Colin Fassnidge hosts Seven's Kitchen Nightmares Australia (Image: 7plus.com.au)

Nine’s night, thanks to The Block (1.069 million nationally). But no good news for the other commercial networks: Seven’s Kitchen Nightmares — 568,000 down from the debut’s 717,000, Ten’s Real Love Boat at 8.30-10pm an appalling 188,000 — fading to black. Ten is not having a good time with these faux dating programs.

Meanwhile on the ABC, Hard Quiz is still a beacon of entertainment with 779,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.5%)
  2. Seven (25.8%)
  3. ABC (19.4%)
  4. Ten (15.4%)
  5. SBS (7.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (22.0%)
  2. Seven (17.0%)
  3. ABC (13.9%)
  4. Ten (8.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.1%)
  2. Gem (3.7%)
  3. 10 Peach (3.4%)
  4. 10 Bold (2.7%)
  5. ABC Kids/Plus, 7mate (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.304 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.281 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.069 million
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 958,000
  5. Nine News — 931,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 884,000
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 869,000
  8. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 779,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 768,000
  10. Home and Away (Seven) — 739,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 500,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 479,000; The Block, 344,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 7pm ABC News, 289,000.

Losers: another weak Wednesday night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 803,000
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 801,000
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 702,000
  4. Nine News — 685,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 595,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 593,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 514,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 289,000
  9. Ten News First — 236,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 224,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 369,000/219,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 305,000/185,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 265,000/173,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 209,000
  5. ABC News Mornings — 207,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 137,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 38,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 107,000
  2. T20 World Cup: Zimb. v West Indies (Fox Cricket) — 70,000
  3. T20 World Cup: Zimb. v West Indies, Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 67,000
  4. T20: Aus. v England Innings Game 2 (Fox Cricket) — 60,000
  5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 51,000