Tom Gleeson hard quiz TV ratings
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For yet another Wednesday it was the ABC’s night from 7pm onwards as the news (1.08 million), 7.30 (891,000), Hard Quiz (985,000) and Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (842,000) dominated. Nine episode of The Block (890,000) got close from 7.30pm to 8.40pm while the grim reality of COVID-19 intruded on The Bachelor (735,000) where five departures left a few gaps in line up.

In total people, Nine won a dull night, from a very weak Seven, Ten was third and the ABC fourth. In the main channels it was Nine from Seven, the ABC and Ten. Tonight its AFL and NRL and not much else except Gogglebox on Ten for light relief after The Bachelor.

In breakfast Today continues to stabilise with a nice gap to News Breakfast in third. Top was Sunrise, 459,000 national and 252,000 metro viewers, then Today, 333,000 and 228,000, followed ABC News Breakfast, 307,000 and 199,000.

In regional markets it was Seven News, 577,000; Seven News 6.30, 542,000; Home and Away, 373,000; 7pm ABC News 339,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 331,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (26.8%)
  2. Seven (25.0%)
  3. Ten (20.0%)
  4. ABC (18.0%
  5. SBS (10.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (19.7%)
  2. Seven (15.1%)
  3. ABC (14.0%)
  4. Ten (12.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 10 Bold (5.3%)
  2. 7TWO (4.2%)
  3. 7mate (3.8%)
  4. GO, (2.3%)
  5. Gem, 10 Peach (2.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.587 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.516 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.248 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.218 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 1.086 million
  6. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 985,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 962,000
  8. A Current Affair (Nine)  —- 932,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 909,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 891,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.010 million

Losers: All weak, apart from the ABC.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.010 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 924,000
  3. Nine News — 958,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 917,000
  5. 7pm ABC News – 747,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 647,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 596,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 514,000
  9. Ten News First — 372,000
  10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 310,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 459,000/252,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 333,000/228,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 307,000/199,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 228,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 174,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 82,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: Richmond v Fremantle (Fox Footy) — 186,000
  2. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 164,000
  3. Paul Murray Live, Alan Jones (Sky News) — 81,000
  4. AFL: Post Game (Fox Footy) — 71,000