Have You Been Paying Attention stars Ed Kavalee, Tom Gleisner and Sam Pang (Image: Network Ten)

It was the last Have You Been Paying Attention? for Ten this year, so there goes 2022. The finale attracted 677,000 nationally, which was around 200,000 below what it was worth because of the appalling lead-in from The Traitors, which attracted 350,000. 

Over on Seven, the Rebecca Gibney episode of This Is Your Life — some real Back to the Future television — drew 924,000, and gave Seven a win for the night. However, good result for Australian Story, the episode on Tim Minchin attracting 838,000 nationally.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (30.2%)
  2. Nine (26.0%)
  3. ABC (18.4%)
  4. Ten (17.9%)
  5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (21.7%)
  2. Nine (19.2%)
  3. ABC (18.4%)
  4. Ten (12.3%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.7%)
  2. 7mate (3.5%)
  3. Gem, 10 Peach (2.6%)
  4. 10 Bold (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.336 million
  2. Seven News — 1.310 million
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.063 million
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.023 million
  5. Nine News — 1.012 million
  6. This Is Your Life (Seven) — 924,000
  7. Australian Story (ABC) — 838,000
  8. 7pm ABC News — 816,000
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 757,000
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 747,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30pm, 506,000; Seven News, 497,000; This Is Your Life, 343,000; ACA, 322,000; Home and Away, 314,000.

Losers: Ten viewers because it was the last Have You Been Paying Attention for the year. A cloud settles over the network.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 941,000
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 916,000
  3. Nine News — 712,000
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 709,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 589,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 578,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 454,000
  8. Australian Story (ABC) — 407,000
  9. Media Watch (ABC) — 378,000
  10. Four Corners (ABC) — 338,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 362,000/213,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 304,000/200,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast — 245,000/152,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) —193,000
  5. ABC News Mornings — 187,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 153,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 43,000

Top 5 pay-TV programs:

  1. Credlin (Sky News) — 48,000
  2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 44,000
  3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 42,000
  4. Long Lost Family (LifeStyle) — 35,000
  5. Paw Patrol (Nick Jr) — 32,000