Last week’s spike in viewer numbers for Victoria’s lockdown news updates disappeared by the weekend, with audiences for morning and evening news broadcasts down a collective 300,000 or more. Evening news broadcasts on Seven and Nine lost a combined 250,000 from the previous Sunday.
Nine won total people and the main channels from Seven, Ten and the ABC (which finally and painfully said goodbye to Wakefield with a 328,000 viewership).
Nine’s Celebrity Apprentice averaged 911,000 across the program, down from 957,000 a week earlier. MasterChef dipped back under 800,000 for Ten to 787,000 — still a national top 10 finish, though — and Seven’s latest 7News Spotlight dropped to 899,000, down 326,000 from the previous Sunday.
Breakfast: Insiders, 569,000; Weekend Sunrise, 442,000; Landline, 421,000; Weekend Today, 293,000.
Regional top five: Seven News, 558,000; Nine News, 343,000; 7pm ABC News, 337,000; 7News Spotlight, 327,000; Spicks and Specks, 284,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (28.4%)
- Seven (27.4%)
- Ten (20.0)
- ABC (14.4%)
- SBS (9.7%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (20.9%)
- Seven (18.2%)
- Ten (13.9%)
- ABC (10.4%)
- SBS ONE (6.3%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (4.6%)
- 7TWO (3.4%)
- 10 Bold (2.9%)
- 10 Peach (2.7%)
- GO (2.6%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News— 1.623 million
- Nine News — 1.344 million
- 7pm ABC News — 980,000
- Celebrity Apprentice: Boardroom (Nine) — 972,000
- 7News Spotlight — 899,000
- Spicks and Specks (ABC) — 860,000
- Celebrity Apprentice (Nine) — 850,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 820,000
- MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 787,000
- The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 639,000
Top metro programs:
- Seven News — 1.065 million
- Nine News — 1 million
Losers: Wakefield — gone at last; 7News Spotlight — reheated TV
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 1.065 million
- Nine News — 1 million
- 7pm ABC News — 644,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 588,000
- 7News Spotlight — 571,000
- The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 473,00
- 9News Late — 326,000
- The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 288,000
- Ten News First — 260,000
- SBS World News— 227,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Insiders (ABC, ABC TV) — 569,000
- Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 442,000
- Landline (ABC) — 421,000
- Weekend Today (Nine) — 293,000
- Sports Sunday (Nine) — 213,000
- Offsiders (ABC) — 210,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- AFL: Carlton vs West Coast (Fox Footy) — 214,000
- NRL: Newcastle vs Parramatta (Fox League) — 195,000
- AFL: Fremantle vs Footscray (Fox Footy) — 186,000
- F1: Azerbaijan Race (Fox Sports 506) — 138,000
- AFL: Sunday Ticket (Fox Footy) — 124,000
We loved Wakefield and know many others who did too. We watched all episodes on iView. How does this TV ratings figure represent how popular the series was if it doesn’t take iView into account?
Or does it?