506,000, Home and Away was third with 456,000, then the 5.30pm part of The Chaser with 398,000 and fifth was House Rules with 368,000. 

Elsewhere, Ten today announced it had renewed Hughsie: We Have A Problem and Show Me The Movie for second seasons.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (29.6%)
  2. Nine (27.6%)
  3. Ten (20.5%)
  4. ABC (15.4%)
  5. SBS (7.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.1%)
  2. Seven (17.5%)
  3. Ten (15.5%)
  4. ABC (9.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.4%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (5.3%)
  2. 7mate (4.0%)
  3. ABC Kids/Comedy, GO (3.0%)
  4. 7flix, ONE (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.563 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.44 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.251 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.236 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine), Home and Away (Seven) — 1.130 million
  6. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.128 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.004 million
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 950,000
  9. House Rules (Seven) — 936,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: Just a less than average night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 995,000
  2. Nine News — 939,000
  3. Nine News (6.30pm) — 919,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 908,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 785,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 673,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 546,000
  8. Ten Eyewitness News — 450,000
  9. Federal Opposition leader’s Budget Reply (ABC) — 410,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 359,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 466,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 398,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, News 24) — 230,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 197,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 194,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 98,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Wests v North Qld (Fox League) — 236,000
  2. The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 113,000
  3. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 81,000
  4. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 77,000
  5. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 66,000