Nine’s night thanks to The Block Glasshouse and a solid performance of the 6-7pm news hour. That was in the metros, in the regions, the split re-appeared after popping up on Sunday night. So Seven won the regions narrowly overall, but with a larger margin in the main channels. Ten was third in both areas and the ABC fourth.

The Block Glasshouse averaged 1.775 million/ 1.211 million metro/ 563,000 regional viewers and was the most watched program in all markets. Winners & Losers, Bringing Sexy Back and Home and Away all had higher ratings in regional areas proportionately than they did in the metros, and that helped push Seven to the lead last night. Winners & Losers at 8.45pm saw Seven move in front of Nine which started To Catch A Smuggler at 8.40pm (a very soft National Geographic Channel program based  at JFK in New York). Winners & Losers had 1.236 million national/ 770,000 metro/ 467,000 regional viewers, while Smuggler had 916,000 national/ 637,000 metro/ 279,000 regional viewers, well behind Winners and Losers.

In the morning Sunrise’s US jaunt again delivered a big win as Today’s average fell back under 300,000 viewers. Sunrise had 384,000 metro viewers, Today had 287,000. Nine’s headache continues. At 6pm NIne News beat Seven in Sydney by 54,000; Melbourne by 114,000 and by 63,000 in Brisbane. Seven News won Adelaide and Perth by the usual large margins.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (32.4%)
  2. Seven (28.0%)
  3. Ten (17.8%)
  4. ABC (15.7%)
  5. SBS (6.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.3%)
  2. Seven (18.6%)
  3. Ten (11.6%)
  4. ABC 1 (11.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. Gem (6.0%)
  2. GO (5.2%)
  3. 7mate (4.9%)
  4. 7TWO (4.5%)
  5. ONE (3.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block Glasshouse (Nine) – 1.775 million
  2. Nine News — 1.707 million
  3. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.417 million
  4. Seven News  –1.359 million
  5. Winners & Losers (Sven) — 1.236 million
  6. ABC  News  – 1.173 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) – 1.125 million
  8. Bringing Sexy Back (Seven) — 1.109 million
  9. Nine News 6.30 — 1.072 million
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 967,000

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block Glasshouse (Nine) – 1.211 million
  2. Nine News — 1.191 million
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 1.077 million
  4. Seven News — 1.033 million

Losers: Just one of those nights in network TV, I’m afraid. The One Day International between Australia and South Africa on Fox Sports provided some light and shade, but not many viewers  — around 70,000.Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 1.191 million
  2. Nine News 6.30 — 1.072 million
  3. Seven News — 1.033 million
  4. Seven News/ Today Tonight — 953,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 950,000
  6. ABC News  – 816,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 687,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 673,000
  9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 617,000
  10. Ten Eyewitness News — 602,000

Morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 384,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 287,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 131,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC 75,000 + 40,000 on News24) — 115,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 106,000
  6. Studio 1o (Ten) — 48,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. Fox Sports 3 (3.7%)
  2. Fox 8  (3.2%)
  3. TVHITS!  (2.5%)
  4. UKTV (2.2%)
  5. LifeStyle  (1.9%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Back Page (Fox Sports 3) – 102,000
  2. Family Guy (Fox8) – 99,000
  3. Family Guy (Fox8) – 76,000
  4. Cricket: ODI Australia v South Africa  (Fox Sports 3) – 73,000
  5. AFL 360 (Fox Footy) – 71,000

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