The Winners: Only four programs with a million or more voters and the top two were from 6-7pm, which tells us the rest of the night was weak, except for interest in repeats of The Big Bang Theory.

  1. Seven News (6pm) — 1.217 million
  2. Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.057 million
  3. The Big Bang Theory (Nine) (8pm) — 1.023 million
  4. The Big Bang Theory (Nine) (7.30pm) — 1.015 million

The Losers: Us — the viewers — again.

The Hour on the ABC at 8.30pm, 552,000. Very British. Very, very British.

News & CA: Nine News and A Current Affair won Melbourne. Seven News and Today Tonight won the rest.

TT and ACA started their summer hosts last night: Kylie Gillies for Seven and Leila McKinnon for Nine.

  1. Seven News (6pm) — 1.217 million
  2. Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.057 million
  3. Nine News (6pm) — 993,000
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 938,000
  5. ABC News (7pm) — 857,000
  6. 7.30 (ABC) (7.30pm) — 681,000 (+41,000 on News 24 simulcast)
  7. Ten News (Ten) (6pm) — 648,000
  8. The Project (Ten) (6.30pm) — 636,000
  9. Ten News (6pm) — 390,000
  10. ABC News (10.20pm) — 367,000
  11. SBS News (9.30pm) — 193,000
  12. SBS News (6.30pm) — 166,000

In the morning:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) (7am) — 393,000
  2. Today (Nine) (7am) — 328,000

The Stats:

  • FTA: Seven (three channels) won narrowly with 28.7% from Nine (three) on 28.4%, with Ten (three) on 18.1%, the ABC (four) was on 17.5% and SBS was on 7.2%. Nine leads the week with 29.0% from Seven on 26.6% and Ten on 18.1%.
  • Main Channel: Nine won with a share of 21.1% from Seven on 20.2%, ABC 1 was third with 12.9%, Ten was on 11.5% and SBS ONE was on 6.0%. Nine leads the week with 20.7% from Seven on 18.9%, ABC 1 on 14.3% and Ten on 13.2%.
  • Digital: 7TWO won with a share of 5.5% from Eleven on 4.1%, GO was on 3.8%, Gem was on 3.5%, 7mate was on 3.1%, ABC 2 and ONE were on 2.6% each, News 24 and SBS TWO were on 1.2% each and ABC 3 was on 0.9% that’s and FTA viewing share of 28.5%. 7TWO now leads the week with 4.9% from GO on 4.5% and Eleven on 4.0%.

Pay TV: Seven (three channels) won narrowly with 23.1% from Nine (three) on 22.9%, pay TV (200-plus channels) was on 17.7% with Ten (three) on 14.6%, the ABC (four) was on 14.1% and SBS was on 5.8%. The 15 FTA channels had an 82.9% share of TV viewing last night in prime time with the 15 digital channels on a share of 22.9% and the five main channels with 60.0%.

The top five pay TV channels were:

  1. Fox 8 (3.06%)
  2. Lifestyle (2.97%)
  3. TV1 (2.50%)
  4. Lifestyle Food (1.90%)
  5. A1 Music (1.87%)

The top five pay TV programs were:

  1. Bargain Hunt Australia (Lifestyle) — 131,000
  2. The Simpsons (Fox 8) — 72,000
  3. QI (UKTV) — 67,000
  4. Dora the Explorer (Nick Jr) — 64,000
  5. Gossip Girl (Fox 8) — 63,000

Regional: Prime/7Qld (three channels) won with a share of 31.5% from WIN/NBN (three) on 28.4%, with SC Ten (three) on 16.9%, the ABC (four) was on 16.0% and SBS (two) was on 7.2%. Prime/7Qld won the main channels with 22.6% from WIN/NBN on 21.8%, ABC 1 was on 11.1% and SC Ten was on 10.1%. 7TWO won the digitals with 5.3%, from Eleven on 3.8% and GO on 3.7%. the 10 digital channels had an FTA viewing share last night of 28.5%. Prime/7Qld leads the week with 29.5% from WIN/NBN on 28.4%.

The five most-watched programs in regional markets last night were:

  1. A Current Affair — 514,000
  2. Seven News — 513,000
  3. Nine News — 473,000
  4. SCU: Serious Crash Unit — 383,000
  5. WIN News — 363,000

Major Markets: Nine won Sydney and Melbourne overall and the main channels with Seven second and the ABC/ABC 1 third in both markets. Seven won Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth overall and the main channels. Ten was third overall and ABC 1 was third in the main channels. Nine was second in all three markets. 7TWO won Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Eleven won Brisbane. Nine leads Seven and Ten in Sydney and Melbourne, Seven leads Nine and Ten in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

(All shares on the basis of combined overnight 6pm to midnight All People)

Glenn Dyer’s comments: A weak night and tonight is no different.

The top five programs nationally were:

  1. Seven News — 1.729 million
  2. Nine News — 1.465 million
  3. A Current Affair — 1.453 million
  4. Today Tonight — 1.405 million
  5. The Big Bang Theory — 1.394 million

Tonight: Nigella Kitchen and another The Grumpy Guide to … on the ABC. As to what’s on Nine, Ten and Seven? More of the same: repeats and failed programs.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports