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The second part of the Four Corners story on Fox News was far more entertaining and interesting than part one a week earlier — especially considering what News Corp’s pack of courtiers in Australia have failed to tell you about the dangers to Fox News from defamation actions brought by voting machine companies after the 2020 presidential election.

The second part was also amusing for its brief interview with Sidney Powell, a US lawyer at the forefront of absurd claims of voter fraud. (Similar claims were entertained in Australia on Sky News.)

Four Corners averaged 885,000 last night, up from 843,000 for part one. Media Watch averaged 742,000. Australian Story averaged 950,000.

The Voice averaged 1.49 million. The Block and its confected “cheating scandal” — is it really cheating on a commercial TV program that depends on controversy to lift audience figures? — averaged 1.12 million, down 30,000 from Sunday night. Have You Been Pay Attention? on Ten had 841,000, Australian Survivor 867,000. Seven’s night easily, helped by more solid gold from the Paralympics on 7mate — 320,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 676,000; Seven News 6.30, 648,000; The Voice, 485,000, 7pm ABC News 420,000, Nine News, 413,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (33.2%)
  2. Nine (24.7%)
  3. Ten (19.2%)
  4. ABC (16.6%)
  5. SBS (6.2%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (24.2%)
  2. Nine (19.2%)
  3. Ten (13.6%)
  4. ABC (12.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (5.2%)
  2. 10 Bold (2.9%)
  3. 7TWO (2.7%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.2%)
  5. ABC Kids/Plus (2.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.898 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.804 million
  3. Nine News  — 1.531 million
  4. The Voice (Seven) — 1.491 million
  5. Nine News 6.30 — 1.464 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.159 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.158 million
  8. The Block (Nine) — 1.120 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.064 million
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.009 million

Top metro programs: 

1. Seven News  — 1.222 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.156 million
3. Nine News — 1.118 million 
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.067 million
5. The Voice (Seven) — 1.006 million

Losers: Viewers of The Block.

Metro news and current affairs

  1. Seven News 1.222 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.156 million
  3. Nine News —1.118 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.067 million
  5. ACA (Nine) — 811,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —739,000
  7. Australian Story (ABC) — 614,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 591,000
  9. Four Corners (ABC) — 602,000
  10. Media Watch (ABC) — 522,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 471,000/287,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 369,000/257,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 345,000/223,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 304,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 214,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  68,000

Top five pay TV programs: 

  1. Credlin (Sky News) — 72,000
  2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) —63,000
  3. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 58,000
  4. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 51,000
  5. Newsday, Alan Jones (Sky News) — 48,000