Nine’s night thanks to The Voice (1.47 million nationally) and 60 Minutes (which followed) with 1.04 million. House Rules on Seven (1.19 million) and Sunday Night (913,000), and Ten’s Masterchef Australia (853,000) trailed behind. Shetland returned to the ABC with 807,000 national viewers. Harrow followed and averaged 697,000. And that was the night.
In the morning viewers still returned to Insiders post the May 19 poll — 626,000 nationally and number 11 nationally.
In regional areas Seven News led with 558,000, House Rules next with 454,000, Nine/NBN News with 394,000, The Voice with 380,000 and Sunday Night with 351,000.
Network channel share:
Nine (32.2%)
Seven (30.2%)
ABC (15.9%)
Ten (15.4%)
SBS (6.3%)
Network main channels:
Nine (24.8%)
Seven (20.0%)
Ten (11.5%)
ABC (11.4%)
SBS ONE (4.2%)
Top 5 digital channels:
7mate (5.1%)
GO (3.1%)
7TWO (2.7%)
Gem (2.6%)
ABC Kids/Comedy (2.5%)
Top 10 national programs:
Seven News — 1.68 million
The Voice (Nine) — 1.47 million
Nine/NBN News — 1.43 million
House Rules (Seven) — 1.19 million
60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.04 million
7pm ABC News — 1.03 million
Sunday Night (Seven) — 913,000
Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 853,000
Shetland (ABC) — 807,000
Harrow (ABC) — 697,000
Top metro programs:
Seven News — 1.17 million
The Voice (Nine) — 1.09 million
Nine News — 1.04 million
Metro news and current affairs:
Seven News — 1.17 million
Nine News — 1.04 million
60 Minutes (Nine) — 756,000
7pm ABC News — 685,000
Sunday Night (Seven) — 561,000
The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 435,000
10 News First — 280,000
The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 254,000
SBS World News — 154,000
Morning (National) TV:
Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 626,000
Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 404,000
Landline (ABC) — 382,000
Weekend Today (Nine) —287,000
Sports Sunday (Nine) — 266,000
Offsiders (ABC, ABC News) — 209,000
Top five pay TV programs:
NRL: St George v Cronulla (Fox League) — 227,000
NRL: Canterbury v Melbourne (Fox League) — 169,000
AFL: Fremantle v Brisbane (Fox Footy) — 166,000
AFL: St Kilda v Carlton (Fox Footy) — 146,000
Supercars: Winton Race 14 (Fox Sports) — 135,000
Who cares? Ditto State of Origin. Surely this kind of news is the equivalent to the late Stan Freeberg’s news item on the “Production of hoe handles by the poor people and proletariat in Peru?”