What a (small) difference a day makes. Monday night Zumbo’s Just Desserts and Australian Survivor were unwanted, last night they were less unwanted. Monday night The Block and Married At First Sight were solid, last night they were just as solid. Despite all that, Seven and Nine were much closer last night – for that we can point to the absence of Australia’s Cheapest Weddings on Seven which bled viewers on Monday night from Seven. Last night it was a solid effort from Winners & Losers which kept Seven in the game, while Ten’s succession of repeats of NCIS programs bored Australia, sending viewers elsewhere or to bed. The ABC’s line up of course was nowhere near as solid as on Monday night, so more viewers were available to sample the wares elsewhere, which they did in very modest numbers.

Married At First Sight and The Block again did very well in the demos, Zumbo’s lifted its game, especially among younger female viewers, and Australian Survivor was also of greater interest from younger viewers. But Nine was tops in the main demos. Married had 1.301 million national viewers and was the most watched non-news program metro and nationally. The Block had 1.239 million and Zumbo made the national top 10 in 10th spot with 1.162 million and more support from regional viewers. Australian Survivor though couldn’t reach the million mark nationally and finished with 954,000, which puts it back into weak winner territory for Ten.

Seven had a solid win in Total People in the metros, but lost the main channels narrowly, while Ten was a narrow third over the ABC. In the regionals it was again Seven comfortably over Nine, Ten and the ABC.

In the regions, Seven was on top again with 598,000 viewers, Home and Away was second with 500,000, with Seven News/Today Tonight third with 484,000, fourth was 800 Words with 442,000 and fifth was The Chase Australia 5.30pm with 434,000.

In breakfast, Seven’s Sunrise with 321,000 had a second, larger win over Nine’s Today, 287,000. Except for News Breakfast on the ABC and News 24, Seven’s Morning Show and Nine’s Today Extra were both weak, while Studio 10 added viewers and got to within 7,000 of Today Extra.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (29.5%)
  2. Nine (27.1%)
  3. Ten (17.5%)
  4. ABC (17.3%)
  5. SBS (8.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.8%)
  2. Seven (20.53%)
  3. Ten (12.8%)
  4. ABC (11.9%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.7%)
  2. ABC 2 (3.5%)
  3. 7TWO (3.1%)
  4. GO (2.8%)
  5. Gem, Eleven (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.721 million
  2. Seven News/ Today Tonight — 1.540 million
  3. Nine News — 1.355 million
  4. Married At First Sight (Nine) —1.301 million
  5. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.296 million
  6. The Block (Nine) — 1.239 million
  7. ABC News — 1.218 million
  8. 800 Words — 1.215 million
  9. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.192 million
  10. Zumbo’s Just Desserts (Seven) — 1.162 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.123 million
  2. Seven News/ Today Tonight — 1.052 million

Losers: No one really. Well, there were losers, but they are well known, but they survive, or will get their just desserts.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.123 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.052 million
  3. Nine News — 977,000
  4. Nine News (6.30pm) — 983,000
  5. ABC News – 842,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) —832,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 732,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 714,000
  9. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 464,000
  10. Ten Eyewitness News — 455,000

Morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 321,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 287000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC,  115,000 + 59,000 on News 24) — 174,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 138,00
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 101,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 94,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 83,0000
  2. Back Page (Fox Sports 1) — 74,000
  3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 60,000
  4. Open Mike (Fox Footy ) — 60,000
  5. Paw Patrol (Nick Jr) — 59,000

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