Seven’s night, even before the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics added icing on the cake — it averaged 953,000 from about 9.15 until late. That was after The Voice averaged 1.66 million, after Home and Away averaged 1.08 million — the top two most watched non-news programs. The most-watched news programs were of course Seven’s.
Nine’s The Block on 860,000 just can’t get out of its own way. Australian Survivor on Ten, 850,000. Two formulaic programs where the audience knows what happens, but just not who gets the loot — and these days viewers don’t really care. (For The Block there’s only one night of caring: Sunday.)
Today there are four hours of the Paralympics on Seven, and a total of nine hours in two blocks on 7mate — first during the day and then from 4pm.
Regional top five: Seven News, 703,000; Seven News 6.30, 676,000; The Voice, 551,000; Nine News, 412,000; Home and Away, 403,000.
Network channel share:
- Seven (37.6%)
- Nine (24.4%)
- Ten (19.2%)
- ABC (12.1%)
- SBS (6.8%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (29.4%)
- Nine (17.7%)
- Ten (12.7%)
- ABC (8.3%)
- SBS ONE (4.0%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (3.4%)
- 10 Bold (3.3%)
- 7TWO (3.2%)
- 10 Peach (2.4%)
- GO, Gem (2.1%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.898 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.808 million
- The Voice (Seven) — 1.660 million
- Nine News — 1.475 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.383 million
- 7pm ABC News — 1.110 million
- Home and Away (Seven) — 1.089 million
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.107 million
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.023 million
- Paralympics opening ceremony (Seven) — 953,000
Top metro programs:
1. Seven News — 1.195 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.132 million
3. The Voice (Seven) — 1.108 million
4. Nine News — 1.064 million
Losers The start of the Paralympics disrupted all viewing from 9pm — before that The Block.
Metro news and current affairs
- Seven News 1.195 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.132 million
- Nine News —1.064 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 990,000
- ACA (Nine) — 758,000
- 7pm ABC News —756,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 515,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 495,000
- Ten News First (ABC) — 390,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 321,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 459,000/268,000
- Today (Nine) — 357,000/245,000
- News Breakfast (ABC) — 334,000/224,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 283,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 210,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 54,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- Credlin (Sky News) — 74,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 73,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) —71,000
- Alan Jones (Sky News) — 63,000
- Wentworth (Fox Showcase) — 55,000
Obviously I’m out of date but who knew ‘The Block’ was still a thing? I’ll be honest, I’ve never actually watched the show (never watch channel 9) and nor do I want to. So perhaps it’s me out of date but I don’t think so.