The commencement of the current series of Australian Survivor and The Bachelor has not built on the solid ratings from MasterChef for Ten. In fact, Ten’s ratings have slid, to the point where it was well beaten by the ABC. The week before Ten was narrowly in front of the ABC in total people for the week and tied the main channels. Last night saw no improvement as the ABC eased into third, well ahead of Ten.

The Block dominated the night with 1.9 million national viewers, and lifted Nine to a win. It will win the week, just as it won the week last week — Seven is left in its dust and Wednesday’s full year profit announcement from Seven West Media will be a glum old affair. Hell’s Kitchen Australia could only manage 830,000 national, over 300,000 short of the debut episode’s 1.18 million. Australian Survivor managed 792,000 nationally last night. That was up 7,000 from last Sunday. Hardly a winner.

In regional areas, Nine rules through The Block with 617,000 viewers, Seven News was second with 606,000, Nine News (6.30pm) was third with 470,000, Sunday Night was on 453,000 and Nine News ended with 440,000 in fifth.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (35.0%)
  2. Seven (27.3%)
  3. ABC (17.1%)
  4. Ten (13.1%)
  5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (25.4%)
  2. Seven (17.9%)
  3. ABC (12.2%)
  4. Ten (10.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (3.8%)
  2. 7TWO (3.4%)
  3. 7mate (3.2%)
  4. ABC 2, Gem (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Seven) — 1.902 million
  2. Seven News  — 1.757 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.659 million
  4. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.243 million
  5. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.237 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.123 million
  7. Hells Kitchen Australia (Seven) — 830,000
  8. Poldark (ABC) — 827,000
  9. Grand Designs NZ (ABC) — 779,0000
  10. Australian Survivor (Ten) — 792,000

Top metro programs:

    1. The Block (Nine) — 1.285 million
    2. Nine News — 1.209 million
    3. Seven News — 1.151 million

Losers: Seven and Ten.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 1.285 million
  2. Seven News — 1.151 million
  3. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 869,000
  4. Sunday Night (Seven) — 790,000
  5. 7pm ABC News – 776,000
  6. Ten Eyewitness News — 310,000
  7. SBS World News — 190,000

Morning TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC,  382,000 + 148,000 on ABC News) — 530,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 469,000
  3. Weekend Today (Nine) — 395,000
  4. Landline (ABC) — 387,000
  5. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 259,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC) — 242,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Wests v Manly (Fox League) — 222,000
  2. AFL: Port Adelaide v Collingwood  (Fox Footy) — 197,000
  3. AFL: Melbourne v St Kilda (Fox Footy) — 182,000
  4. NRL: Auckland v Canberra (Fox League) — 173,000
  5. AFL: Hawthorn v North Melbourne (Fox Sports 503) — 119,000