A solid win for Seven in the metros and the regions, and for once, in the demographics — Beauty and The Geek did as expected for Seven — slid, Big Brother slid — and the ABC returned  Upper Middle Bogan and It’s a Date to reasonable numbers — and it was great to have classy, interesting programs back in the schedule. Established performers Home and Away and Catalyst dominated, being the two most watched non-news programs on the night in metro markets

Catalyst> had 1.107 million national viewers/ 731,000 metro/ 376,000 regional viewers. Home and Away had 1.318 million national viewers and easily won the regionals with 493,000 viewers. The surprise show was Nine’s buy-in, King Cross ER (about the emergency room at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney’s inner east). It originally aired on Foxtel and last night averaged 1.129 million national/ 713,000 metro/ 417,000 regional viewers (which made it number three on the night in the regions). 

It’s a Date and Upper Middle Bogan did the right thing — beating the dross on Seven and Nine. In fact the two ABC programs won the 8.30 to 9.30 timeslots. Include Catalyst at 8pm and it was a three slot win (at least in metro markets). Upper Middle Bogan was seventh nationally with 1.032 million national/ 719,000 metro/ 314,000 regional viewers, while It’s a Date had 847,000 national/ 621,000 metro/ 226.000 regional viewers. The first episode of Beauty And The Geek on Seven had 950,000 national/ 623,000 metro/ 327,000 regional viewers and the second episode had 875,000 national/ 612,000 metro/ 263,000 regional viewers. Big Brother on Nine had 721,000 national/ 512,000 metro/ 209,000 regional viewers. Ten’s Madame Secretary had 797,000 national viewers from 8.30pm and also accounted for Big Brother. (Any program which does that is commended and does a noble public service). But the repeat of Tuesday Night’s Party Tricks at 9.30pm could only manage 275,000 national viewers. It’s a shot duck —Offspring, anyone?

For the third night in a row not one program could manage a million or more metro viewers.

In the morning, Nine’s Today couldn’t sustain a good 300,000 plus audience on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and yesterday’s metro audience slid to 260,000. Sunrise’s audience eased back to 341,000 and an easy win.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (30.1%)
  2. Nine (26.8%)
  3. ABC (19.1%)
  4. Ten (18.3%)
  5. SBS (5.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (18.3%)
  2. Nine (16.5%)
  3. ABC (14.0%)
  4. Ten(12.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.3%)

Top digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (6.5%)
  2. GO, 7mate (5.3%)
  3. Gem (4.9%)
  4. ABC2 (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Nine News — 1.374 million
  2. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.318 million
  3. Seven News — 1.191 million
  4. Kings Cross ER (Nine) – 1.129 million
  5. Catalyst (ABC) — 1.107 million
  6. ABC News — 1.075 million
  7. Upper Middle Bogan (ABC) — 1.032 million
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 981,000
  9. A Current Affair (Nine) — 963,000
  10. Beauty and The Geek episode 1 (Seven) — 950,000

Top metro programs: No programs had a million or more metro viewers 

Losers: Anyone who watched Big Brother or Beauty and The Geek and missed Upper Middle Bogan, It’s A Date or Catalyst. But generally, viewers had good choice last night for those interested in watching.Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News 6.30 – 927,000
  2. Nine News — 918,000
  3. Seven News — 903,000
  4. Seven News/ Today Tonight — 873,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 797,000
  6. ABC News — 704,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 649,000
  8. The Project 7pm (ABC) — 541,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 516,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 402,000

Morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 341,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 260,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 150,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC  82,000 + 40,000 on News 24) — 122,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 91,000
  6. Studio 1o (Ten) — 46,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. Fox 8  (3.1%)
  2. LifeStyle  (3.0%)
  3. TVHits!  (2.1%)
  4. UKTV (1.9%)
  5. Fox Classics (1.7%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Grand Designs Australia (LifeStyle) – 127,000
  2. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) – 64,000
  3. Modern Family (Fox8) – 62,000
  4. Family Guy (Fox8) – 58,000
  5. George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (Fox) – 52,000

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