While Nine did very well in the key demographics in metro markets thanks to The Voice (1.561 million), which finished in front of Seven’s House Rules (1.406 million), in the regions it was a different story, where House Rules (947,000) absolutely streeted The Voice (731,000). Nationally House Rules won with 2.353 million viewers easily accounted for The Voice which had a very solid 2.155 million. It was also a similar story between Nine’s 60 Minutes which won the metros with 1.369 million and Seven’s Sunday Night on 1.209 million. But in the regions, Sunday Night beat 60 Minutes and moved past Nine’s flagship nationally to win the night 1.985 million to 1.952 million.

There was just an overload of sport on the weekend — AFL, NRL, soccer, international hockey, international Rugby Union. Australia’s first World Cup match against Chile had 914,000 national viewers at 8am Saturday and 954,0000 for the post match chat on SBS1 as people tuned in for the result.  The Swans-Port game on Saturday was the best match of the weekend in terms of tightness and drama, especially the last quarter. 659,000 people watched it on Seven and 7mate.

Ten’s MasterChef last night almost reached the million viewer mark in metro markets (999,000). Its regional audience though was a weak 332,000. The national figure was 1.331 million, which was more than OK. Seven’s 6pm News won the night because it was helped by the tight Collingwood-Western Bulldogs AFL match ending just on 6pm. Nine’s 6pm News won big in Sydney because of the Parramatta-Canterbury NRL game. The morning chats such as Offsiders, Insiders, Weekend Today and Weekend Sunrise all lost viewers to the World Cup on Soccer. Ten’s Bolt Report was the least affected.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (29.8%)
  2. Seven (29.5%)
  3. Ten (19.3%)
  4. ABC (16.6%)
  5. SBS (4.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.9%)
  2. Seven (22.4%)
  3. Ten (14.12.3%)
  4. ABC1  (3.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.6%)

Top digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.8%)
  2. GO (3.5%)
  3. 7mate (3.4%)
  4. ABC2, ONE (2.8%)
  5. Gem, Eleven (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. House Rules (Seven) — 1.353 million
  2. Seven News — 2.292 million
  3. The Voice (Nine) — 2.155 million
  4. Nine News — 1.985 million
  5. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.952 million
  6. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.918 million
  7. A Place To Call Home (Seven) — 1.583 million
  8. Grand Designs (ABC1) — 1.362 million
  9. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 1.331 million
  10. ABC News –– 1.218 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.560 million
  2. The Voice (Nine) — 1.533 million
  3. Nine News — 1.414 million
  4. House Rules (Seven) — 1.406 million
  5. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.369 million
  6. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.208 million

Losers: No one really — good choice all round. The Spanish soccer side at the World Cup and the Netherlands’ men’s hockey side in the World Cup won 6-1 by Australia.Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.560 million
  2. Nine News — 1.414 million
  3. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.369 million
  4. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.208 million
  5. ABC News  –  812,000
  6. Ten Eyewitness News — 436,000
  7. SBS World News — 241,000

Morning TV:

  1. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) – 3276,000
  2. Landline (ABC1) – 268,000
  3. Insiders (ABC1, 171,000 + 80,000 on News 24) — 251,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 222,000
  5. Financial Review Sunday (Seven) — 169,000
  6. The Bolt Report repeat (Ten) — 131,000
  7. Offsiders (ABC1) — 124,000
  8. The Bolt Report (Ten) — 122,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. Fox Footy (5.7%)
  2. Fox Sports 1 (4.6%)
  3. Fox Sports 1 (4.4%)
  4. Fox Sports 2 (3.9%)
  5. Fox 8 (2.4%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: Collingwood v Western Bulldogs (Fox Sports 3) – 186,000
  2. AFL: Essendon v Melbourne (Fox Footy) – 173,000
  3. AFL: Geelong v St Kilda  (Fox Footy) – 149,000
  4. Ed and Derm’s Big Week in Footy (Fox Footy) – 102,000
  5. Grown Up 2 (Foxtel Movies) – 73,000

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