Nine’s night, easily as Seven and the AFL again proved that sport, while popular, doesn’t count for much in prime time in Melbourne on a Monday night when all the audience wants to do is veg out. But one thing of interest was the loss of  around 400,000 viewers for The Voice in metro markets — it averaged 1.579 million against more than 1.9 million on Sunday night and on other Monday nights. There must have been something wrong with last night’s performers.

The AFL in Melbourne last night didn’t work for Seven or the AFL — just 371,000 people watched St Kilda beat Carlton in a nine-point game and 527,000 nationally on Seven’s main channel. It was the fifth most watched program in Melbourne, but the first four above it were all Nine programs, led by The Voice and then The Block, news and A Current Affair — that meant Nine won the night.

The paid-for interview on A Current Affair (and Woman’s Day) with the alleged victim of Rolf Harris failed to win the metro markets for A Current Affair — it had 1.075 million against Today Tonight’s 1.132 million. But A Current Affair did win Sydney and Melbourne, but lost Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. A Current Affair lost nationally (1.325 million to Today Tonight‘s 1.422 million), partly because it wasn’t broadcast in some regional markets by WIN, which is usual on a Monday night. Hot Seat on Nine at 5.30pm leapt into the top 10 nationally with 1.265 million because from the final contestant was going for a million dollars — he missed and won $1000!

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (33.4%)
  2. Seven (29.0%)
  3. ABC (18.2%)
  4. Ten (14.8%)
  5. SBS (4.7%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (26.7%)
  2. Seven (20.5%)
  3. ABC 1 (14.0%)
  4. Ten (10.3%)
  5. SBS ONE 4.0%

Top five digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.8%)
  2. GO (4.0%)
  3. 7mate (3.7%)
  4. Gem (2.7%)
  5. Eleven (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Voice  (Nine) – 2.216 million
  2. Nine News — 2.035 million
  3. Seven News — 1.883 million
  4. The Block (Nine) — 1.863 million
  5. ABC1 News — 1.434 million
  6. Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.422 million
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.404 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.325 million
  9. Hot Seat (Nine) — 1.265 million
  10. 7.30 (ABC1) –– 1.071 million

Top metro programs:

  1. The Voice (Nine) — 1.579 million
  2. Nine News — 1.380 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.281 million
  4. Seven News — 1.264 million
  5. Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.132 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.075 million
  7.  ABC1 News — 1.008 million

Losers:  Ten. It was a Monday night and that now seems to be Ten’s role in TV life this year to lose third spot on the night to the ABC and ABC1 in all people. 

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 1.380 million
  2. Seven News — 1.264 million
  3. Today Tonight (Seven) — 1.132 million
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.075 million
  5.  ABC1 News — 1.008 million
  6. 7.30 (ABC1) — 704,000
  7. Ten News  — 653,000
  8. Q&A (ABC1) –– 560,000 + 84,000 on News 24
  9. Four Corners (ABC1) — 619,000
  10. Media Watch (ABC1) — 567,000

Metro morning TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 363,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 344,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC1) – 55,000 + 32,000 on News 24

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. Fox Footy (4.0%)
  2. Fox Sports 1 – (3.8%)
  3. Fox 8 (2.9%)
  4. TV1 – 2.1%
  5. LifeStyle – 1.8%

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Many v Easts (Fox Sports 1) — 318,000
  2. AFL: St Kilda v Carlton (Fox Footy) – 235,000
  3. Monday Night With Matty Johns (Fox Sports 1) — 139,000
  4. Family Guy (Fox 8)– 100,000
  5. The Simpsons (Fox 8) – 89,000

Tonight: House Rules starts on Seven at 7.30pm, and then Packed To The Rafters. Nine has The Voice after The Block and then the appalling Celebrity Apprentice, which is already a winner of Turkey of the Year (crassness division). And speaking of turkeys, don’t forget Wayne Swan’s 30-minute swan song (sorry) at 7.30pm on ABC1, followed by 30 minutes of pontificating from people desperate to tell you the budget is very, very important. And New Tricks at 8.30pm isn’t further budget analysis. Ten has NCIS after The Biggest Loser (not Wayne Swan) . Insight and Dateline on SBS after Rove McManus on Who Do You Think You Are.

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