Nine continues to find its Voice a winner

Nine won the night again but Seven narrowed the weekly gap after two night and will go on to win the week in those markets, like it did last week.

The Glenn Dyer breakdown: The Voice captured an impressive 3.378 million audience and The Block did OK — especially in Sydney and Melbourne. But Seven won Adelaide and Perth, despite The Voice being the top show in both markets. So Nine won the night again but Seven narrowed the weekly gap after two night and will go on to win the week in those markets, like it did last week.

The Block was especially weak in Adelaide and Perth. It was also weak in regional areas, but still a top 10 program.

Ten was pushed into 4th in the metro markets by the ABC and its solid line up of news and current affairs.

The Ten Network says it will launch the 2012 season of MasterChef Australia on Sunday May 6. So who will be crunched? Seven looks like being the candidate with Dancing with the Stars already being hammered by The Voice on Nine. But if MasterChef can’t finish higher than Seven’s Dancing with the Stars and Australia’s Got Talent in the week from May 6, then Ten’s year is over, despite what happens in the back half of the ratings year.

Tonight: The Block, The Voice and a fresh episode of The Big Bang Theory on Nine. Seven has Australia’s Got Talent and Packed to the Rafters. The ABC has Country Town Rescue and the Miss Marple repeat. Ten has The Biggest Loser, Bondi Vet and a fresh NCIS. SBS has Insight (on manufacturing) and Dateline.

Tomorrow: Anzac Day stuff. AFL on Seven (main channel and 7mate) and on Pay TV. NRL on Pay TV as well. Nine has The Block and The Celebrity Apprentice from 7pm. Seven has Australia’s Got Talent and another episode of Titanic miniseries. Ten has The Biggest Loser, Offspring and The Good Wife. The ABC has the nice Wild Life At the Zoo at 8pm.

The top 10 national programs (metro & regional combined):

The Voice (Nine) — 3.378 million
The Block (Nine) — 1.981 million
Seven News — 1.939 million
Australia’s Got Talent (Seven) — 1.932 million
Nine News — 1.906 million
A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.834 million
Revenge (Seven) — 1.753 million
Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.600 million
Home and Away (Seven) — 1.528 million
ABC News — 1.452 million

The Metro Winners:

The Voice (Nine) (8pm) — 2.518 million
The Block (Nine) (7pm) — 1.430 million
Seven News (6pm) — 1.318 million
Nine News (6pm) — 1.301 million
Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.274 million
Australia’s Got Talent (Seven) (7.30pm) — 1.227 million
Revenge (Seven) (8.30pm) — 1.223 million
A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.204 million
Home and Away (Seven) (7pm) — 1.035 million
ABC News (7pm) — 1.021 million

Metro News & CA: Nine News won Sydney (by 94,000 people) and Melbourne. Seven won the rest with the usual big margins in Adelaide and Perth. A Current Affair beat Today Tonight in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Today Tonight thrashed A Current Affair in Adelaide and Perth.

Seven News (6pm) — 1.318 million
Nine News (6pm) — 1.301 million
Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.274 million
A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.204 million
ABC News (7pm) — 1.021 million
Ten News (5pm) — 781,000
7.30 (ABC) (7.30pm) — 728,000
Q&A (ABC) (9.35pm) — 687,000
Four Corners (ABC) (8.30pm) — 638,000
The Project (Ten) (6.30pm) — 637,000
Media Watch (ABC) (9.20pm) — 627,000
Australian Story (ABC) (8pm) — 621,000
The Project (Ten) (6pm) — 456,000
Lateline (ABC) (10.35pm) — 339,000
SBS News (6.30pm) — 189,000
The Business (ABC) (11.10pm) — 180,000
SBS News (10.30pm) — 53,000
The Drum (News 24) (6pm) — 41,000

In the morning: Another weak performance by Ten’s Breakfast.

Sunrise (Seven) (7am) — 380,000
Today (Nine) (7am) — 357,000
The Morning Show (Seven) (9am) — 196,000
Mornings (Nine) (9am) — 122,000
The Circle (Ten) (9am) — 57,000
News Breakfast (ABC) (6am) — 40,000 (+16,000)*
Breakfast (Ten) (7am) — 34,000

*On News 24 simulcast

Metro FTA: Nine (3 channels) won with a share of 36.8%, from Seven (3) on 26.7%, the ABC (4) was on 17.2%, Ten (3) was on 16.1% and SBS (2) was on 3.2%. Nine leads the week with 40.3% from Seven with 25.1% and Ten on 16.2%. Main Channels: Nine won with a share of 30.6% from Seven on 21.6%, ABC 1 was on 12.9%, Ten was on 11.9% and SBS ONE ended with 2.7%. Nine leads the week with 34.5% from Seven on 20.4% and Ten on 12.5%,

Metro Digital: GO won with a share of 3.8%, 7TWO was on 3.1%, ABC 2 was on 2.9%, Gem was on 2.4%, Eleven was on 2.3%, 7mate was on 2.0%, ONE was on 1.9%, News 24 ended with 0.8%, ABC 3 finished on 0.7% and SBS TWO was on 0.5%. The 10 digital channels had an FTA share of 20.4%. HO leads the week with 3.1% from Gem on 2.6% and 7TWO on 2.5%.

Metro including Pay TV: Nine (3 channels) won with a share of 31.2%, from Seven (3) on 22.7%, the ABC (4) was on 14.7%, Ten (3) was on 13.7%, Pay TV (200 plus channels) ended on 12.6% and SBS (2) was on 2.7%. The 15 FTA channels had a share of 87.4% with the 10 digital channels on 17.3%, and the five main channels ended with 70.1%.

The top five pay TV channels were:

Fox 8 (2.72%)
TV 1 (1.94%)
Lifestyle (1.83%)
Sky News (1.8%)
UKTV (1.72%)

The five most-watched programs on pay TV were:

AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 98,000
AFL: AFL 360 (Fox Footy) — 86,100
Coronation St. (UKTV) — 77,500
Family Guy (Fox 8) — 69,100
The Simpsons (Fox 8) — 66,500

Regional: WIN/NBN (3 channels) won with a share of 35.8% from Prime/7Qld (3) on 30.0%, with the ABC (4) third with 15.5%, SC Ten (3) was 4th with 15.0% and SBS (2) on 3.7%. WIN/NBN won the main channels with 29.0% from Prime/7Qld on 22.9%, ABC 1 was on 11.2% and SC Ten was 4th with 10.9%. WIN/NBN won with a share of 40.8% from Prime/7Qld on 26.6%.

The five most-watched programs in regional markets were:

The Voice — 859,000
Australia’s Got Talent — 704,000
A Current Affair — 631,000
Seven News — 622,000
Nine News — 606,000

Major Metro Markets: Nine beat Seven and the ABC (ABC 1 in the main channels) in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane (Ten was third in that market). Seven beat Nine and the ABC (ABC 1) in Adelaide and Perth. GO did well, winning the digitals in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. 7TWO won in Adelaide. Nine leads the week everywhere, but will lose in Adelaide and Perth to Seven, for the second week in a row.

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

*Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports