Tuesday night telly offering viewers slim pickings

A night that bored Australia and made the prospects of T20 games not involving Australia tonight and tomorrow night look jaw-droppingly interesting. Seven won total people, Nine won the main channels.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (26.9%) 
2. Nine (26.6%)
3. Ten (18.7%)
4. ABC (18.5%)
5. SBS (9.4%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (20.2%)
2. Seven (17.9%)
3. ABC (13.7%)
4. Ten (11.8%)
5. SBS ONE (5.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.9%)
2. 7mate (3.7%)
3. 10 Peach (3.5%)
4. 10 Bold (2.7%)
5. ABC News (2.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.359 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.345 million
3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.013 million
4. Nine News — 957,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 914,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 822,000
7. Home and Away (Seven) — 775,000
8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 731,000
9. 7.30 (ABC) — 687,000
10. Kitchen Nightmares Australia (Seven) — 650,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 482,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 479,000; Home and Away, 320,000; ACA, 302,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 267,000.

Losers: everyone! It was a dire night.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 877,000
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 866,000
3. Nine News 6.30pm  — 746,000
4. Nine News  — 706,000
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 612,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 563,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 486,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 331,000
9. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 221,000
10. 10 News First — 203,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 359,000/217,000
2. Today (Nine) — 288,000/194,000
3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — n/a
4. ABC News Mornings — n/a
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 178,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — n/a
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — n/a

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 51,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) — 50,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 42,000
4. The Great British Bake Off (LifeStyle Food) — 39,000
5. Charlie & Lola (CBeebies) — 38,000