The Winners A normal night, a mega hit dominates, but Ten doesn’t have enough to other solid programming (like Sunday night) to win overall. But it was enough to win the major demos off the back of MasterChef and The 7 PM Project.

  1. MasterChef (Ten) (7.30pm) — 2.003 million.
  2. Seven News (6pm) — 1.558 million.
  3. A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.490 million.
  4. Nine News (6pm) — 1.466 million.
  5. Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30) — 1.438 million.
  6. Two and a Half Men (Nine) (7pm, repeat) — 1.175 million.
  7. Rescue Special Ops (Nine) (8.30pm) 1.143 million.
  8. ABC News (7pm) — 1.114 million.
  9. Home And Away (Seven) (7pm) — 1.059 million.
  10. Two and a Half Men (Nine) (7.30pm) — 1.031 million.
  11. The Force RBT (Seven) (8pm) — 1.022 million.
  12. The 7 PM Project (Ten) (7pm) — 1.007 million.

The Losers Nothing really.

News & CA

  1. Seven News (6pm) — 1.558 million
  2. A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1490 million.
  3. Nine News (6pm) — 1.466 million
  4. Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.438 million.
  5. ABC News (7pm) — 1.114 million.
  6. Ten News (5pm) — 944,000.
  7. The 7.30 Report (ABC) — 716,000.
  8. Four Corners (ABC) (8.30pm) — 716,000
  9. Media Watch (ABC) (9.20pm) –703,000.
  10. Australian Story (ABC, 8pm) — 699,000.
  11. Q & A (ABC) (9.35pm) — 609,000.
  12. Lateline (ABC) (10.35pm) — 370,000
  13. SBS News (6.30pm) — 256,000.
  14. Lateline Business (ABC) (11.10) — 162,000.
  15. SBS Late News (9.30) — 145,000.
  16. Ten’s Late News/Sports Tonight (11:00 pm) — 129,000.

Mornings:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) (7am) 363,000.
  2. Today (Nine) (7am) — 286,000.

Seven News won nationally, but lost Melbourne to a stronger Nine. A Current Affair won nationally and Melbourne and Brisbane. Today Tonight won Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. The 119,000 margin in Melbourne got ACA home nationally (496,000 to 377,000 for TT).

The Stats :

  • FTA: Nine won with a share of 27.2%, from Seven on 26.8%, Ten was on 23.5%, the ABC, 16.0% and SBS, 6.5%. Seven and Nine are tied after two nights on 26.6%, while Ten is on 25.1%.
  • Main Channel: Nine won here with a share of 24.4%, from Seven on 23.6%, Ten on 22.5%, ABC1, 13.9% and SBS One, 5.7%. Seven leads the week with 23.1%, from Nine on 22.8% and Ten on 22.7%.
  • Digital: 7TWO won with a share of 3.3%, from GO on 2.8%, ABC2, 1.5%, ONE and SBS TWO, on 0.9% each, and ABC3, 0.6%. That’s a total share of 10% for the six FTA digital channels. GO leads the week with a share of 3.8% from 7TWO on 3.5%. The digitals’ peak share was 14.8% in Adelaide.
  • Pay TV: Nine won with a share of 22.5%, from Seven on 22.2%, Ten, 19.4%, the ABC, 13.2%, Pay TV’s 100 plus channels, 15.1% and SBS, 5.4%. The 11 FTA channels had a total share of 84.9%.
  • Regional: A solid win to WIN/NBN with 30.7%, from Prime/7Qld with 24.8%, SC Ten on 21.6%. The ABC finished on 16.3% and SBS, 6.6%. WIN/NBN won the main channels with 28.1%, from Prime/7Qld with 21.9% and SC Ten on 21.0%. 7TWO won the digitals with 2.9%, from GO on 2.6% and ABC2 on 1.1%. WIN/NBN leads the week with 30.8%, from Prime/7Qld with 25.2% and SC Ten on 23.0%.

Major Markets:

  • Sydney: Seven won from Nine and Ten, but in the main channels, it was Nine from Seven and Ten. 7TWO won the digitals from GO and ABC2. Seven leads the week from Nine and Ten.
  • Melbourne: Nine won here; overall it was Nine Seven and Ten, in the main channels, it was Nine, Ten and Seven and in the digitals, it was GO, 7TWO and ABC2. Naturally, Nine leads the week from Seven and Ten.
  • Brisbane: Seven won overall, from Nine and Ten, but Nine won the main channels from Seven and Ten. 7TWO won the digitals, from GO and ABC2. Seven leads the week from Nine and Ten.
  • Adelaide: Seven won from Nine and Ten, but Ten won the main channels from Nine and Seven. 7TWO won the digitals, from GO and ABC2. Nine leads the week from Ten and Seven.
  • Perth: Seven won from Nine and Ten and that was the same order for the main channels. 7TWO won the digitals, from GO and ONE. Seven leads the week from Ten and Nine.

(All shares on the basis of combined overnight 6 pm to midnight All People)

Glenn Dyer’s comments: The World Cup final averaged 882,000 on SBS yesterday morning. That’s more viewers than most AFL games on Seven and Ten this year attract (they are mostly national). It may have been a once every four years event, but it was also at a difficult time of day. Could the same sized audience being attracted by Australia playing England in Rugby Union (a world cup final, yes) or Rugby League at the same time? Nah. The AFL doesn’t play anybody internationally (except the made up game to get a tour of Ireland). So soccer and SBS the winners and Australia didn’t do too bad.

TONIGHT: Packed To The Rafters on Seven, Top Gear on Nine, the Tour de France (day two in the Alps, great scenery, incredible riding) on SBS, MasterChef and Modern Family on Ten, Sydney is the city in question on The Greatest Cities on the ABC.

The great unwatched program last week was Seven’s Australia Versus at 9.30pm. Tonight it’s back to 10.30pm, replaced by the returning Ghost Whisperer, which had gone to ratings heaven in the US.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports.