Dutton’s budget reply fails to excite the punters (at least the ones in livingrooms)

Quiet night — Petey Poo’s budget reply on 7.30 averaged 420,000 for the ABC on a lower-viewing night against the treasurer’s speech on Tuesday night (629,000). Don’t read anything into the difference, it happened when ScoMo and his five clones ran the place too. Q+A had 285,000 after Dutton’s speech and 7.30’s analysis. Audience mostly bored or asleep.

Nine’s night in the main channels and the demos, Seven’s night in total people. The Real Love Boat has run aground for Ten on Thursday nights on 238,000, while Gogglebox had 692,000.

The combined share of the digital channels was 34.7% as viewers went elsewhere rather than watch the mostly dross and dregs on the main channels.

Regional top five: Seven News 6.30, 490,000; Seven News, 477,000; Home and Away, 288,000; Nine News, 263,000; Home And Away Late, 262,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (28.6%)
2. Nine (28.4%)
3. Ten (18.1%)
4. ABC (16.3%)
5. SBS (8.6%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (20.6%)
2. Seven (19.1%)
3. Ten (11.7%)
4. ABC (10.1%)
5. SBS ONE (3.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.8%)
2. 10 Bold (3.2%)
3. ABC Kids/Plus (3.1%)
4. 7mate (2.9%)
5. 10 Peach (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.297 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.294 million
3. Nine News — 958,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 953,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 819,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 785,000
7. Home and Away (Seven) — 716,000
8. Gogglebox Australia (Ten) — 692,000
9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 688,000
10. Home and Away – Late (Seven) — 627,000

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

Losers: Another weak Thursday night — Gogglebox was again the only spark.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 820,000
2. Seven News 6.30 — 804,000
3. Nine News 6.30 — 701,000
4. Nine News — 694,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 558,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 554,000
7. Opposition leader’s budget reply (ABC) — 285,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 268,000
9. Ten News First — 244,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 181,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 371,000/226,000
2. Today (Nine) — 285,000/175,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 259,000/158,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 200,000
5. ABC Morning News — 187,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 131,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 39,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. T20: World Cup Ned. v India (Fox Cricket) — 76,000
2. T20: World Cup Post Game (Fox Cricket) — 72,000
3. T20: World CUP, Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 70,000
4. T20: World Cup Pak. v Zimb (Fox Cricket) — 59,000
5. Opposition Leader’s Speech (Sky News) — 52,000