Nine returned Australian Ninja Warrior to its schedule last night. It did well with the demos, but with 1.31 million people nationally, ran a clear second to Seven’s House Rules which grabbed 1.34 million. MasterChef on Ten was squeezed to less than a million nationally — 975,000 and the first ep of the new series of Jack Irish on the ABC managed 1.05 million and first place from around 8.45pm onwards. Interesting none of the four programs managed a million or more viewers in the metros. Nine is clearly on a repeat of the first series of Ninja Warrior with a build in audience numbers over the course of the second series. 

In the morning Insiders with 482,000 nationally clearly outpointed the opposition. And that was it. In the regions Seven News on top with 640,000, followed by House Rules with 508,000, then Nine News with 414,000, Ninja Warrior with 390,000 and Sunday Night with 261,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (30.1%)
  2. Seven (29.5%)
  3. ABC (16.7%)
  4. Ten (16.1%)
  5. SBS (7.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.7%)
  2. Seven (20.7%)
  3. Ten (12.3%)
  4. ABC (11.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.4%)
  2. GO (4.0%)
  3. 7TWO (2.8%)
  4. Gem (2.7%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy,  ONE (2.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.811 million
  2. Nine/NBN News — 1.488 million
  3. House Rules (Seven) — 1.343 million
  4. Australian Ninja Warriors Launch (Nine) — 1.319 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 1.066 million
  6. Jack Irish (ABC) — 1.053 million
  7. MasterChef (Ten) — 975,000
  8. Sunday Night (Seven) — 916,000
  9. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 856,000
  10. Grand Designs NZ (ABC) — 782,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.171 million
  2. Nine News — 1.034 million

Losers: Exhausted soccer fans after the weekend’s marathons.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.171 million
  2. Nine News — 1.034 million
  3. 7pm ABC News – 717,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 618,000
  5. Sunday Night (Seven) — 555,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 421,000
  7. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) —233,000
  8. SBS World News — 157,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 137,000

Morning (NATIONAL) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 482,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 401,000
  3. Landline – Weather (ABC) — 389,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 337,000
  5. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 236,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC) — 227,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: Essendon v Collingwood (Fox Footy) — 203,000
  2. NRL: Gold Coast v Brisbane (Fox League) — 144,000
  3. AFL: West Coast v GWS (Fox Footy) — 142,000
  4. Super Cars Townsville (Fox Sports) — 141,000
  5. F1: British GP (Fox Sports) — 127,000