Thanks for Seven and the ABC at least trying last night. My Kitchen Rules had another very solid night (Nine ran dead, again). That meant Seven won handsomely in metro and regional markets, with Nine a light year or two away in second spot, with the ABC again trumping Ten for third slot.

My Kitchen Rules had 2.901 million national/ 1.961 million metro/ 940,000 regional viewers and that was the night. ABC1’s Spicks and Specks had probably its most entertaining episode with the new look and cast last night, thanks to guests Martha Davis (of The Motels and “Total Control” fame) and Teddy Tahu Rhodes (great baritone).

And we must be in a housing boom. The LifeStyle Channel program on Wednesday nights, Selling Houses Australia has seen its audience rise from 142,000 on April 9 to 190,000 last Wednesday and 206,000 last night.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (37.2%)
  2. Nine (24.3%)
  3. ABC (18.0%)
  4. Ten (15.7%)
  5. SBS (4.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (30.2%)
  2. Nine (16.0%)
  3. ABC1 (12.3%)
  4. Ten (10.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.7%)

Top digital channels: 

  1. GO (4.9%)
  2. 7mate (3.7%)
  3. ABC2, Gem (3.4%)
  4. 7TWO, Eleven (3.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) – 2.901 million
  2. Nine News — 1.750 million
  3. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.525 million
  4. Seven News — 1.525 million
  5. ABC News – 1.351 million
  6. Intelligence (Seven) — 1.272 million
  7. 7.30 (ABC1) — 1.139 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) – 1.103 million
  9. Seven News / Today Tonight — 1.063 million
  10. QI (ABC1) — 1.061 million

Top metro programs:

  1. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) – 1.961 million
  2. Seven News — 1.155 million
  3. Nine News — 1.149 million
  4. Seven News  / Today Tonight — 1.063 million
  5. Nine News 6.30 — 1.036 million

Losers: Seven’s Intelligence with  1.272 million national/ 850,000 metro/ 422,000 regional viewers. Yes it won its timeslot, and finished sixth nationally, but it shed almost 1.7 million viewers from My Kitchen Rules, its lead-in. Last night’s episode was the pilot. Will it get better?Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.155 million
  2. Nine News — 1.149 million
  3. Seven News  / Today Tonight — 1.063 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.036 million
  5. ABC News – 963,000
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) – 865,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC1) — 824,000
  8. Ten Eyewitness News — 670,000
  9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 576,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 447,000

Metro morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 349,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 296,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 191,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC1 80,000 + 35,000 on News24) — 115,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 101,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 49,000
  7. Wake Up (Ten) — 37,000

Top pay TV channels:

  1. LifeStyle  (3.4%)
  2. Fox 8  (2.6%)
  3. TVHITS!  (2.4%)
  4. Crime & Investigation (1.8%)
  5. UKTV , Discovery, A&E  (1.6%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Selling Houses Australia  (LifeStyle) – 206,000
  2. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 81,000
  3. Building The Dream (LifeStyle) – 80,000
  4. AFL: Bounce (Fox Footy) – 73,000
  5. NRL: 360 (Fox Sports 1) – 69,000

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