Gruen alright on the night, but the Chase remains an afternoon delight

No State of Origin, as there was a week earlier, so the old faves peddled their wares — Ten’s MasterChef Australia with 754,000, The Weekly on the ABC with 775,000, Seven’s Big Brother 531,000 and Nine’s Celebrity Apprentice 577,000.

Gruen on the ABC did best out of the post-news lot with 875,000, but the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia was still the best non-news performer with 916,000 nationally.

It was Nine’s night from Seven, the ABC and Ten. Breakfast viewing was once again soft thanks to school holidays but ABC News Breakfast slipped past Today into second place nationally behind Sunrise.

And Bluey nabbed a total of 826,000 viewers yesterday — 523,000 for the fresh AM ep, 303,000 for the afternoon reminder.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (29.1%)
2. Seven (24.6%)
3. ABC (19.1%)
4. Ten (18.6%)
5. SBS (8.7%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (19.4%)
2. Seven (18.1%)
3. ABC (14.5%)
4. Ten (12.4%)
5. SBS ONE (4.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. Gem (4.0%)
2. 10 Peach (3.6%)
3. 7TWO (3.0%)
4. GO (2.7%)
5. ABC News (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.502 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.410 million
3. Nine News — 1.106 million
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.085 million
5. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 916,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 901,000
7. Gruen (ABC) — 875,000
8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 863,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 791,000
10. Home and Away (Seven) — 789,000

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

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 576,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 530,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 359,000; Home and Away, 314,000; 7pm ABC News, 309,000.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 926,000
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 880,000
3. Nine News — 803,000
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 795,000
5. ACA (Nine), 7pm ABC News — 592,000
6. 7.30 (ABC) — 524,000
7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 359,000
8. Ten News First — 325,000
9. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 293,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 362,000/211,000
2. ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 295,000/188,000
3. Today (Nine) — 286,000/191,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 270,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 212,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 159,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 61,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) — 58,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 54,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 46,000
5. The Kenny Report (Sky News) — 41,000