Seven won the main channels and total people thanks to a solid night for the news (1.77 million from 6-6.30pm) and House Rules (1.399 million). But it didn’t win the main demos — that honour was Ten’s thanks to MasterChef with 1.13 million followed by Have You Been Paying Attention with 1.06 million. That meant more than a million viewers nationally for two hours of prime time for Ten. The ABC ran second with Four Corners averaging 957,000 nationally and Media Watch 885,000, easily in front of Nine’s hour of The Big Bang Theory (644,000 average from 8.45pm) and Seven’s First Dates Australia (707,000 nationally).

In regional markets a clean sweep for Seven with the 6pm News on top with 651,000 viewers, House Rules second with 548,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 543,000, Home and Away with 443,000 and the 5.30 pm bit of The Chase Australiawas with 438,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (27.6%)
  2. Nine (25.0%)
  3. Ten (21.3%)
  4. ABC (18.3%)
  5. SBS (7.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (19.6%)
  2. Ten (16.7%)
  3. Nine (15.7%)
  4. ABC (14.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (4.0%)
  2. 7mate (3.5%)
  3. Gem (3.3%)
  4. ONE (3.1%)
  5. 7TWO (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.773 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.609 million
  3. House Rules (Seven) — 1.399 million
  4. Nine/NBN News  — 1.331 million
  5. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.325 million
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.204 million
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.166 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.149 million
  9. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.136 million
  10. 7pm ABC News — 1.123 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.122 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.066 million
  3. Nine News — 1.013 million

Losers: Nine.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.122 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.066 million
  3. Nine News — 1.013 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 986,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 787,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —763,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 629,000
  8. Four Corners (ABC) — 613,000
  9. Media Watch (ABC) — 574,000
  10. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 572,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 427,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 396,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 239,000
  4. Today Extra (Nine) — 232,000
  5. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 222,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 91,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 104,000
  2. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 80,000
  3. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 64,000
  4. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 56,000
  5. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 51,000