Only one program of any interest last night (at least for one or two demos) and that was the penultimate episode of The Bachelorette. Certainly 1.09 million national viewers loved what they saw and will no doubt tune in tonight to see all the faux drama tonight. The Bachelorette was the most watched non-news program last night. Love Island had 301,000 and ends tonight as well. I know which one will grab the brass ratings ring.
Today’s revival continued — 309,000 national and 207,000 metro — but so did Sunrise’s bounce — much higher with 522,000 national and 311,000 metro. Seven’s 6pm news audience held up — over 100,000 more than a week ago — while there was not much change for Nine News or ABC News. In regional Australia, Seven’s 6pm news was tops with 555,000, then Seven News/TT with 527,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 358,000, Home and Away with 343,000 and Motorbike Cops on Seven with 331,000.
Network channel share:
- Seven (26.4%)
- Nine (25.8%)
- Ten (21.6%)
- ABC (18.2%)
- SBS (8.3%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (18.7%)
- Nine (15.8%)
- ABC (13.9%)
- Ten (13.3%)
- SBS ONE (5.1%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 10 Bold (5.1%)
- GO (4.0%)
- Gem (3.6%)
- 7TWO (3.0%)
- ABC Kids/Comedy (2.6%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.518 million
- Seven News/TT — 1.455 million
- The Bachelorette (Ten) — 1.094 million
- Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.054 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.051 million
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 958,000
- 7pm ABC News — 915,000
- Home And Away (Seven) — 911,000
- Gruen (ABC) — 910,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 890,000
Losers: The usual suspect: Flop Island. Will it ever end? Yes, tonight
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News —963,000
- Seven News/TT — 928,000
- Nine News — 791,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 789,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 681,000
- 7pm ABC News — 635,000
- 7.30 (ABC) —541,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 490,000
- Ten News First — 337,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 259,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise: National: 522,000, Metro: 311,000
- Today: National: 309,000, Metro: 207,000
- News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 258,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 232,000
- Today Extra (Nine) —141,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 74,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- Love It Or List It Australia (LifeStyle) — 108,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 60,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 49,000
- Prodigal Son (Fox ONE), Find Me A Beach House (LifeStyle) — 43,000
Hi!
Just saw the movie Official Secrets at the British Film Festival at Nova. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about the whistleblower who exposed the lies and subterfuge of the US/UK governments in the lead-up to the Iraq War. It shows well the issues you routinely focus on: the ambivalence of the media, state bullying, using ‘national security’ to avoid government embarrassment, etc.
It’s a big production with Keira Knightly and Ralph Fiennes. As it’s due for general release in January and will probably reach a wide audience, it may generate more air time and sympathy/support for the Witness K and other whistleblower causes that Crikey has championed.
Thank you for doing what you do. It’s still hard, knowing what I know (thanks to you) while those around me know very little or worse, believe the Murdoch lies and deceptions. But without you, I would despair!
Kelvin
Without you, I would