Seven won total people and all the major demos, Nine won the main channels. MasterChef weakened for Ten (1.04 million viewers nationally), House Rules lifted a little for Seven (1.11 million nationally). Young Sheldon struggled for Nine at 7.30pm with 1 million nationally — a third down on the debut earlier in the year. The ABC’s 8pm to 9.40pm slots did well — Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery averaged 876,000, Gruen had 1.07 million around 9.10pm and The Weekly With Charlie Pickering had 909,000 after that. That is why the ABC slipped into third spot in total people and in the main channels in front of Ten. The ABC’s strength last night was despite the 7pm News dipping out of the national top 10 for a long time with 1.01 million national viewers.

In regional areas, Seven’s night with the 6pm news on top at 609,000 viewers, followed by Seven News/Today Tonight with 496,000, House Rules on 464,000, then Home and Away in with 427,000 and the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 420,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (27.0%)
  2. Nine (26.2%)
  3. ABC (20.9%)
  4. Ten (19.6%)
  5. SBS (6.2%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (19.2%)
  2. Seven (17.53%)
  3. ABC (14.9%)
  4. Ten (143.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.5%)
  2. ABC Kids/Comedy (3.7%)
  3. 7mate, GO (3.2%)
  4. ONE (3.1%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.607 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.467 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.297 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.282 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.157 million
  6. House Rules (Seven)  — 1.115 million
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.086 million
  8. Gruen (ABC) — 1.075 million
  9. MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 1.049 million
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.029 million
  11. 7.30 (ABC) — 1.108 million

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: Nine struggled.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News —998,000
  2. Nine News — 978,000
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 975,000
  4. Nine News (6.30pm) — 965,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 825,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 713,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 591,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 550,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 408,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 328,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 448,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 376,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, News 24) — 249,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 219,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 166,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 104,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 147,000
  2. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 85,000
  3. Grand Designs Australia (LifeStyle), Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 54,000
  4. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 51,000