Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: Ten back to the bottom

Seven’s night, but Revenge again faded and let Nine move closer as its mid-evening local hit Love Child again did well. Revenge (8.45pm start) had 1.189 million national / 768,000 metro/ 421,000 regional viewers. Love Child  (8.49pm start) did better — it was watched by 1.636 million national/ 1.065 million metro/ 571,000 regional viewers. That four minute start difference is a joke.

But it was a “tentpole” kind of night with the two big reality programs dominating. Seven’s My Kitchen Rules lifted sharply from Sunday night’s weakness, adding 400,000 viewers to average 2.463 million national/ 1.651 million metro / 812,000 regional viewers. Nine’s The Block hung in there and averaged 1.848 million national/ 1.255 million metro/ 593,000 regional viewers — but that was down from Sunday night’s big audience for the reveal episode, which is on again next Sunday night.

And Ten? Well, as forecast, Sunday night’s Grand Prix-fuelled third spot was a one off — it was back to distant fourth last night behind the ABC. Ten’s metro share for its main channel was a low 8.1%, its regional main channel share was an even lower 6.3%. The rot continues. Secrets and Lies — 453,000 national/ 317,000 metro/ 136,000 regional viewers. A good idea slaughtered by Ten’s weakness and the audience’s growing distrust. The ABC won with its usual line up of news and current affairs programs from 7pm. They did well, but have all done better in the past.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (34.2%)
2. Nine (30.1%)
3. ABC (18.6%)
4. Ten (13.8%)
5. SBS (3.5%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (25.3%)
2. Nine (23.4%)
3. ABC1 (12.3%)
4. Ten (8.1%)
5. SBS ONE (2.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (5.1%)
2. GO (4.5%)
3. 7mate (3.9%)
4. ABC2 (3.5%)
5. Eleven (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) – 2.463 million
2. The Block (Nine) — 1.848 million
3. Nine News — 1.735 million
4. Love Child (Nine) — 1.636 million
5. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.563 million
6. Seven News — 1.548 million
7. ABC News — 1.244 million
8. Revenge (Seven) — 1.189 million
9. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.185 million
10. Seven News / Today Tonight — 1.131 million

Top metro programs:

1. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) – 1.651 million
2. The Block (Nine) — 1.255 million
3. Seven News — 1.197 million
4. Nine News — 1.167 million
5. Seven News / Today Tonight — 1.131 million
6. Nine News 6.30 — 1.071 million
7. Love Child (Nine) — 1.065 millio
8. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.005 million

Losers:  Ten, again, Seriously!Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 1.197 million
2. Nine News — 1.167 million
3. Seven News / Today Tonight — 1.131 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.071 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 970,000
6. ABC News – 842,000
7. 7.30 (ABC1) — 750,000
8. Ten Eyewitness News — 690,000
9. Australian Story (ABC1) — 684,000
10. Media Watch (ABC1) — 595,000

Metro morning TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) – 324,000
2. Today (Nine) – 319,000
3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 167,000
4. Mornings (Nine) — 117,000
5. News Breakfast (ABC1, 69,000 + 39,000 on News 24) — 108,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 49,000
7. Wake Up (Ten) — 49,000

Top pay TV channels:

1. Fox Footy (3.3%)
2. Fox 8, LifeStyle  (2.1%)
3. TV HITS! (2.0%)
4. UKTV  (1.6%)
5. Fox Footy, A&E  (1.6%)

Top five pay TV programs:

1. NRL: Canterbury v Cronulla  (Fox Sports 1) – 210,000
2. Monday Night With Matty Johns (Fox Sports 1) – 138,000
3. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) – 89,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy ) — 85,000
5. Soccer: Man United v Liverpool (Fox Sports 1), George Clark’s Amazing Spaces (LifeStyle) – 67,000

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