Well I was wrong. I thought Little Big Shots on Seven wouldn’t do well, but it did very well —  no very, very well — and has provided the second big programming shock of the year. It blew The Block out of the water, beating it nationally by a 950,000 viewers — 2.61 million to 1.68 million.

The first ratings shock of the year was the success of the Australian Ninja Warriors on Nine, which caused Seven to hold back Little Big Shots. That delay proved wise last night as it grabbed 1.67 million metro viewers and 947,000 in the regions. The success of Little Big Shots will have put a smile on Seven’s dial after being whacked by the Ninja Warriors, then The Block and then flopping with Hell’s Kitchen and the Blue Murder sequel.

Seven won in the regions with Little big Shots on top with 947,000, followed by Seven News with 657,000, The Block was on 500,000, fourth was Sunday Night with 491,000 and Nine/NBN News 6.30 was fifth with 480,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (35.0%)
  2. Nine (29.4%)
  3. ABC (15.9%)
  4. Ten (13.2)
  5. SBS (6.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (26.8%)
  2. Nine (22.2%)
  3. ABC (12.0%)
  4. Ten (9.9%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO, 7mate (2.9%)
  2. GO (2.7%)
  3. 7flix, 9Life (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Little Big Shots (Seven) — 2.619 million
  2. Seven News  — 2.063 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.683 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.634 million
  5. Sunday Night – Diana The Secret Tapes (Seven) — 1.457 million
  6. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.053 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.025 million
  8. Midsomer Murders (ABC) — 960,000
  9. Diana: A Love Affair (Seven) — 930,000
  10. Grand Designs Australia (ABC) — 802,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Little Big Shots (Seven) — 1.672 million
  2. Seven News — 1.406 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.184 million
  4. Nine News — 1.157 million

Losers: Ten, squeezed again.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.406 million
  2. Nine News — 1.157 million
  3. Sunday Night (Seven)— 966,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 755,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 715,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 327,000
  7. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 285,000
  8. Ten Eyewitness News — 252,000
  9. SBS World News —144,000

Morning TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC,  349,000 + 152,000 on ABC News) — 501,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) —453,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 417,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) —396,000
  5. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 244,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC) —226,000