Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman in the ABC's Total Control (Image: Supplied)

There’s still two weeks to go until the end of the 2021 ratings but viewers have already tuned out, it seems — they’re off streaming, shopping, studying for final exams, getting the harvest in or getting out and about.

The ABC’s Total Control: 510,000 nationally for the first ep of the new season of the political drama starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths. Should really have done better if viewers were truly interested in it; perhaps should have gone into the schedule in the peak winter viewing nights? Sunday night’s winner by default (or exhaustion?) was Ten’s Celebrity MasterChef Australia with 743,000. 

The T20 World Cup Final on Fox Sports attracted 86,000 viewers up to 2am Monday, when ratings coverage ended for the day. The Oztam code has NZ vs TBA in the subscription TV ratings rankings. No one thought to update it to Australia (the eventual winners)? Minor point I know, but…

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 482,000; 7pm ABC News, 377,000; 7News Spotlight, 269,000; Nine News, 267,000; Death in Paradise, 251,000. 

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.7%)
  2. Seven (26.9%)
  3. Ten (19.5%)
  4. ABC (16.7%)
  5. SBS (8.1%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.3%)
  2. Seven (16.7%)
  3. Ten (13.4%)
  4. ABC (12.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (5.7%)
  2. GO (3.2%)
  3. 10 Bold (3.0%)
  4. 7TWO (2.8%)
  5. 9Life (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.355 million
  2. Nine News — 1.156 million
  3. 7pm ABC News — 1.047 million
  4. 7News Spotlight — 758,000
  5. Celebrity MasterChef (Ten) — 743,000
  6. Parental Guidance (Nine) — 651,000
  7. Death In Paradise (ABC) — 650,000
  8. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 649,000
  9. Insiders (ABC) — 568,000
  10. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 531,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers.

Losers: Quite a few — just take your pick. 

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 890,000
  2. Seven News — 874,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 670,000
  4. 7News Spotlight — 469,000
  5. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 465,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 381,000
  7. Ten News First — 261,000
  8. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 227,000
  9. SBS World News — 144,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC) — 568,000
  2. Landline (ABC) — 420,000
  3. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 344,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 311,000
  5. Offsiders — 204,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 175,000

Top five pay TV programs: 

1. Supercars Round Podium Race 28 (Fox Sports 506) — 168,000
2. Supercars Round Race 28 (Fox Sports 506) — 167,000
3. Supercars Sydney Grid Race 28 (Fox Sports 506) — 137,000
4. Supercars Round Race 27 (Fox Sports 506) — 137,000
5. Supercars Post Race Show (Fox Sports 506) — 115,000