The Block — 1.07 million last night nationally — holds its audience every night to varying degrees and doesn’t shed viewers like Australia’s Got Talent on Seven did for its second ep of this series: 741,000 last night, 24% fewer viewers than the 978,000 for the return ep on Sunday night. Seven has kissed another TV programming frog (like it did with My Kitchen Rules). Farmer Wants a Wife was ratings gold in comparison. Nine’s Today made another weak start to a working week — 266,000 nationally was more than 100,000 behind Sunrise with 369,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (29.3%)
- Seven (26.9%)
- Ten (19.4%)
- ABC (13.6%)
- SBS (6.5%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (21.9%)
- Seven (19.8%)
- Ten (13.8%)
- ABC (13.6%)
- SBS ONE (3.4%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (3.3%)
- Gem (2.7%)
- 10 Peach (2.5%)
- 7mate, 10 Bold (2.3%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.406 million
- Seven News — 1.375 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.122 million
- The Block (Nine) — 1.075 million
- Nine News — 1.043 million
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.036 million
- 7pm ABC News — 883,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 811,000
- Have You Been Paying Attention? (Ten) — 749,000
- Australia’s Got Talent (Seven) — 741,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30, 515,000; Seven News, 499,000; The Block, 319,000; Home and Away, 308,000; ACA, 306,000.
Losers: viewers, again.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News 6.30 —892,000
- Seven News — 876,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 827,000
- Nine News — 773,000
- ACA (Nine) — 730,000
- 7pm ABC News — 600,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 482,000
- Four Corners (ABC) — 454,000
- Media Watch (ABC) — 446,000
- Australian Story (ABC) — 408,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 369,000/221,000
- Today (Nine) 266,000/174,000
- ABC News Breakfast — 246,000/163,000
- ABC News Mornings — 218,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) —212,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 132,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 48,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- House of the Dragon (Fox Showcase) — 75,000
- House of the Dragon (Fox Showcase) — 56,000
- House of the Dragon (Fox Showcase) — 53,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 46,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 37,000
