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It was Kath & Kim mania last night with Our Effluent Life raking in 1.190 million viewers for Seven (and there’s another K&K program tonight — a sort of backslapping all-stars ep). Also on Seven, Australia’s Got Talent with 838,000. (Meanwhile on Nine, LEGO Masters Bricksmas drew 811,000.)

So it was Seven’s night after the 6-7pm news won the night nationally, and in the metros and regions, with 1.307 million viewers. Ten wasn’t sighted.

Overall a very weak night, illustrated by the 10th most watched program nationally being — for the first time in years — Landline with 357,000 viewers. Insiders, a regular national top 10 on Sundays, attracted 534,000. Both went to air hours before prime time when there are supposed to be more people watching (which there were) and a lot of viewer-friendly programs (which there weren’t).

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (34.3%)
  2. Nine (28.1%)
  3. ABC (15.1%)
  4. Ten (11.9%)
  5. SBS (10.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (26.5%)
  2. Nine (21.6%)
  3. ABC (11.2%)
  4. Ten (7.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.6%)
  2. ABC News, 7TWO (2.3%)
  3. 10 Bold (2.2%) 
  4. GO (2.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.307 million
  2. Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life (Seven) — 1.190 million
  3. Nine News — 983,000
  4. Australia’s Got Talent Grand Final (Seven) — 838,000
  5. LEGO Masters Bricksmas (Nine) — 811,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 798,000
  7. Death In Paradise — (ABC) — 600,000
  8. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 559,000
  9. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 534,000
  10. Landline (ABC) — 357,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers

Regional top 5: Seven News, 435,000; Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life, 404,000; AGT, 297,000; 7pm ABC News, 272,000; Nine News, 253,000.

Losers: lovers of new stuff because this was a nostalgia night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 871,000
  2. Nine News — 729,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 526,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 391,000
  5. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 244,000
  6. Nine News Late — 229,000
  7. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 199,000
  8. Ten News First — 185,000
  9. SBS World News — 157,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 534,000
  2. Landline (ABC) — 357,000
  3. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 348,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 237,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 187,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 139,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Rugby League World Cup Men’s Final: Australia v Samoa (Fox League) — 151,000
  2. F1: Abu Dhabi Race (Fox Sport 506) — 359,000
  3. F1: Grand Prix Sunday (Fox Sport 506) — 359,000
  4. Rugby League World Cup Women’s Final: Australia v NZ (Fox League) — 53,000
  5. Rugby League World Cup Men’s Final: Pre Game (Fox League) — 51,000