The Glenn Dyer breakdown: As expected, The Voice did it for Nine, with a good assist from The Block. The Voice had 2.222 million viewers in metro markets (adjusted for the 9.39pm finish) and 3.093 million nationally for last night’s first final. Tonight is the final. The Block had 1.889 million metro viewers and 2.712 million nationally. Enormous figures.

Ten’s MasterChef was crunched, 973,000 metro viewers (1.35 million nationally) was OK against the giants on Seven and Nine. But it was only two years ago that it was monstering the programs on Nine and Seven. Shine can’t put a winning sheen on this one at the moment. Ten was squeezed and beat the ABC overall (narrowly) and shared third in the main channels with ABC 1.

Last Week: Nine won thanks to The Voice (2.896 million viewers nationally) and the NRL State of Origin (3.874 million). Nine also won the regionals through WIN/NBN. Nine’s GO won the digitals.

Friday Night: Seven won the night thanks to the AFL which offset Nine’s NRL. Seven won Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Nine won Sydney and Brisbane.

Saturday Night: Seven won nationally from Nine. The second rugby union Test between Australia and Wales averaged 533,000 on Nine in metro markets and WIN in the regions. A further 289,000 watched on pay TV.

Tonight: The ABC’s four and a half hours of news and current affairs. The Block and the final episode of The Voice on Nine. MasterChef on Ten. Seven has Revenge.

The top 10 national programs (metro & regional combined):

  1. The Voice (Nine) — 3.093 million
  2. The Block (Nine) — 2.712 million
  3. Nine News — 2.277 million
  4. Seven News — 2.139 million
  5. Dancing with the Stars (Seven) — 1.841 million
  6. Castle (Seven) — 1.418 million
  7. MasterChef (Ten) — 1.354 million
  8. Tricky Business (Nine) — 1.218 million
  9. ABC News — 1.159 million
  10. How to Grow a Planet (ABC 1) — 918,000

The Metro Winners:

  1. The Voice (Nine) (7.30pm) — 2.244 million
  2. The Block (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.889 million
  3. Nine News (6pm) — 1.536 million
  4. Seven News (6pm) — 1.472 million
  5. Dancing with the Stars (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.234 million

The Losers: Unfair to say anything a loser on a night like last night

Metro News & CA: Nine News won Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Seven won Brisbane and Perth.

  1. Nine News (6pm) — 1.536 million
  2. Seven News (6pm) — 1.472 million.
  3. ABC News (7pm) — 850,000.
  4. Ten News (5pm) — 544,000
  5. The Project (Ten) (6pm) –376,000
  6. SBS News (6.30pm) — 213,000
  7. The Bolt Report (Ten) (4.30pm) — 135,000

In the morning:

  1. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) (8am) — 337,000
  2. Weekend Today (Nine) (8am) — 292,000
  3. Landline (ABC) (Noon) — 196,000
  4. Insiders (ABC) (9am) — 157,000 (+59,000)*
  5. The Bolt Report (Ten) (10am) — 153,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC) (10.30am) — 141,000
  7. Inside Business (ABC) (10am) — 131,000
  8. Meet the Press (Ten) (10.30am) — 113,000

*On News 24 simulcast

Metro FTA: Nine (3 channels) won with a share of 38.8% from Seven (3) on 28.6%, Ten (3) was on 14.5%, the ABC (4) was on 13.5% and SBS (2) was on 4.6%. Main Channels: Nine won with a share of 33.1% from Seven on 22.2%, ABC 1 was on 10.4%, Ten was on 10.4% and SBS ONE was on 3.9%.

Metro Digital: 7mate won with a share of 3.8%, from GO on 3.6%, 7TWO was on 2.6%, Gem and ONE were on 2.2% each, Eleven was on 1.9%, ABC 2, 1.7%, ABC 3, 0.8% and News 24 and SBS TWO were on 0.7%. The 10 digital channels had a total FTA share last night of 20.2%.

Metro including Pay TV: Nine (3 channels) won with a share of 32.6% from Seven (3) on 24.0%, Pay TV (200 plus channels) was on 13.7%, Ten (3) was on 12.2%, the ABC (4) was on 11.4% and SBS (2) was on 3.9%. The 15 FTA channels share of viewing last night was 86.3%. the five main channels share was 69.4%, the 10 digitals share was a low 16.9%.

The top five pay TV channels were:

  1.  Fox Footy (5.28%)
  2.  Fox 8 (2.67%)
  3.  Fox Sports 3 (2.44%)
  4.  TV1 (2.22%)
  5. Fox Sports 2 (1.96%)

The five most-watched programs on pay TV were:

  1. AFL: Footscray v Port Adelaide (Fox Footy) — 208,000
  2. AFL: Hawthorn v. Brisbane (Fox Footy) — 201,000
  3. AFL: Pre-Game Show (Fox Footy) — 162,000
  4. NRL: Gold Coast v. Penrith (Fox Sports 2) — 159,000
  5. The Simpsons (Fox 8) — 92,000

Regional: The Voice saw Nine win the regionals with WIN/NBN (3) hitting a share of 37.5%, from Prime/7Qld (3) on 37.5%, SC Ten (3) was on 13.6%, the ABC (4) was on 12.0% and SBS (2) was on 5.5%. WIN/NBN won the main channels with 29.5%, from Prime/7Qld on 23.7%. GO won the digitals with 4.9% from 7TWO and 7mate on 3.8% each. The 10 digital channels had a total FTA share last night of 23.7%.

The five most-watched programs in regional markets were:

  1. The Voice  — 850,000
  2. The Block — 823,000
  3. Nine News — 740,000
  4. Seven News — 666,000
  5. Dancing with the Stars — 607,000

Major Metro Markets: Nine had a clean sweep overall and the main channels in the five metro markets with the exception of the main channels in Perth where Seven got up. The ABC and ABC 1 pushed Ten out of third in Sydney and Perth (overall and main channels) and in the main channels in Melbourne. 7mate won the digitals in Melbourne and Adelaide and shared Brisbane with GO. GO won Sydney and Perth.

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

*Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports