ABC’s Wednesday line-up can’t dethrone MAFS

Nine’s night as MAFS got 1.31 million nationally though the 6pm news dipped from the highs of Monday and Tuesday. The ABC had another solid night — 981,000 for the 7pm News, 915,000 for 7.30, 960,000 for Hard Quiz, 751,000 for The Weekly and 740,000 for Fisk. That made the ABC second on the night from 7pm after Nine.

More NRL and AFL tonight with two huuuuuge games: last year’s NRL grand final replay with Penrith v Melbourne (though both teams have their best players out with injury) while in the AFL it’s the Wobbles v the blues at the MCG.

Regional top five saw Seven News on 541,000; Seven News 6.30, 521,000; Home and Away, 342,000; Hard Quiz, 319,000; 7pm ABC News, 311,000.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (33.8%)
2. Seven (23.8%)
3. ABC (19.6%)
4. Ten (15.2%)
5. SBS (7.6%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (25.5%)
2. Seven (165%)
3. ABC (14.7%)
4. Ten (8.5%)
5. SBS ONE (4.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 10 Bold (3.8%)
2. 7TWO (2.9%)
3. GO, 7mate (2.7%)
4. 10 Peach (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.438 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.410 million
3. MAFS (Nine) — 1.312 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.193 million
5. Nine News  — 1.151 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.015 million
7. 7pm ABC News — 981,000
8. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 960,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 915,000
10. Home and Away (Seven) — 842,000

Top metro programs: 

1. MAFS (Nine) — 1.017 million

Losers: Seven, Ten — refuse to compete with Nine or the ABC.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News —898,000
2. Nine/NBN News, Nine News 6.30, 894,000
3. Seven News 6.30 — 889,000
4. Nine News — 879,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 723,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 635,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 625,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 388,000
9. Ten News First — 320,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 255,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 429,000/248,000
2. Today (Nine) — 297,000/193,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 284,000/178,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 215,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 131,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 52,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 157,000
2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 84,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 70,000
4. Credlin (Sky News) — 68,000
5. Alan Jones (Sky News) — 61,000