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A closer night — The Block (949,000) sagged under a million viewers nationally which is now a common event. Today (340,000 national and 244,000 metro) continues to edge up on Sunrise in the metros (479,000/285,000). Hard Quiz (979,000 and most watched non-news program) and Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (830,000) did well.

Ten sagged as The Bachelor plodded (689,000). It did well in the demos, but that’s cold comfort when viewers are not watching the rest of the schedule.
Gogglebox (172,000 and number one on Foxtel last night, beating an AFL game), and the NRL and AFL tonight.

In regional markets: Seven news, 585,000; Seven news 6.30, 558,000; Home and Away, 7pm ABC News 375,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 344,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.1%)
  2. Seven (27.7%)
  3. Ten (17.6%)
  4. ABC (17.2%
  5. SBS (9.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.7%)
  2. Seven (18.9%)
  3. ABC (13.6%)
  4. Ten (11.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 10 Bold (4.0%)
  2. 7TWO (3.8%)
  3. 7mate (3.2%)
  4. GO, (2.3%)
  5. Gem (2.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.685 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.603 million
  3. Nine/NBN News — 1.317 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.285 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 1.086 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine)  —- 1.008 million
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 986,000
  8. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 979,000
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 967,000
  10. The Block (Nine) — 949,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.100 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.045 million
  3. Nine News — 1.032 million

Losers: Weak apart from the ABC, again.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.100 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.045 million
  3. Nine News — 1.032 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 992,000
  5. 7pm ABC News – 711,000
  6. ACA (Nine) — 710,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 571,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 536,000
  9. Ten News First — 382,000
  10. The Project 6.30 (Ten) — 344,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 479,000/285,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 340,000/244,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — n/a
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — n/a
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — n/a
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — n/a

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 172,000
  2. AFL: Brisbane v Gold Coast (Fox Footy) — 148,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 79,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 71,000
  5. Alan Jones (Sky News) — 69,000