Nine travels pretty well but Hard Quiz takes home the big brass mug

No NRL tonight — this is its so-called magic round based on Brisbane where all eight games in the round are to be played. It’s always a risk having so many NRL players in the one place — all those bars, clubs and cafes — in BrisVegas.

It was Nine’s night last night — Travel Guides reached 879,000 which is OK, but Hard Quiz with 924,000 from 8 to 8.30pm did better. MasterChef, 678,000; Big Brother, 828,000. Doctor Doctor on Nine still in ICU with 534,000 — beaten by The Weekly (713,000) and You Can’t Ask That (516,000) — 615,000 for the hour.

Breakfast: Sunrise, 437,000 nationally and 264,000 metro; Today, 310,000 and 208,000; News Breakfast, 268,000 and 181,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 551,000; Seven News 6.30, 540,000; Home and Away, 363,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 339,000; ABC 7pm News, 303,000.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (28.3%)
2. Seven (26.4%)
3. Ten (19.5%)
4. ABC (17.2%)
5. SBS (8.7%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (19.4%)
2. Seven (18.7%)
3. ABC (12.7%)
4. Ten (11.6%)
5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top five digital channels:

1. 10 Bold (4.2%)
2. 7TWO (3.5%)
3. 10 Peach (3.1%)
4. ABC Kids/Comedy/Plus, 7mate, 9Life (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.575 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.506 million
3. Nine News 6.30 — 1.226 million
4. Nine News — 1.217 million
5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 990,000
6. Home and Away (Seven) — 953,000
7. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 924,000
8. 7pm ABC News — 897,000
9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 896,000
10. Travel Guides (Nine) — 879,000

Top metro programs:

1. Seven News — 1.024 million

Losers: Big Brother, MasterChef, Doctor Doctor

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 1.024 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 966,000
3. Nine News —954,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 953,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 706,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 594,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 515,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 419,000
9. Ten News First — 358,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 266,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 437,000/264,000
2. Today (Nine) — 310,000/208,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 268,000/181,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 208,000
5. Today Extra (Nine) — 148,000
6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 58,000

Top five pay TV programs:

1. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 67,000
2. Credlin (Sky News) —58,000
3. Paul Murray (Sky News) — 56,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 54,000
5. Grand Designs Australia (LifeStyle) — 50,000