It was Nine’s night thanks to The Block (1.22 million nationally), though Ten did well with The Bachelor (1.12 million nationally and some juicy figures among the younger demos as well as 25-54s). Seven and the ABC drifted in their wake. 

In regional markets Seven’s 6pm News led the way with 555,000, then Seven News/TT with 424,000. Third was The Block with 383,000, then The Chase Australia from 5.30pm with 379,000 and Home and Away was fifth with 366,000. On Foxtel, Gogglebox Australia returned and rated 194,000 people. This was the top spot — easily beating the chattering chaps on Sky News. Gogglebox is back on Ten tonight — what will they say about last week’s coverage of the the ejection of Malcolm Turnbull?

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (27.8%)
  2. Seven (26.6%)
  3. Ten (21.6%)
  4. ABC (17.5%)
  5. SBS (6.5%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (19.0%)
  2. Seven (17.3%)
  3. Ten (16.0%)
  4. ABC (12.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate, Gem (3.6%)
  2. ONE (3.5%)
  3. 7TWO, GO (3.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.573 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.421 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.229 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.215 million
  5. Nine/NBN News — 1.211 million
  6. The Bachelor (Ten) — 1.121 million
  7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.088 million
  8. 7pm ABC News — 1.028 million
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 972,000
  10. Home and Away (Seven) — 968,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.018 million

Losers: 

Metro news and current affairs:

  1.  Seven News — 1.018 million
  2.  Seven News/Today Tonight — 987,000
  3. Nine News— 921,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 918,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 780,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —704,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 549,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 532,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 358,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 304,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 456,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 342,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 281,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 205,000
  5. Mornings (Nine) — 146,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 72,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Googlebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 194,000
  2. All Australian Awards (Fox Footy) — 118,000
  3. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) – 79,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 64,000
  5. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 56,000