At the weekend, Netflix and Stan got a bit of a workout when I wasn’t watching ABC News for the latest on the US elections, or the rugby test — the newest Battle of Brisbane. That was watched by 599,000 on Ten and a weak 173,000 on Foxtel.
Nine’s The Block (1.41 million for all the program) got a bit of eyeball time, but every time I watch I lose myself in the past — which year is it? It looks so similar and Scott Cam is a blast from the past.
Seven’s Beat The Chasers dipped under a mill nationally (1.05 million a week ago) to 991,000. Drifting lower.
Insiders starred with a surge in viewers for its special 90-minute effort on the US election, interviews with Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd (you’d never see that on Sky News). Insiders’ audience leapt from 663,000 a week ago (for the post-Queensland state election wrap) to 845,000 yesterday. No sign of any boost for Sky News yesterday.
And tonight’s episode of Four Corners already has lots of tongues wagging: who is being naughty and not nice inside the “Canberra Bubble”? An end of a tough year special from the country’s pre-eminent current affairs program. It’s said to be stronger than the Oz’s media section suggests today.
In regional markets Seven News, 483,000; The Block – -Room Winner, 385,000; Beat The Chasers, 361,000; The Block, 353,000, 7pm ABC News, 318,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (32.3%)
- Seven (23.7%)
- Ten (18.6%)
- ABC (18.0%)
- SBS (7.4%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (24.6%)
- Seven (17.4%)
- Ten (13.0%)
- ABC (11.6%)
- SBS ONE (4.9%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (3.5%)
- ABC News (3.2%)
- 10 Bold, ABC Kids/Comedy (2.81%)
- GO (2.7%)
Top 10 national programs:
- The Block — Room Winner (Nine) — 1.45 million
- Seven News — 1.44 million
- The Block (Nine) — 1.36 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.28 million
- Beat The Chasers (Seven) — 991,000
- 7pm ABC News — 978,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 873,000
- Insiders (ABC) — 845,000
- Restoration Australia (ABC) — 983,000
- Junior MasterChef (Ten) — 720,000
Top metro program:
- The Block — Room Winner (Nine) — 1.061 million
- The Block (Nine) — 1.01 million
Losers: When you’re watching the ABC News channel, that says everything about what was on the commercials.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 954,000
- Nine News — 931,000
- 7pm ABC News – 660,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 649,000
- The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 471,000
- The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 334,000
- Ten News First — 312,000
- Nine Late News — 295,000
- SBS World News — 207,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Insiders (ABC, ABC News ) — 845,000
- Weekend Sunrise (Seven) – 459,000
- Landline (ABC) — 403,000
- Offsiders (ABC) — 349,000
- Weekend Today (Nine) – 344,000
- Sports Sunday (Nine) — 211,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- Outsiders (Sky News ) — 80,000
- Outsiders (Sky News ) — 73,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 53,000
- Cricket: WBBL, Heat vs Stars (Fox Cricket ) — 41,000
- In My View (Sky News) — 39,000
The problem with Beat the Chasers is that they’ve stuffed up the format. It’s nothing like the format of The Chase, which is engaging and exciting. If they’d put 4 top grade contestants up against 4 chasers combined, then they’d have had a show. But having struggled through the first week, I couldn’t be bothered with the second.