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Big Brother host Sonia Kruger (Image: Seven)

A cold night for much of the audience, and it seems from the data they preferred to go to bed early (especially with the cost of heating a home on the rise).

And it was a cold night for Seven as Big Brother (487,000 nationally) dragged the network to a loss in the main channels after it topped total people because of the strong performance by the 6-7pm news hour. Seven’s news averaged 1.55 million, Nine’s averaged 1.15 million. Seven was helped by solid performances by digital channels 7mate and 7TWO.

With 548,000, Nine’s Celebrity Apprentice was ahead of Big Brother but Ten’s MasterChef Australia again won that battle with 718,000 and a strong performance in the demos.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (26.7%)
  2. Nine (25.6%)
  3. Ten (20.2%)
  4. ABC (16.7%)
  5. SBS (10.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (18.0%)
  2. Seven (16.7%)
  3. Ten (13.2%)
  4. ABC (11.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.7%)
  2. 7mate (4.0%)
  3. 10 Peach (3.3%)
  4. 10 Bold (3.1%)
  5. 9Life (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.516 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.508 million
  3. Nine News — 1.200 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.152 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 1.052 million
  6. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 949,000
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 915,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 844,000
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 793,000
  10. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 718,000

Top metro programs: Seven News — 1.008 million

Regional top 5: Seven News, 588,000; Seven News 6.30, 559,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 359,000; Nine News, 328,000; Home and Away, 323,000.

Losers: Big Brother, Celebrity Apprentice — still weak

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.008 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 948,000
  3. Nine News — 872,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 848,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 734,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 644,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 567,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 375,000
  9. Ten News First — 335,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 265,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) —  400,000/234,000
  2. News Breakfast (ABC) — 299,000/197,000
  3. Today (Nine) — 294,000/192,000
  4. ABC Morning News — 261,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 212,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 161,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 45,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 70,000
  2. Credlin (Sky News) — 60,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 58,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 53,000
  5. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 40,000