At least the NRL game on Nine last night was a cracker — North Qld beat Brisbane narrowly and even the NRL Footy Show straight afterwards was more interesting than it has been for weeks. The remainder of last night’s offerings were just dire. With no AFL on Seven it must have been a dreadful night in those markets. That NRL game certainly helped Nine to a big win. The NRL game attracted 466,000 in the metros and 260,000 on Fox Sports 

In the battle of the AFL football skewing shows, Seven’s Front Bar again won the AFL metros (Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth) with 318,000 to 237,000 for the AFL Footy Show on Nin — Melbourne’s share was 209,000 viewers to 175,000. Over on Ten, Pointless fell to 236,000 in the metros while the 5pm News averaged 366,000, and the 6.30 pm first half of The Project averaged 293,000. So it is now clear that Ten viewers are avoiding Pointless. The end is nigh when this trend starts showing up in the ratings.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (29.1%)
  2. Seven (26.6%)
  3. Ten (19.7%)
  4. ABC (15.3%)
  5. SBS (9.2%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.3%)
  2. Seven (16.0%)
  3. Ten(13.7%)
  4. ABC (10.3%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.9%)
  2. GO (4.3%)
  3. ABC Kids/Comedy, ONE, Eleven mate (3.0%)

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 992,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 955,000
  3. Nine News — 865,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 849,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 709,000
  6. 7pm ABC News— 677,000
  7. Australian Survivor (Ten) — 664,000
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 615,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 583,000
  10. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 532,000

Losers: just an average night at best.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 992,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 955,000
  3. Nine News — 865,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 849,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 709,000
  6. 7pm ABC News— 677,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 532,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 525,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 366,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 295,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 273,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 220,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: North Qld v Brisbane (Fox League) — 260,000
  2. The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 110,000
  3. Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 85,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 71,000
  5. Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 67,000