You might want to sit down before reading about Today’s ratings win

Break out the Cold Duck — no, make it some Bodega or Great Western (let’s splurge) with some Jatz and a cocktail onion or three. No, it’s not a dinner party on The Newsreader, Nine’s Today had a small but significant win in the metros in breakfast over Sunrise, 248,000 to 237,000.

That’s the first metro win in terms if numbers for more than three years and the biggest margin for more than that. Sunrise still won nationally because of its greater share in Queensland. Sunrise had 428,000 national and 237,000 metro, to Today‘s, 369,000 and 248,000 and News Breakfast‘s 326,000 and 206,000.

Nine won the night in total people and the main channels. No Masked Singer on Ten, and it dipped after launching Making it Australia to 651,000 national viewers. It’s a homecrafts, decorating sort of program. Baking anyone? Should have been on air a year ago really.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (30.2%)
2. Seven (27.0%)
3. Ten (18.3%)
4. ABC (16.3%)
5. SBS (8.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (22.6%)
2. Seven (18.9%)
3. Ten (12.0%)
4. ABC (11.9%)
5. SBS ONE (4.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.4%)
2. 10 Bold (3.2%)
3. GO, 7flix (2.5%)
4. 10 Peach (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.680 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.660 million
3. Nine News  — 1.381 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.331 million
5. 7pm ABC News — 1.134 million
6. The Block (Nine) —1.128 million
7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.057 million
8. Home And Away (Seven) — 991,000
9. SAS Australia (Seven) — 966,000
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 934,000

Top metro programs: 

1. Seven News  — 1.070 million
2. Seven News —1.041 million
3. Nine News  — 1.021 million

Losers: Question Everything. Not funny

Metro news and current affair

1. Seven News — 1.070 million
2. Seven News 6.30 —1.041 million
3. Nine News — 1.021 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 976,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 725,000
6. ACA (Nine) — 722,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 601,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 460,000
9. Ten News First (ABC) — 340,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 251,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 428,000/237,000
2. Today (Nine) — 369,000/248,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 326,000/206,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 238,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 201,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  46,000

Top five Pay TV programs: N/A

1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 173,000
2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 66,000
3. Credlin (Sky News) — 60,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 56,000
5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 48,000