Hey Hey It’s the Same Old Same Old, and viewers were happy with it

Seven lazily went back to the past and once again strip-mined the archive of Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s “Red Faces” segment, showing a lack of any original ideas but nonetheless attracting 944,000. Ten at least tried something original with Hunted (a version of The Amazing Race?) and drew 859,000. Nine also did a bit of mining by reviving Beauty and the Geek — 615,000 tuned in, but maybe it’s one for the BVOD gang. Hunted might spark some BVOD interest as well — it’s back tonight, tomorrow night and then next Sunday.

The ABC started Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of The World — a snore but still 691,000. Also on the ABC — Insiders, with 593,000, which placed it back in the day’s national top 10.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (27.3%)
2. Nine (26.5%)
3. Ten (20.9%)
4. ABC (15.2%)
5. SBS (10.1%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (20.4%)
2. Nine (19.4%)
3. Ten (15.3%)
4. ABC (11.5%)
5. SBS ONE (5.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7mate (3.6%)
2. 10 Peach (2.5%)
3. 7TWO, GO, 10 Bold (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.377 million
2. Nine News — 1.182 million
3. The Best of the Best and Worst of Red Faces (Seven) — 944,000
4. Hunted (Ten) — 859,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 839,000
6. Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of the World (ABC) — 691,000
7. Beauty and the Geek (Nine) — 615,000
8. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 593,000
9. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 530,000
10. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 522,000

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

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 464,000; The Best of the Best and Worst Red Faces, 352,000; Nine News, 337,000; 7pm ABC News, 266,000; Hunted, 241,000.

Losers: Seven, which ran out of ideas and went back to Hey Hey — again.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 917,000
2. Nine News — 845,000
3. 7pm ABC News — 569,000
4. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 386,000
5. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 383,000
6. 7News Spotlight — 299,000
7. Nine News Late — 244,000
8. The Sunday Project 6.30 (Ten) — 244,000
9. Ten News First — 219,000
10. SBS World News — 159,000

Morning (National) TV:

1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 593,000
2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 367,000
3. Landline (ABC) — 335,000
4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 261,000
5. Offsiders (ABC) — 224,000
6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 206,000 

Top five Pay TV programs:

1. NRL: Melbourne v Canberra (Fox League) — 281,000
2. NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 259,000
3. NRL: Canterbury v Souths (Fox League) — 234,000
4. NRL: Wests v Penrith (Fox League) — 186,000
5. NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 179,000