Seven’s night, although Nine and Ten could also claim success in some of the demos. Nine had a case of having absolutely nothing of interest after 7.30 pm. Its House Rules spoiler, Buying Blind, headed lower on the second night out — 786,000 viewers nationally against 898,000 for the debut a week earlier. That is not a keeper. Over on the ABC, 7.30 suffered another weak night with 721,000 nationally, which was lower than Back In Time For Dinner (825,000) an hour later. Ten though has Masterchef with 1.16 million, the second most watched non-news program after House Rules, 1.17 million nationally. In breakfast, Sunrise with 449,000 easily beat Today with 326,000.

In the regions Seven’s 6pm News led the night with 609,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 510,000 followed by House Rules with 461,000, Home and Away with 430,000, and 5.30pm bit of The Chase Australia with 399,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.6%)
  2. Nine (25.5%)
  3. Ten (21.8%)
  4. ABC (16.9%)
  5. SBS (572%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (18.7%)
  2. Ten (15.9%)
  3. Nine (15.7%)
  4. ABC (11.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (4.9%)
  2. 7mate (4.7%)
  3. Gem (3.7%)
  4. 7TWO (3.2%)
  5. ONE (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.740 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.571 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.326 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.289 million
  5. House Rules (Seven) — 1.174 million
  6. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.161million
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.143 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.117 million
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.073 million
  10. 7pm ABC News — 1.031 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.131 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.063 million
  3. Nine News — 1.007 million

Losers: Buying Blind, Today on Nine, 7.30 on the ABC.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.131 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.063 million
  3. Nine News — 1.007 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 966,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 782,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 691,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 580,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 484,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 458,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 364,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 449,000
  2. Today (Nine) —326,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 248,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 242,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 182,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 91,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 91,000
  2. Back Page (Fox Sports) — 62,000
  3. Jones & Co (Sky News) — 61,000
  4. The Bolt Report (Sky News), Open Mike (Fox Footy) —54,000