Just two sleeps until MKR ends, and then its more than 300 till it starts again (it is already casting for 2019). Are we thrilled? Well, there are only three sleeps until Masterchef slips into the Ten lineup to takeover. So much food, so little time to watch. But Seven starts its 2018 version of House Rules the same night so those viewers wanting a break from this endless reality rubbish will not be happy. Seeing Nine has more yelling on The Voice, there is little relief. The ABC’s line up is unmoving – its news and current affairs line up on Monday promises much but usually just makes the cut most weeks now. 

All this is to avoid last night — MKR on Seven, NRL on Nine and nothing else. MKR had 1.74 million national, 1.18 million metro and 561,000 regional viewers. And that was the night. Oh, there was the AFL Footy Show in Melbourne (201,000) and The Front Bar on Seven (191,000). 

The NRL Footy Show in Sydney, 70,000, and Brisbane, 40,000. Seeing the Brisbane Broncos won the game narrowly over the Canterbury side from Sydney (207,000) and Brisbane (188,000) you would have thought that more people from that game would have stayed around to watch the Footy Show. It was a controversial end to the game, but even that couldn’t get viewers to stay with Nine.

In regional areas Seven news won with 582,000 viewers, from MKR with 561,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 490,000, Home and Away with 431,000 and the 5.30 pm part of The Chase Australia with 376,000

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (36.2%)
  2. Nine (26.8%)
  3. Ten (14.9%)
  4. ABC (14.6%)
  5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (25.2%)
  2. Nine (20.0%)
  3. Ten (9.6%)
  4. ABC (9.5%)
  5. SBS ONE (7.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.4%)
  2. 7mate (3.4%)
  3. 7flix (3.2%)
  4. GO (2.8%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy, Eleven (2,7%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. MKR (Seven) — 1.745 million
  2. Seven News  — 1.550 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.450 million
  4. Nine/NBN News (6.30pm) — 1.245 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.240 million
  6. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.163 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.118 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.059 million
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 963,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 788,000

Top metro programs:

  1. MKR (Seven) — 1.185 million

Losers: Viewers.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News —968,000
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 960,000
  3. Nine News (6.30pm) — 919,000
  4. Nine News — 916,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 788,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 717,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 535,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 501,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 415,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 331,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 479,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 393,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 243,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC, 165,000 + 74,000 on News 24) — 239,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 160,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 98,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Brisbane v Canterbury (Fox League) — 272,000
  2. Late Night With Matty Johns (Fox League ) — 137,000
  3. Thursday Night league (Fox League) — 90,000
  4. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 90,000
  5. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 79,000