Olivia Newton John: Hopelessly Devoted To You (what a mouthful) was the queen last night on Seven. Well sort of with 1.16 million nationally, which was nowhere near good enough for all the money spent on it. Were the 70’s really that bad, and the 80s? So will viewers return next Sunday? Seven hopes so, but by that showing last night — nah. The figures for House Rules were softer, 1.10 million nationally for a reveal (the highest rating ep each week). But with the 6pm News (1.57 million and tops), the network managed to top total people, run second in the main channels behind Nine, but snaffle the main demos narrowly, with Ten a distant third. 

Nine’s ep of The Voice was the second most watched program nationally with 1.46 million and it has momentum (which House Rules is struggling to find). Ten’s Masterchef was squeezed — 930,000 nationally. In the morning Insiders with 537,000 was clearly preferred on Mother’s Day morning. I loved how the commentators on Nine’s NRL and on Seven’s AFL kept mentioning Mother’s Day and mums as though they were tuning in to the broadcasts in their droves. 60 Minutes got good figures (1.22 million nationally) for a MH 370 story.

In the regions Seven News was on top with 460,000, with The Voice second with 444,000, then the Olivia Newton John biopic with 432,000, Nine/NBN News was with 4328,000 and House Rules was with 415,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (31.6%)
  2. Nine (29.0%)
  3. Ten (16.6%)
  4. ABC (15.3%)
  5. SBS (7.4%)

Network main channels🙂

  1. Nine (23.0%)
  2. Seven (21.3%)
  3. Ten (12.7%)
  4. ABC (10.3%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.7%)
  2. 7TWO (3.1%)
  3. ABC Kids/Comedy (3.0%)
  4. GO (2.9%)
  5. 7flix (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.570 million
  2. The Voice  (Nine) — 1.468 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.440 million
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.228 million
  5. Olivia Newton John (Seven) — 1.167 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.078 million
  7. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 930,000
  8. Prince Harry: Four Weddings… (ABC) — 828,000
  9. Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence (ABC) — 760,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.090 million
  2. Nine News — 1.012 million
  3. The Voice (Nine)  — 1.004 million

Losers: Seven’s Olivia Newton John — not so devoted a call from viewers.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.090 million
  2. Nine News — 1.012 million
  3. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 872,000
  4. 7pm ABC News – 717,000
  5. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 488,000
  6. Ten Eyewitness News — 299,000
  7. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 282,000
  8. SBS World News — 128,000

Morning (National) TV: 

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 537,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 409,000
  3. Weekend Today (Nine) — 388,000
  4. Landline (ABC) — 287,000
  5. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 267,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC) — 230,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL Canberra v Cronulla (Fox League) — 236,000
  2. NRL Souths v St George (Fox League) — 227,000
  3. AFL: Collingwood v Geelong (Fox Footy) —208,000
  4. AFL: North Melbourne v Richmond (Fox Footy) —180,000
  5. AFL: Bounce (Fox Footy) — 114,000