(Image: ABC)

More rain resulted in a modified form of water polo in the Newcastle NRL game (430,000 nationally, 193,000 on Foxtel); in Adelaide, Melbourne beat Port (527,000 nationally, 202,000 on Foxtel) in the AFL. Q+A (339,000 nationally) went on and on. Gogglebox, 659,000 nationally — popularity easing off? 

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (31.9%)
  2. Nine (25.0%)
  3. Ten (18.6%)
  4. ABC (15.2%)
  5. SBS (9.3%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (22.5%)
  2. Nine (17.7%)
  3. Ten (12.7%)
  4. ABC (10.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.4%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate(4.1%)
  2. 7TWO (4.0%)
  3. 10 Bold (3.0%)
  4. GO, 10 Peach (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.527 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.421 million
  3. Nine News — 1.167 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.113 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 918,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 879,000
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30 (Seven) — 863,000
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 737,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 674,000
  10. Gogglebox Australia (Ten) — 659,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers 

Regional top 5: Seven News, 549,000; Seven News 6.30, 528,000; Nine News, 312,000; 7pm ABC News, 304,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 303,000

Losers: Me! I again used an umbrella to watch the NRL, AFL and Q+A

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 978,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 893,000
  3. Nine News — 855,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 820,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 614,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 611,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 460,000
  8. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 317,000
  9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 302,000
  10. 10 News First — 300,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 459,000/276,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 326,000/221,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 313,000/203,000
  4. ABC Morning News — 281,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 247,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 159,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 41,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: Port vs Melbourne (Fox Footy) — 202,000
  2. NRL: Newcastle vs Manly (Fox League) — 193,000
  3. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 77,000
  4. AFL: Thursday Night Footy on Fox (Fox Footy) — 69,000
  5. Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 68,000