It’s probably not stretching things too far to say that if I were a commercial TV executive in Australia I would be changing my name and self-isolating for a month or more (suitably medicated with some Dr Penfold’s finest glass-wrapped liquids).
Last night was just weak, a night to start binge medication as a TV viewer.
Tonight will not be much better, Thursday is a black hole waiting to be discovered and win a Nobel prize, Friday and Saturday are gimmes — NRL and AFL prelim finals, then the whole disheartening cycle kicks off again on Sunday night. Netflix me please, Scotty!
Nine won because The Block — 1.13 million — did better than any other program after 7pm while Seven, after its usual strong lead from 6 to 7pm, and then Home and Away until 7.30pm (890,000), crashed. Last night it was a repeat of the Jimmy Barnes biopic from a couple of years ago — 450,000 nationally from 7.30pm to 9.45pm.
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On Ten, Junior MasterChef was watched by 736,000 from 7.30 to 9pm (which is about the cast’s bed time?).
In breakfast, Today’s picking up, again: Sunrise led with 454,000/250,000 viewers; Today 327,000 and 224,000; and ABC News Breakfast, 294,000/196,000.
In regional markets Seven News, 512,000; Seven News 6.30, 456,000; Home and Away, 335,000; 7pm ABC News, 323,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm 315,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (28.3%)
- Seven (24.8%)
- Ten (20.3%)
- ABC (17.2%)
- SBS (9.4%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (20.5%)
- Seven (15.1%)
- Ten (13.9%)
- ABC (12.7%)
- SBS ONE (5.4%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (4.0%)
- 7mate (3.9%)
- 10 Bold (3.5%)
- ABC Kids/Comedy (2.6%)
- 10 Peach (2.4%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.47 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.40 million
- Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.17 million
- Nine/NBN News — 1.14 million
- The Block (Nine) — 1.13 million
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.04 million
- 7pm ABC News — 1.02 million
- Anh’s Brush With Fame (ABC) — 920,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 890,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 831,000
Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers.
Losers: Just a weak night
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 957,000
- Seven News 6.30 — 942,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 896,000
- Nine News — 874,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 752,000
- 7pm ABC News – 701,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 571,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 481,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 321,000
- Ten News First — 310,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 454,000/250,000
- Today (Nine) – 327,000/224,000
- News Breakfast (ABC, ABC News) — 294,000/196,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 208,000
- Today Extra (Nine) – 156,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 53,000
Top five pay TV programs:
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 93,000
- Alan Jones (Sky News) — 80,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 73,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 70,000
- PML Later (Sky News) — 56,000
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