The Block’s night. 2.14 million nationally, down 270,000 from last Sunday but still a very, very solid figure. Seven’s Little Big Shots is hanging in there with 1.84 million national viewers, thanks to a very solid 686,000 in the regions. Overall it lost around 100,000 from the week before with a lot of that coming from the metros where it averaged 1.15 million — 400,000 short of The Block with 1.54 million. Seven’s Sunday Night won with 1.64 million nationally — Nine’s 60 Minutes was left behind with 1.09 million (it started half an hour later than Sunday Night at 8.30pm, but that should not have accounted for the big difference in audience figures).

Dr Blake’s Mysteries returned to the ABC at 8.30pm with 1.13 million viewers nationally for the start of the final season. On Ten, Australian Survivor bled 58,000 viewers from the previous Sunday to average just 701,000 nationally last night. It’s not very convincing and the Sunday version of The Project is flopping — a weak 461,000 nationally for the 7pm part (half the normal weekday figure) and 389,000 for the 6.30pm start, which is only equal to a good night Monday to Friday.

In mornings, the Insiders won with 488,000 national viewers — down 30,000 or so from recent figures, but well ahead of Weekend Sunrise (444,000 and Weekend Today with 383,000). It was a comfort to have Barrie Cassidy back in the chair to give Senator Mitch Fifield a tough interview. In the regions, Little Big Shots was tops with 686,000, followed by The Block with 598,000, then Sunday Night with 572,000, followed by Seven News with 494,000 and Nine/NBN News 6.30 was fifth with 437,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (32.7%)
  2. Nine (31.9%)
  3. ABC(16.0%)
  4. Ten (13.0%)
  5. SBS (6.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (26.1%)
  2. Seven (23.2%)
  3. ABC (12.6%)
  4. Ten (9.8%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.2%)
  2. 7TWO (3.1%)
  3. GO (2.2%)
  4. ABC 2, 7flix (2.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) —2.140 million
  2. Little Big Shots (Seven) — 1.840 million
  3. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.648 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.565 million
  5. Seven News  — 1.519 million
  6. Dr Blakes Mysteries (ABC)  — 1.137 million
  7. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.083 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.050 million
  9. Heists That Shook The World (Seven) — 850,000
  10. Grand Designs: House Of The Year (ABC) — 844,000

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.545 million
  2. Nine News — 1.160 million
  3. Little Big Shots (Seven) — 1.154 million
  4. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.076 million
  5. Seven News — 1.024 million

Losers: Ten.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 1.160 million
  2. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.076 million
  3. Seven News — 1.024 million
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 730,000
  5. 7pm ABC News —693,000
  6. Ten Eyewitness News — 373,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 346,000
  8. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 271,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, 367,000, 121,000 on ABC News) — 488,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 444,000
  3. Weekend Today (Nine) — 383,000
  4. Landline (ABC) — 375,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC)  — 228,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 216,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. Fox Sports 506 (6.3%)
  2. Fox Sports 505 (3.6%)
  3. TVHITS  (1.9%)
  4. Foxtel Movies Premiere/Fox8 (1.7%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Golf: On Par (Fox Sports 505) — 187,000
  2. Super Cars Sandown (Fox Sports 506) — 172,000
  3. Cricket 1st ODI: India v Australia (Fox Sports 505) — 165,000
  4. F1: Singapore  (Fox Sports 506) — 159,000
  5. Supercars Sunday (Fox Sports 506) — 102,000