Brownlow night — did it end before dawn? Not even watching the Logies can prepare you for the interminable boredom of listing to the names of footballers, clubs and the figures — one, two or three. But of that national figure, 1.038 million people watched in the five metro markets and over 60% of that figure was in Melbourne — 654,000, which once again reminds me, wake me up so I can tell you the old joke about whether anything is alive in Melbourne.

Just 243,000 people watched in the regional areas and most of them were in southern New South Wales and Victoria. Most regional viewers have to get up early and work, especially those on farms. You can’t be watching vote counting at 3.30am when there are cows to milk or the header to sharpen to get the wheat harvest underway! This is the week that stops Melbourne, until early November.

The Block hardly moved on Nine — topped the night in metro and nationally and second in the regions — 1.663 million nationally. And I know it is shot in Melbourne, but it is pre-recorded. Many of those people would have been tucked up in bed, drilling, painting or scraping last night, anything but watch the Brownlow. And host Scott Cam is Logies-hardened.

In regional markets Seven News was tops with 628,000, The Block was second with 541,000, then Seven News/TT with 523,000, The 5.30pm part of The Chase was fourth with 399,000 and Home and Away was fifth with 398,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (39.6%)
  2. Nine (23.8%)
  3. Ten (16.2%)
  4. ABC (14.0%)
  5. SBS (6.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (30.5%)
  2. Nine (18.6%)
  3. Ten (11.8%)
  4. ABC (9.6%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO, 7mate (3.8%)
  2. ABC 2 (2.8%)
  3. ONE (2.5%)
  4. ONE (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.663 million
  2. Seven News  — 1.634 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.554 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.350 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.315 million
  6. Brownlow Medal (Seven) — 1.283
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.231 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.108 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 976,000*
  10. 7.30 (ABC) —955,000

*Pre-empted in some markets by Brownlow coverage (Red Carpets)

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.122 million
  2. Brownlow Medal (Seven) — 1.038 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.030 million
  4. Seven News — 1.006 million

Losers: No one, really. The Brownlow was a one-off. The Block certainly wasn’t hurt.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.030 million
  2. Seven News — 1.006 million
  3. Nine News (6.30pm) —997,000
  4. Nine News — 978,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 859,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 734,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 648,000
  8. Australian Story (ABC) — 642,000
  9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 559,000
  10. Ten Eyewitness News — 433,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 471,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 397,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 168,000 + 78,000 on ABC News) — 246,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 235,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 188,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 136,000

Top five pay TV channels:

  1. TVHITS  (2.3%)
  2. LifeStyle  (1.9%)
  3. Sky News, Nick Jr (1.6%)
  4. Fox 8  (1.5%)

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Outlander (showcase) – 78,000
  2. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 68,000
  3. Monday Night With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 63,000
  4. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 54,000
  5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 51,000

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