Oh, no, no MKR, Seven’s weak House Rules hands the win to Nine!!!! The Voice sang for its supper at last for Nine and and MasterChef Australia helped as Ten beat the ABC’s news and current affairs line up — so its situation normal on a Monday night in late Autumn. 

House Rules (HR) started in 2017 on the same night as the final of MKR and for that reason there was a turn on and it averaged more than 1.5 million people that night. Last night, HR was on its own and the audience was 1.04 million nationally (meaning there was a turn off from Home and Away at 7pm which averaged 1.15 million). No matter how Seven spins it, it wasn’t good. The Voice averaged 1.367 million for Nine in the 7.30 pm slot. MasterChef Australia returned and averaged 1.15 million in that same slot — which is OK, but nothing to write home about. 

The hour news broadcasts from Seven and Nine dominated the top of the most watched lists in metro and nationally. In regional markets Seven News was tops with 645,000 people, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 514,000, then Home and Away with 461,000, House Rules with 430,000 and the 5.30pm bit of The Chase was with 427,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.6%)
  2. Seven (26.5%)
  3. Ten (20.5%)
  4. ABC (16.8%)
  5. SBS (7.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.9%)
  2. Seven (17.3%)
  3. Ten (15.6%)
  4. ABC (12.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.0%)
  2. 7mate (3.3%)
  3. ONE (3.2%)
  4. GO (3.1%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.743 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.583 million
  3. Nine/NBN News 6.30— 1.389 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.374 million
  5. The Voice (Nine) — 1.367 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.326 million
  7. MasterChef Australia (Ten) —1.155 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.154 million
  9. 7pm ABC News — 1.144 million
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.084 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.098 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.069 million
  3. Nine News — 1.028 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.011 million

Losers: ABC; Seven with House Rules — no better, no worse than last year. Just weak.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.098 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.069 million
  3. Nine News — 1.028 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.011 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 917,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 749,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 616,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 587,000
  9. Australian Story (ABC) — 542,000
  10. Media Watch (ABC) — 528,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 446,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 369,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, News 24) — 251,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 239,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 182,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 111,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 89,000
  2. Westworld (showcase) — 78,000
  3. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 65,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky) — 57,000
  5. NCIS (TVHITS), The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 55,000