Can of Worms farms Ten viewers

Ten;s new show Can of Worms did what it was supposed to do, won 16 to 39 and 18 to 49s for Ten.

The Winners: Can of Worms started on Ten last night at 8.30pm, 930,000 was about right. We’ll get a better idea next week and the week after if viewers want it. It was OK, a bit of a risk, but a good risk to take. It did what it was supposed to do, won 16 to 39 and 18 to 49s for Ten. It’s actually the sort of program that the ABC might have once wanted on its channels, but can’t afford to commission these days.

MasterChef Australia (Ten) (7.30pm) — 1.589 million
The Block (Nine) (7pm) — 1.471 million
Seven News (6pm) — 1.354 million
Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.324 million
Nine News (6pm) — 1.224 million
A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.173 million
Home and Away (Seven) (7pm) — 1.048 million
The Amazing Race Australia (Seven) (8.30pm) — 1.032 million
ABC News (7pm) — 1.003 million

The Losers: Teen Wolf: what was Seven thinking? 492,000 viewers at 9.30pm. Michael J Fox did it better a quarter of a century ago. Don’t give this one a second chance, viewers didn’t even give it a first chance.

News & CA: Nine News and ACA won Sydney and Melbourne. Seven news and TT won the rest (and big wins in Perth made sure of the national win). In the morning the holidays hit Today more than Sunrise.

Seven News (6pm) — 1.354 million
Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.324 million
Nine News (6pm) — 1.224 million
A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.173 million
ABC News (7pm) — 1.003 million
Australian Story (ABC) (8pm) — 768,000
Ten News (Ten) (5pm) — 654,000
7.30 (ABC) (7.30pm) — 647,000
Q&A (ABC) (9.35pm) — 641,000
The 7pm Project (Ten) (7pm) — 627,000
Media Watch (ABC) (9.20pm) — 602,000
Four Corners (ABC) (8.30pm) — 586,000
6.30 with George Negus (Ten) (6.30pm) –401,000
Lateline (ABC) (10.30pm) — 327,000
6.30 with George Negus (Ten) (10.30pm) — 242,000
SBS News (6.30pm) — 197,000
Late News/Sports Tonight (Ten) (11pm) — 152,000
Lateline Business (ABC) (11.05pm) — 151,000
SBS News (9.30pm) — 115,000

In the morning:

Sunrise (Seven) (7am) — 377,000
Today (Nine) (7am) — 291,000

The Stats:

FTA: Nine (3 channels) won with a share of 28.1% from Seven (3) on 27.0%, Ten (3), on 23.0%, the ABC (4) on 15.4% and SBS (2) on 6.4%. Seven leads the week with 31.2% from Nine on 27.0% and Ten with 22.4%.
Main Channel: Nine won with 21.4% from Seven on 19.0%, Ten on 17.1%, ABC 1, 12.5%, and SBS ONE on 6.0%. Seven leads the week on 23.3% from Nine on 20.2% and Ten on 16.6%.
Digital: 7TWO won with a share of 4.6% from GO on 4.1%, Eleven on 3.8%, 7mate on 3.5%, Gem on 2.7%, ONE on 2.2%, ABC 2 on 1.5%, ABC 3 and News 24 on 0.7% each and SBS TWO on 0.5%. That’s an FTA viewing share of 24.3%. GO leads the week with 4.2%, from 7TWO on 4.0% and 7mate on 3.9%.
Pay TV: Nine (3 channels) won with a share of 23.2% from Seven (3) on 22.3%, Ten (3) was on 19.0%, Pay TV (100 plus channels) averaged 15.0%, the ABC (4) ended with 12.7% and SBS (2) was on 5.3%. The 15 FTA channels had a total share of TV viewing last night of 85.0% The 10 digital channels had a total share of 20.0% and the five main channels 65.0%.
Regional: A win to WIN/NBN channels) with 31.2% from Prime/7Qld (3) on 28.5%, SC Ten (3) was on 19.0%. The ABC (4) was on 15.4%, and SBS (2) ended with 6.0%. WIN/NBN won the main channels on 23.3% with Prime/7Qld second on 19.5%. 7TWO won the digitals with 4.6%, from GO on 4.4% and 7mate on 4.3%. The 10 digital channels had a total FTA share of 27.5%. Prime/7Qld leads the week with 31.8% from Nine on 29.4%.

Major Markets: Nine did well, winning Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide overall and in the main channels with Seven second and Ten third in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Ten was second in Melbourne and Seven a weak third in the main channels in that market. 7TWO won Melbourne, Adelaide and shared Perth with 7mate. 7mate won Sydney and Eleven got up in Brisbane. Seven leads the week from Nine and Ten in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. In Perth last night it was the usual story, Seven far ahead, Ten second and Nine a very weak third. That Seven won Perth last night with programs not supported by viewers elsewhere and Nine couldn’t match the wins in other markets, again tells us just how much Nine is on the nose in Perth.

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

Glenn Dyer’s comments: Nine got up and had a good win. Seven shot itself by programming Teen Wolf at 9.30pm. Seven actively prompted the return of Border Security last night. The episode last night was a repeat, just 880,000 watched. Poor effort, viewers are not silly. Seven will ruin the audience’s obvious enjoyment of this series if it pulls another stunt like that. Border Security was brought back after Seven punted No Ordinary Family to 7mate.

According to online guides, No Ordinary Family is in Sydney and Brisbane schedules at 8pm on Thursday. Better Homes and Gardens is in the 7.30pm slot the same night in AFL markets because Friday night’s AFL coverage starts at 7.30pm. Better Homes is in Sydney and Brisbane on Friday night.

MasterChef had a national audience of 2.069 million with 479,000 watching in regional areas and 1.5789 million in the metro markets.

The Block had a national audience of 1.981 million, with 510,000 in the regions (where it finished ahead of MasterChef) and 1.471 million in the metro markets.

Seven has commissioned a second series of Winners & Losers for 2012. Production starts soon. Seven will have at least three long form dramas in production next year (in-house) in Home and Away, Winners & Losers and Packed To The Rafters. That’s a head start for next year.

And SBS announced this morning that Director of Television and Online Content Matt Campbell is leaving for News Corp’s Shine Australia and New Zealand as Managing Director. He follows SBS CEO, Shaun Brown who has gone at the end of his contract.

TONIGHT: Australia’s Got Talent and Winners & Losers on Seven. The Block on Nine, MasterChef on Ten. The Tour de France on SBS and Foreign Correspondent on the ABC.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports