The Glenn Dyer breakdown: Seven’s night as My Kitchen Rules shook off Monday’s dip and helped extend Seven’s lead in the week so far. Seven was also the big winner in regional markets. Ten has a better night, although MasterChef: The Professionals was again weak and should really follow its own rules and be eliminated — it’s terminally dull.  It had 611,000 national and 451,000 metro viewers. really, is that good enough?

MKR had more than 2.7 million national viewers and 1.9 million in metro markets. Packed to the Rafters had more than 2.1 million nationally and over 1.3 million in metro areas. The Block All Stars started in tough with close on 2 million nationally and over 1.3 million in metro areas. And that was the night.

Tonight: More MKR on Seven, more Block All Stars on Nine. Shaun Micallef is still Mad As Hell on ABC1 at 8pm and investigating murders with Kat Stewart on Mr and Mrs Murder at 8.30pm on Ten. Ten also has The Good Wife at 9.30pm. Nine starts Parade’s End at 8.30pm, a sort of reply to Downton Abbey‘s success on Seven.

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

  1. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) — 2.763 million.
  2. Packed To The Rafters (Seven) — 2.171 million.
  3. The Block All Stars (Nine) — 1.983 million.
  4. Seven News — 1.767 million.
  5. Nine News — 1.709 million.
  6. The Big Bang Theory (Nine) — 1.493 million.
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.450 million.
  8. ABC1 News — 1.351 million.
  9. The Big Bang Theory repeat (Nine) — 1.271 million.
  10. Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.239 million.

The metro winners:

  1. My Kitchen Rules (Seven, 7.30pm) — 1.903 million.
  2. Packed To The Rafters (Seven, 8.45pm) — 1.392 million.
  3. The Block All Stars (Nine, 7pm) — 1.372 million.
  4. Seven News (6pm) — 1.195 million.
  5. Nine News (6pm) — 1.147 million.
  6. The Big Bang Theory (Nine, 8.30pm) — 1.090 million.
  7. A Current Affair (Nine, 6.30pm) — 1.031 million.
  8. Today Tonight (Seven, 6.30 – 7 pm) — 1.016 million.

The losers: Hmmm, MasterChef: The Professionals, of course, NCIS on Ten at 8.30pm, 655,000 in metro markets, beaten by the New Tricks repeat on ABC1 at the same time with 919,000. That tells us how much Ten viewers have deserted the network’s first-run programs for the other networks. That is like being roasted slowly on a low heat.

Metro news and current affairs: Nine News won Sydney and Melbourne, easily, Seven won the rest with a big win in Perth that dragged it in front of Nine News in metro markets. A Current Affair though had big wins in Sydney (42,000) and Melbourne (86,000), which got it home in front of Today Tonight in another battle of TV’s equivalent of the Somme.

  1. Seven News (6pm) — 1.195 million.
  2. Nine News (6pm) — 1.147 million.
  3. A Current Affair (Nine, 6.30pm) — 1.031 million.
  4. Today Tonight (Seven, 6.30pm) — 1.016 million.
  5. ABC1 News (7pm) — 949,000.
  6. 7.30 (ABC1) — 696,000.
  7. Foreign Correspondent (ABC1, 8pm) — 644,000.
  8. Ten News (5pm) —   642,000.
  9. The Project (Ten, 6.30pm) — 462,000.
  10. Ten Late News (10.30pm) — 172,000.
  11. Lateline (ABC1, 10.30pm) — 172,000.
  12. SBS ONE News (6.30pm) — 155,000.
  13. Dateline (SBS ONE, 9.30pm) — 148,000.
  14. Insight (SBS ONE, 8.30pm) — 132,000.
  15. The Business (ABC1, 11.05pm, repeat) — 110,000 + 31,000 on News 24
  16. SBS ONE Late News (10.30pm) — 57,000.
  17. The Drum (News 24, 10pm, repeat) — 39,000.

In the morning: Seven’s Sunrise back in front, still there nationally.

  1. Sunrise (Seven, 7am) — 383,000.
  2. Today (Nine, 7am) — 358,000.
  3. The Morning Show (Seven, 9am) — 152,000.
  4. Mornings (Nine, 9am) — 130,000.
  5. News Breakfast (ABC1, 7am) — 56,000 + 34,000 on News 24.

Metro free to air: Seven (three channels) won with a share of 35.6% from Nine (three) on 27.2%, the ABC (four) was on 16.4%, Ten (three) was on 16.3% and SBS (three) ended on 4.5%. Seven now leads the week with 32.8% from Nine on 28.9%, the ABC on 17.4% and Ten on 16.5%.

Main channels: Seven won with a share of 29.3% from Nine on 22.1%, ABC 1 was on 12.5%, Ten was on 11.7% and SBS ONE was on 3.4%. Seven leads the week with 26.4% from Nine on 22.6%, ABC 1 on 13.4% and Ten on 11.3%.

Metro digital: Last night 7TWO won with a share of 3.7% from GO on 3.1%, ABC 2 and 7TWO were on 2.6% each, Eleven was on 2.55, ONE and Gem ended with 2.1%, SBS TWO was on 1.0%, News 24 and ABC3 ended with 0.7% each and NITV was on 0.1%. The 11 digital channels had an FTA share of a low 21.2% last night. GO leads the week with 3.8% from 7TWO on 3.5%.

Metro including pay TV: Seven (three channels) won with a share of 30.2% from Nine (three) on 23.1%, the ABC (four) was on 14.0%, Ten (three) was on 13.8% and SBS (three) ended on 3.8%. The 16 free-to-air channels had a high viewing share last night of 87.2%, with the 11 digital channels on a low 17.0% and the five main channels on 70%, high by recent months. Pay TV dipped to a low of 12.8% for the 200 channels on Foxtel.

The top five pay TV channels were:

  1. Fox 8 — 3.0%.
  2. TV1 — 2.3%.
  3. LifeStyle — 2.0%.
  4. UKTV — 1.8%.
  5. Fox Classics — 1.7%.

The five most-watched programs on pay TV were:

  1. The Walking Dead (FX) — 147,000.
  2. Family Guy (Fox 8) — 102,000.
  3. The Simpsons (Fox 8) — 82,000.
  4. Cricket: 2nd Test, India v. Aust. (Fox Sports 1) — 82,000.
  5. Futurama (Fox 8) — 78,000.

Regional: Prime/7Qld (three channels) won with a share of 36.8% from WIN/NBN (three) on 27.2%, the ABC (four) was on 16.5%, SC Ten (three) was on 15.6% and SBS (three) ended on 3.8%. Prime/7Qld won the main channels with 29.3%, from WIN/NBN on 21.4%, ABC1 was on 11.5% and SC Ten ended on 11.2%. Meanwhile 7TWO won the digitals with 4.8% from ABC 2 on 3.3%. The 11 digital channels had a free-to-air share of a low 23.5%. Prime/7Qld leads the week on 35.0% with WIN/NBN on 29.4%, the ABC is on 17.2% and SC Ten is on 14.8%.

The five most-watched programs in regional markets were:

  1. My Kitchen Rules — 861,000.
  2. Packed To The Rafters — 786,000.
  3. The Block All Stars — 610,000.
  4. Seven News — 571,000.
  5. Nine News — 562,000.

Major metro markets: A clean sweep for Seven in all five metro markets, both overall and the main channels. Nine was second everywhere and Ten and the ABC/ABC1 fought it out for third. In fact Ten managed to sneak into third spot in Sydney in a rare ‘triumph’. Meanwhile,  7TWO won the digitals in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Eleven won Brisbane and Perth. Seven leads the week from Nine and the ABC everywhere bar Brisbane, where Ten is in third spot.

(All shares on the basis of combined overnight 6pm to midnight all people).

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