Nine’s night, a bit more narrowly — 1.31 million viewers nationally for The Block was the standout. The only competition came from Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell on the ABC with 963,000 nationally, and the Wednesday night offering of The Bachelor with 963,000. Seven’s 6pm News, 1.5 million nationally, and Today Tonight from 6.30 pm, 1.47 million, were one and two nationally. In regional markets it was Seven’s 6pm News with 510,000, Today Tonight with 508,000, The Block with 381,000, Home and Away with 379,000 and The Chase Australia with 367,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (29.0%)
  2. Seven (26.4%)
  3. Ten (20.9%)
  4. ABC (17.1%)
  5. SBS (6.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (20.5%)
  2. Nine (17.9%)
  3. Ten (13.9%)
  4. ABC (12.2%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.3%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. GO (4.3%)
  2. ONE (3.7%)
  3. 7TWO, Eleven (3.2%)
  4. 7mate (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.500 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.479 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.310 million
  4.  Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.229 million
  5.  Nine/NBN News — 1.173 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.106 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.081 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 980,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven), The Bachelor (Ten) — 963,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers.

Losers: no one really – an average night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News/Today Tonight — 991,000
  2. Seven News — 969,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 934,000
  4. Nine News — 885,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 799,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 750,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 578,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 468,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 345,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 246,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 466,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 348,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 248,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 199,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 140,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 81,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Goggle Box Australia (LifeStyle) — 204,000
  2. NRL: Dally M Awards (Fox League) — 154,000
  3. Love It Or Leave It Australia (LifeStyle) — 135,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 71,000
  5. NRL: 360 (Fox League) – 57,000