Average night, tight finish — House Rules (1.19 million) and Masterchef (1.12 million) were the most watched non-news programs nationally. But Masterchef was well ahead of House Rules in the metros, 860,000 to 732,000. Everyone (well Nine, Ten and Seven) claimed something from last night. In the end I went for an early bed.

Seven’s night again in the regions with the 6pm News on top with 580,000 followed by Seven News/Today Tonight with 468,000, closely followed by House Rules in third with 465,000. Home and Away was fourth with 415,000 and fifth was the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia with 384,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (27.8%)
  2. Seven (27.4%)
  3. Ten (19.9%)
  4. ABC (18.1%)
  5. SBS (6.8%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (17.2%)
  2. Seven (17.1%)
  3. Ten (14.6%)
  4. ABC (13.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. Gem (4.7%)
  2. GO (4.1%)
  3. 7TWO (3.9%)
  4. 7mate (3.5%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.641 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.477 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.310 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.270 million
  5. House Rules (Seven) — 1.197 million
  6. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 1.127 million
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.115 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine), Gruen (ABC) — 1.071 million
  9. 7pm ABC News — 1.015 million

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.061 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.009 million

Losers: Average night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.061 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.009 million
  3. Nine News — 977,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 921,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 731,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 704,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 570,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 530,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 467,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 377,000

Morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 433,000
  2. Today (Nine) —355,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 265,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 214,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 164,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 85,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 97,000
  2. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 78,000
  3. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 62,000
  4. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 59,000
  5. Paul Murray Live (Fox8) — 50,000