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Glenn Dyer

Even Gogglebox couldn’t make some noise on a quiet TV evening

Last night was almost horizontal; tonight is all that and more, so if you find yourself watching TV and you topple over on the couch, make sure you roll on your side, assume the safety position and keep your airways clear — better to be safe than sorry. It will be the only way to survive what will be a night even worse for TV viewing than New Year’s Eve or Christmas night. Even Gogglebox has lost it.

Nine’s The Block (1.138 million nationally) won it for the network last night. Nothing else (apart from Seven and Nine News) got within cooee of it.

At least the NRL finals start tomorrow night; there’s also the AFL finals and the AFLW and NRLW competitions as well.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (32.5%)
  2. Seven (25.3%)
  3. ABC (17.7%)
  4. Ten (15.0%)
  5. SBS (9.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (24.1%)
  2. Seven (18.1%)
  3. ABC (13.2%)
  4. Ten (8.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.6%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 10 Peach (3.3%)
  2. 7TWO (3.0%)
  3. Gem, 7mate (2.9%)
  4. ABC News (2.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.427 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.422 million
  3. The Block (Nine) — 1.138 million
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.056 million
  5. Nine News — 1.023 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 954,000
  7. 7pm ABC News — 832,000
  8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 802,000
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 644,000
  10. Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (ABC) — 622,000

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

Regional top 5: Seven News 6.30pm, 492,000; Seven News, 489,000; The Block, 324,000; Home and Away, 307,000; MKR Winner Announced, 302,000.

Losers: the entire night.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 922,000
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 917,000
  3. Nine News 6.30pm — 778,000
  4. Nine News — 751,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 653,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 570,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 438,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 298,000
  9. Ten News First — 273,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 200,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 349,000/206,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 298,000/203,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast — 268,000/161,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 194,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 176,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 154,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 32,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle) — 121,000
  2. NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 54,000
  3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 53,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 50,000
  5. Credlin (Sky News) — 49,000
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