Seven won total people and the main channels, and Ten won all the demos. Nine was left right out. Talkin’ Bout Your Generation is flopping, just as it did in its final season on Ten a few years ago. It had 830,000 national viewers last night, down 139,000 from a week earlier — and a thumbs down from the audience. Have You Been Paying Attention on Ten starred with 1.08 million viewers nationally — up from 1.07 million a week ago — a big contrast to Talkin on Nine. ‘Attention is amusing, Talkin’ is strained. Seven’s The Mentor is fading — 646,000 nationally after House Rules — that’s a near 50% loss of audience, and could be fatal.

The ABC’s 7.30 had 995,000 nationally as Leigh Sales showed her when she’s on her A-game, there are none better (her interview with Clive Palmer was excellent). Australian Story had 1.04 million for the first part of what looks like excellent reporting, Four Corners had 1.13 million on health, always a ratings puller, and Media Watch had 889,000. Each had their best night for some months.

In regional areas, Seven’s night with the 6pm News on top with 633,000 viewers, followed by Seven News/Today Tonight with 515,000, then House Rules on 498,000. The 5.30pm part of The Chase was fourth with 437,000 and Home and Away was fifth with 420,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (29.4%)
  2. Nine (24.0%)
  3. Ten (21.4%)
  4. ABC (18.6%)
  5. SBS (6.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (18.9%)
  2. Nine (16.2%)
  3. Ten (16.1%)
  4. ABC (14.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.2%)
  2. 7TWO (4.0%)
  3. GO (3.4%)
  4. ONE (3.2%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.757 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.605 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.403 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.399 million
  5. House Rules (Seven)  — 1.299 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.247 million
  7. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.222 million
  8. Four Corners (ABC) — 1.130 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.348 million
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.126 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.124 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.090 million
  3. Nine News — 1.043 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.014 million

Losers: Nine. Talkin’ Bout Your Generation — sheep crook please!

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.124 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.090 million
  3. Nine News — 1.043 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.014 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 859,000
  6. Four Corners (ABC) — 769,000
  7. 7pm ABC News — 754,000
  8. Australian Story (ABC) — 697,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 683,000
  10. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 610,000
  11. Ten Eyewitness News — 500,000

Morning (NATIONAL) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 456,000
  2. Today (Nine) —387,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 249,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 246,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 182,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 94,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 81,000
  2. NRL:360 (Fox League) — 75,000
  3. Westworld (showcase) — 74,000
  4. Big League Wrap (Fox League) — 55,000
  5. Family Guy (Fox8) — 52,000