Nine’s night, thanks to The Block (1.269 million) nationally as it finished third, behind Seven’s 6pm (1.580 million) and 6.30pm News (1.431 million). End of night. Oh, The Bachelor did well for a second Wednesday with 1.077 million.

In regional areas Seven’s 6pm News was on top with 577,000, with Seven News/Today Tonight next with 467,000, followed by Home and Away with 387,000, then Highway Patrol (also Seven), 379,000 and Motorbike Cops (Seven), 369,000. Pay TV was full of the political claptrap from the flock of talking heads — four of the five top programs on Foxtel last night were talking heads on Sky News, topped by Paul Murray Live with 107,000 people. Meanwhile 7.30 had 930,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.3%)
  2. Seven (25.9%)
  3. Ten (20.4%)
  4. ABC (17.9%)
  5. SBS (7.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.0%)
  2. Seven (18.3%)
  3. Ten (14.5%)
  4. Ten (12.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (4.1%)
  2. ONE (3.5%)
  3. 7mate (3.5%)
  4. 7TWO (3.1%)
  5. Gem (2.5%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1.  Seven News — 1.580 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.431 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.269 million
  4.  Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.237 million
  5.  Nine/NBN News — 1.455 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.150 million
  7. The Bachelor (Seven) — 1.077 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.054 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.010 million
  10. Anh’s Brush With Fame (ABC) — 989,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News– 1.003 million

Metro news and current affairs:

  1.  Seven News — 1.003 million
  2.  Seven News/Today Tonight — 964,000
  3. Nine News  — 938,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 934,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 810,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 918,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 622,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 518,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 380,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 304,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 460,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 355,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 280,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 205,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 155,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 63,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 107,000
  2. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 68,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 64,000
  4. PML Overtime (Sky News) — 62,000
  5. Richo (Sky News) — 61,000