The very boring wet weather in Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and surrounds, as well as the school holidays, created a captive audience last night, but viewers went elsewhere in search of entertainment.
As it heads into the finals, Ten’s MasterChef Australia topped the non-news programs for the night with 811,000 nationally. Nine’s Australian Ninja Warrior thingie (how inappropriate on a cold, wet winter’s night) drew 730,000, while Seven’s nostalgia-ridden News Spotlight anniversary heartstrings-tugger on Strictly Ballroom attracted 671,000.
Insiders had another good Sunday — 570,000 nationally, enough for a top 10 spot for the day, with stand-in host Patricia Karvelas. Meanwhile Aunty’s Mystery Road prequel, Origin, attracted 635,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (30.0%)
- Seven (23.6%)
- Ten (21.3%)
- ABC (16.0%)
- SBS (9.1%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (21.0%)
- Seven (16.5%)
- Ten (14.5%)
- ABC (12.3%)
- SBS ONE (4.8%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (4.4%)
- Gem (4.0%)
- 10 Peach (3.6%)
- GO, 10 Bold (2.3%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.478 million
- Nine News — 1.236 million
- 7pm ABC News — 874,000
- MasterChef Australia (Ten) — 811,000
- Australian Ninja Warrior (Nine) — 730,000
- 7 News Spotlight — 671,000
- Mystery Road: Origin (ABC) — 635,000
- Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 570,000
- Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (ABC) — 552,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 541,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Losers: Seven and Nine — Ten at least tried with MasterChef.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 974,000
- Nine News — 866,000
- 7pm ABC News — 588,000
- 7 News Spotlight — 449,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 382,000
- 60 Minutes (Nine) — 374,000
- Nine News Late — 272,000
- Ten News First — 266,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 255,000
- SBS World News — 168,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Insiders (ABC TV, ABC News) — 570,000
- Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 372,000
- Landline (ABC) — 367,000
- Weekend Today (Nine) — 270,000
- Offsiders (ABC) — 251,000
- Sports Sunday (Nine) — 202,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: St George v Canberra (Fox League) — 249,000
- NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 209,000
- NRL: NZ v Wests (Fox League) — 183,000
- AFL: Richmond v West Coast (Fox Footy) — 162,000
- AFL: Fremantle v Port Adelaide (Fox Footy) — 146,000
