Apart from the NRL — 710,000 on Nine and another 235,000 on Foxtel tuned in to watch North Queensland beat Manly — and Masterchef on Ten — 1.16 million and the most watched non-news program on the night —  it was a dull night that summed up the season so far.

Meanwhile, Eddie McGuire’s woes continue in Melbourne where his hosted and produced AFL Footy Show was done like a dinner for yet another week by Seven’s more modest The Front Bar. The Footy Show managed 173,000 viewers in Melbourne last night, up 1,000 from the week before. The Front Bar managed 210,000, up from 204,000 last week. Given all the money being spent on it, the Footy Show must be a disappointment for Nine. 

In regional Australia Seven’s night again with the 6pm News on top with 587,000 people, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 481,000, followed by the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 396,000, then Home and Away with 385,000 and fifth was the 7pm ABC News with 358,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (28.7%)
  2. Nine (26.6%)
  3. Ten (22.1%)
  4. ABC (15.7%)
  5. SBS (6.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (19.4%)
  2. Seven (17.4%)
  3. Ten (16.6%)
  4. ABC (10.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.3%)
  2. 7TWO (4.1%)
  3. GO (3.4%)
  4. 7flix, ONE (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.615 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.454 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.248 million
  4. Nine/NBN News  6.30pm — 1.233 million
  5. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.160 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.088 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.048 million
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 996,000
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 944,000
  10. Grand Designs Australia (ABC) – 842,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.028 million

Losers: Sad sack night, bigly sad.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.028 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 973,000
  3. Nine News — 928,000
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 913,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 769,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 690,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 562,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 538,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 416,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 330,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 423,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 371,000
  3. The Morning Show (Seven) — 212,000
  4. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 257,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 212,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 166,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 103,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Manly v North Qld (Fox League) — 235,000
  2. NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 110,000
  3. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 73,000
  4. Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) —71,000
  5. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 66,000