Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino (Image: AAP/James Ross)

Seven won total people and the main channels from Ten, a weak ABC and SBS, but the real story was the turn-on to news, where the big story was Victoria’s latest lockdown. 200,000 extra viewers switched on Weekend Sunrise, Weekend Today, News Breakfast and Insiders between 7am and 10am, while more than half-a-million extra people tuned into evening news broadcasts across all channels.

Apart from that, Celebrity Apprentice averaged 945,000, down from 957,000 — an OK outcome. MasterChef lifted by nearly 100,000 on Ten to 819,000. Seven’s News Spotlight 1.22 million, up 135,000 from the previous Sunday. Seven on top thanks to the big wins on Friday and Saturday with the AFL game of the night.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (29.9%)
  2. Nine (28.6%)
  3. Ten (19.7)
  4. ABC (14.0%)
  5. SBS (7.9%)


Network main channels:

  1. Seven (21.7%)
  2. Nine (21.1%)
  3. Ten (13.3%)
  4. ABC (9.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.1%)


Top 5 digital channels:

  1. 7mate (4.0%)
  2. 10 Bold (3.1%)
  3. 7TWO (2.9%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.7%)
  5. GO (2.6%)


Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.785 million
  2. Nine News — 1.513 million
  3. Seven News Spotlight — 1.225 million
  4. Celebrity Apprentice – Boardroom (Nine) — 1.005 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 935,000
  6. Celebrity Apprentice (Nine) — 884,000
  7. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 819,000
  8. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 734,000
  9. Spicks and Specks (ABC) — 726,000
  10. Seven’s Sunday AFL — 654,000


Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.179 million
  2. Nine News — 1.135 million


Losers: Wakefield; Seven’s News Spotlight — reheated TV

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.179 million
  2. Nine News — 1.135 million
  3. Seven News Spotlight — 759,000
  4. 7pm ABC News — 632,000
  5. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 518,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 486,00
  7. 9 News Late — 336,000
  8. Ten News First — 307,000
  9. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 305,000
  10. SBS World News — 224,000


Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC) — 627,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 462,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 396,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 321,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 258,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 212,000


Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Newcastle v Manly (Fox League) — 220,000
  2. AFL: Richmond v Adelaide (Fox Footy) — 195,000
  3. NRL: Cronulla v Gold Coast (Fox League) — 182,000
  4. NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 181,000
  5. AFL: Sydney v Carlton (Fox Footy) — 141,000