Nine claimed victory in the demos — but it was neck and neck with Seven. Ten was back to fourth and the ABC was third as its end of year rebound continues. Nothing stood out though. Seven’s second episode of Instant Hotel struggled — 994,000 nationally last night against 1.12 million for Tuesday night’s debut. A big fall. Ten’s Sisters has faded into history — just 337,000 nationally, which is a pity because the first episode promised a lot. Seven’s Secret Daughter returned with 919,000 —  the metro figure of 512,000 was pretty weak. Nine’s Family Food Fight – 691,000 nationally. It won’t be back in 2018. Nine has the kiss of death when it comes to food based programs.

In regional markets another Seven fest with the news on top with 550,000 viewers, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 457,000, followed by Home and Away with 427,000, then Instant Hotel with 411,000 and fifth was The Secret Daughter with 406,000. Tonight — watch The Good Doctor on Seven and Gogglebox (record one, watch the other).

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.4%)
  2. Nine (27.6%)
  3. ABC (20.3%)
  4. Ten (15.0%)
  5. SBS (8.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (18.6%)
  2. Nine (18.5%)
  3. ABC (14.8%)
  4. Ten (9.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.5%)
  2. GO (4.3%)
  3. 7mate (3.6%)
  4. Eleven (3.5%)
  5. ABC 2 (3.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.513 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.390 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.157 million
  4. Gruen (ABC) — 1.162 million
  5. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.147 million
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.098 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.042 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.041 million
  9. Instant Hotel (Seven) —994,000
  10. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 955,000

Losers: Ten with Sisters.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 963,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 933,000
  3. Nine News —880,000
  4. Nine News (6.30pm) — 857,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 743,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 721,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 589,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 449,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 438,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 310,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 497,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 392,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 147,000 + 91,000 on News 24) — 238,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 233,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 166,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 109,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 184,000
  2. Love It Or List It Australia (LifeStyle) — 127,000
  3. Pau Murray Live (Sky News) — 69,000
  4. PML Overtime  (Sky News) — 59,000
  5. Family Guy (Fox8) — 51,000