Julia Zemiro
Julia Zemiro (Image: ABC)

Under our new ratings system — based on how much streaming video on demand you should be watching instead of free to air (a one-SVOD night being great for free-to-air TV, a five being terrible) — last night got a three-SVOD rating. Tonight, Thursday, looks like a four-SVOD night — even if NRL fans might think otherwise, given the return of the bashery and bargery on Nine and Foxtel tonight.

The network rankings were more interesting last night than most of the content — except for Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery on the ABC with 746,000 national viewers and MasterChef Australia on Ten with 1.370 million.

The latter was the most watched non-news program and helped Ten to win the main channels from Seven and a weak Nine. In total people Seven won from Ten and Nine. The ABC hung around for a distant fourth.
The Weekly With Charlie Pickering had 685,000 nationally on ABC — down 100,000 from the previous week.

In Breakfast, Sunrise won with 521,000 national and 301,000 in the metros, from Today with 305,000/204,000 and ABC News Breakfast which slipped to 301,000/200,000.

In the regions, Seven News on 670,000, Seven News 6.30, 600,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 410,000, 7pm ABC News, 398,000 and Home and Away 349,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (26.5%)
  2. Ten (25.6%)
  3. Nine 24.4%)
  4. ABC (16.0%)
  5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Ten (19.2%)
  2. Seven (18.6%)
  3. Nine (17.6%)
  4. ABC (12.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 10 Bold (4.0%)
  2. 7TWO (3.3%)
  3. 7mate (3.0%)
  4. Gem, 10 Peach (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.864 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.732 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.413 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.391 million
  5. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.370 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 1.131 million
  7. ACA (Nine) — 1.121 million
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.120 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.001 million
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 859,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News– 1.193 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.132 million
  3. Nine News — 1.093 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.063 million
  5. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.044 million

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.193 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.132 million
  3. Nine News — 1.093 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.063 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) —781,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 753,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 578,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 556,000
  9. Ten News First — 388,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 378,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 521,000/301,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 305,000/204,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 301,000/200,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 257,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 158,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 80,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Selling Houses Australia(LifeStyle) — 110,000
  2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 77,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 74,000
  4. Credlin (Sky News) — 67,000
  5. Paw Patrol (Nick Jr) — 50,000