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The stars of Ten's The Bachelors Australia (Image: 10play.com.au)

Seven won thanks to the Big Bash League game — 524,000 nationally — and more than 1.32 million for the 6-7pm news hour. Ten brought us the second episode of The Bachelors Australia — 373,000, down from 405,000 for Monday’s premiere ep. Nine, Ten and the ABC were behind Seven, in that order.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (31.7%)
  2. Nine (26.0%)
  3. Ten (16.6%)
  4. ABC (15.2%)
  5. SBS (10.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (22.2%)
  2. Nine (17.4%)
  3. Ten (10.1%)
  4. ABC ONE (9.9%)
  5. SBS (4.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.5%)
  2. 7TWO (3.7%)
  3. Gem (3.1%)
  4. 10 Bold, 10 Peach (2.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.334 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.317 million
  3. Nine News — 917,000
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 905,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 794,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 769,000
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 765,000
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 733,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 558,000
  10. Cricket: Big Bash League (Seven) — 524,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News, 458,000; Seven News 6.30, 457,000; Home and Away, 296,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 245,000; 7pm ABC News, 243,000.

Losers: a typical Tuesday night, in or out of ratings — boring.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News 6.30pm — 877,000
  2. Seven News — 859,000
  3. Nine News — 681,000
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 668,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 551,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 542,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 383,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 275,000
  9. Ten News First — 213,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm — 194,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 372,000/213,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 247,000/169,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast — 232,000/143,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 218,000
  5. The Morning Show Summer (Seven) — 180,000
  6. Today Extra Summer (Nine) — 115,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 181,000
  2. Cricket: BBL Big Break (Fox Cricket) — 164,000
  3. Cricket: BBL (Fox Cricket) — 151,000
  4. Cricket: B4 The Bash (Fox Cricket) — 85,000
  5. Cricket: BBL Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 50,000