Today hosts Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon (Image: YouTube)

Seven’s night in terms of total people (you know, that audience measure Seven ignores when it doesn’t do well). The network boasted about its win in its Friday morning brag. Nine was second, Ten third and the ABC four. But in the main channel — where what little money is made these days — Nine came out on top. Meanwhile MasterChef Australia (747,000) couldn’t really take advantage of having nothing in its way except the NRL on Nine (532,000 for an out-of-Sydney match between Newcastle and North Queensland).

The really interesting move was the second day of a sharp fall in viewer numbers for Nine’s Today. On Wednesday it dipped under 300,000 nationally and 200,000 metro for the first time in weeks. Last night viewer numbers went down again — 276,000 nationally and 187,000 metro. That’s starting to look like the figures for those “Bad Karl” dayze in 2019. 

ABC News Breakfast, which has faded badly in the past two months, managed 270,000 nationally and 177,000 in the metros. Seven’s Sunrise (440,000/264,000) remains clearly in front and viewers now seem to have accepted the host change to Natalie Barr.

The Front Bar on Seven (465,000, including 239,000 in Melbourne) beat Q+A which jumped back over 400,000 to 415,000. Pick which program has a bit of fun and which one bores for Australia.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (27.2%)
  2. Nine (26.8%)
  3. Ten (20.4%)
  4. ABC (17.4%)
  5. SBS (8.2%)


Network main channels:

  1. Nine (19.3%)
  2. Seven (18.7%)
  3. Ten (12.8%)
  4. ABC (11.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.4%)


Top five digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO, ABC Kids/Comedy/Plus (3.8%)
  2. 10 Bold (3.7%)
  3. 10 Peach (3.3%)
  4. 7mate, 9Life (2.5%)


Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.532 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.455 million
  3. Nine News  — 1.173 million
  4. Nine News  6.30 — 1.142 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 949,000
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 882,000
  7. 7pm ABC News — 863,000
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 861,000
  9. Home and Away Late (Seven) — 773,000
  10. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 747,000


Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers

Losers: MasterChef, Today, Q+A.


Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 942,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 911,000
  3. Nine News — 910,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 888,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 679,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 561,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 470,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 453,000
  9. Ten News First — 313,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 255,000


Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 440,000/264,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 276,000/187,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 270,000/177,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 216,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 134,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 51,000


Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: North Queensland v Newcastle (Fox League) — 224,000
  2. NTL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 98,000
  3. NRL: Pre-Game (Fox League) — 73,000
  4. Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 71,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 55,000