Yet again, The Block’s night with 1.80 million national viewers and 1.24 million in the metros. End of story, onto tonight. Australian Survivor on Ten was again weak — 743,000 nationally. Seven hung in — the 6 to 7 News programs were its best performers with 1.60 million and 1.48 million viewers respectively. 800 Words managed 1.07 million viewers nationally.

On Sky News, Alan Jones’ special guest, Tony Abbott, was softball questioned by his dear friend Peta Credlin. This love fest of like minded sorts was watched by 50,000 people and was the 8th most watched program on Pay TV last night. The sports chat show, AFL 360, was tops, with 83,000 people, followed by the Matildas playing Brazil on Fox Sports with 82,000 — these were the top two programs on Foxtel last night. The Matildas game averaged 241,000 national viewers on ABC 2 last night.

In the regions, Seven News regained top spot with 582,000 viewers, with The Block second with 569,000, then Seven News/Tonight Today  with 481,000, Home and Away was fourth with 464,000 and 800 Words was fifth with 444,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.4%)
  2. Seven (26.6%)
  3. Ten (18.1%)
  4. ABC (16.2%)
  5. SBS (7.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.4%)
  2. Seven (18.2%)
  3. Ten (12.8%)
  4. ABC (9.8%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. ABC 2 (4.4%)
  2. Gem (3.7%)
  3. 7mate (3.5%)
  4. 7TWO (3.3%)
  5. GO, ONE (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Seven) — 1.809 million
  2. Seven News  — 1.606 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.482 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.309 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.304 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.205 million
  7. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.128 million
  8. 800 Words (Seven) — 1.078 million
  9. 7pm ABC News — 1.072 million
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1.054 million

Top metro programs:

    1. The Block (Seven) — 1.241 million
    2. Seven News  — 1.024 million
    3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.001 million

Losers: Average night – Australian Survivor, again.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.024 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.001 million
  3. Nine News — 957,000
  4. Nine News (6.30pm) —952,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 832,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 726,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 553,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 509,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 429,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 352,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 497,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 439,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 166,000 + 76,000 on News 24) — 242,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 213,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 178,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 106,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. TVHITS  (3.5%)
  2. Fox8  (2.7%)
  3. LifeStyle  (2.2%)
  4. Sky News (1.8%)
  5. Nick Jr (1.5%0

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 83,000
  2. Soccer: Australia v Brazil (Fox Sports 505) —82,000
  3. Soccer: Australia v Brazil Post Game (Fox Sports 505) —69,000
  4. AFL: On The Couch (Fox Footy) — 60,000
  5. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 55,000