Seven had more viewers, Nine had more main channel viewers, Ten had some younger viewers for The Bachelor’s  Nine sort of did better because of the margin in the main channels. Seven and Nine’s News and then ACA did better than anything else. It was a boring night.

But there were some notable flops,  particularly Common Sense — on Ten after The Bachelor — managed 488,000 national viewers , a drop of 50% from The Bach. Lazy, derivative and just dull. Short Cuts To Glory started on the ABC at 8pm — it shouldn’t. It managed 501,000 nationally, and just 354,000 in the metros. At least Pulse at 8.30 on the ABC had some life and  it managed 589,000 national viewers including 404,000 in the metros.

Seven’s The Front Bar had another free run last night in AFL states at 8.30pm, Seven’s blokey football show. It managed 432,000 nationally and 266,000 in Melbourne. The Eddie McGuire fronted Footy Show is supposed to be back next Thursday. That will be a costly effort, The Front Bar is modest and low cost, and with its cast, led by Mick Molloy, will trouble Eddie and the gang who are going back to the 90’s to try and relive past glories, especially with the increasingly odd Sam Newman.

In the regions it was Seven’s night with all top five slots from the network, starting with the News with 592,000 viewers, followed by Seven News/TT with 503,000, Home and Away with 475,000, the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia 4th with 440,000 and Make You Laugh Out Loud was 5th with 343,000

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.9%)
  2. Nine (27.7%)
  3. Ten (19.3%)
  4. ABC (15.3%)
  5. SBS (8.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.9%)
  2. Seven (18.4%)
  3. Ten (13.3%)
  4. ABC (9.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.6%)
  2. ABC 2 (3.4%)
  3. 7mate, ONE, Eleven (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.5770 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.507 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.324 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.294 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.219 million
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.207 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.063 million
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.040 million
  9. The Bachelor (Ten) — 944,000
  10. Make You laugh Out Loud (Seven) — 880,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.004 million

Losers: Common Sense on Ten, Short Cuts To Glory on the ABC, Pulse on the ABC

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.004 million
  2. Nine News (6.30pm) —997,000
  3. Seven News — 985,000
  4. Nine News — 982,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 881,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —722,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 538,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) —492,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 457,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 354,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 477,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 400,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC,  176,000 + 77,000 on News 24) — 253,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) —212,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 177,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) —129,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Canterbury v Parramatta (Fox League) — 229,000
  2. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 99,000
  3. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 85,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 73,000
  5. Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 64,000