Nothing dramatic last night. Lego Masters (1.12 million) and MasterChef Australia (761,000) both saw an uptick in audiences from a week earlier when the finale of Dancing with the Stars stole some viewers. Big Brother on Seven had 782,000 on its first Sunday night of the series. That should have really topped 1 million viewers.
The AFL (728,000) and NRL (447,000) boosted Seven and Nine’s 6-7pm audiences, but the impact faded.
Over on ABC News, just 96,000 watched the Tasmanian election results. It almost didn’t make the top 100 programs on the night. Wakefield, also on the ABC, was practically unwatched except for 285,000 hardy souls — down from 296,000 the previous Sunday.
Network channel share
- Nine (30.8%)
- Seven (26.5%)
- Ten (20.1)
- ABC (14.4%)
- SBS (8.2%)
Network main channels
- Nine (23.2%)
- Seven (17.8%)
- Ten (13.9%)
- ABC (10.7%)
- SBS ONE (4.9%)
Top five digital channels
- mate (4.6%)
- 7TWO (3.1%)
- 10 Bold (3.0%)
- 10 Peach (2.8%)
- Gem (2.6%)
Top 10 national programs
- Seven News — 1.574 million
- Nine News — 1.330 million
- Lego Masters (Nine) — 1.120 million
- 7pm ABC News — 958,000
- Spicks and Specks (ABC) — 784,000
- Big Brother (Seven) — 782,000
- Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 761,000
- Sunday Afternoon AFL (Seven) — 728,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) —654,000
- The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 557,000
Metro news and current affairs
- Seven News — 1.030 million
- Nine News — 1.009 million
- 7pm ABC News — 617,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 464,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 426,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 277,000
- Ten News First — 265,000
- SBS World News — 172,000
Morning (national) TV
- Insiders (ABC, ABC TV) — 555,000
- Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 417,000
- Landline (ABC) — 324,000
- Weekend Today (Nine) — 289,000
- Offsiders (ABC) — 208,000
- Sports Sunday (Nine) —196,000
Top five pay TV programs
- NRL: St George v Wests (Fox League) — 242,000
- NRL: NZ Warriors v Nth Qld (Fox League) — 177,000
- AFL: Nth Melbourne v Melbourne (Fox Footy) — 159,000
- AFL: Essendon v Carlton (Fox Footy) — 172,000
- Men In The Mirror: Rudd and Turnbull (Sky News) — 115,000
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