It’s August 8, 2019 and Spring is almost Sprung (certainly in Sydney and all points north). The Block is on Nine to carry us towards the end of the year — 1.17 million last night and solid. The Bachelor continues to get free headlines over on Ten — 949,000 which is also solid for Ten’s demos. The walkouts, smooching and whatever else, all choreographed like Swan Lake. It is starting to look like a mash up between The Bachelor and Survivor. There will have to be some readmissions.
Over on the ABC Mad As Hell – 876,000 and Hard Quiz, 861,000. And that the night, Nine’s night from Seven and Ten. And that was the night, snorrrrrrrreee. In regional Australia more snore – Seven’s 6pm News, 563,000, Seven News/TT, 531,000, Home and Away, 357,000, The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 354,000, Nine News 6.30, 316,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (28.0%)
- Seven (26.2%)
- Ten (21.5%)
- ABC (11.8%)
- SBS (6.8%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (20.4%)
- Seven (18.9%)
- Ten (16.7%)
- ABC (14.3%)
- SBS ONE (4.3%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 10 Bold (4.9%)
- GO (3.3%)
- ABC Kids Comedy, 7mate, Gem (2.2%)
Top 10 national programs:
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- Seven News — 1.600 million
- Seven News/TT — 1.532 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.220 million
- Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.199 million
- The Block (Nine) — 1.175 million
- ACA (Nine) — 1.083 million
- Home and Away (Seven) — 1.013 million
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 955,000
- The Bachelor (Ten) — 949,000
- 7pm ABC News (ABC) — 926,000
Top metro programs:
- Seven News — 1.037 million
- Seven News/TT — 1.001 million
Losers: Another quiet night – The rustle of wisteria is in the air – Spring is on approach.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 1.037 million
- Seven News/TT (Seven) —1.001 million
- Nine News— 912,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 883,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 784,000
- 7pm ABC News — 621,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 567,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 533,000
- 10 News First — 386,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 309,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 491,000 (Metros: 287,000)
- Today (Nine) —329,000 (Metros: 222,000)
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) —246,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 204,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 154,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) —75,000
Pay TV
- Grand Designs Australia (LifeStyle) — 66,000
- AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 63,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 62,000
- NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 55,000
- The Bolt Report, Richo & Jones (Sky News) — 53,000
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