Amazing Race way off the pace for Ten

The Amazing Race Australia is officially an amazing flop for Ten, and after only two episodes — it premiered to 589,000 nationally on Monday night and only drew 436,000 last night, a fall of more than 20% and a real thumbs-down from the core audience.

The ABC’s Old People’s Home for Teenagers (558,000 nationally) easily topped both Amazing Race and The Cheap Seats (355,000 nationally) after Ten lost its Masked Singer boost. My Kitchen Rules on Seven was 10th nationally with 712,000; The Block on Nine with 1.083 million. Nine’s night followed by Seven, the ABC and Ten.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (30.29%)
2. Seven (27.0%)
3. ABC (18.2%)
4. Ten (16.7%)
5. SBS (8.0%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (22.2%)
2. Seven (18.9%)
3. ABC (13.2%)
4. Ten (10.5%)
5. SBS ONE (4.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7mate (3.9%)
2. 7TWO, 10 Peach (3.1%)
3. Gem (2.8%)
4. 10 Bold (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.431 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.396 million
3. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.145 million
4. Nine News — 1.100 million
5. The Block (Nine) — 1.083 million
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 988,000
7. 7pm ABC News — 842,000
8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 835,000
9. Home and Away (Seven) — 756,000
10. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) — 712,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers last night.

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 535,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 502,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 341,000; The Block, 306,000; Nine News 6.30pm, 301,000.

Losers: MKR, The Amazing Race Australia.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 897,000
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 895,000
3. Nine News 6.30pm — 844,000
4. Nine News — 813,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 697,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 582,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 487,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 316,000
9. Ten News First — 300,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 212,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 362,000/214,000
2. Today (Nine) — 300,000/204,000
3. ABC News Breakfast — 273,000/172,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 234,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 200,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 144,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 27,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 58,000
2. Paul Murray Live, The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 57,000
3. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 45,000
4. Afternoon Agenda, Credlin (Sky News), NCIS (Fox Crime) — 47,000