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Glenn Dyer

Hound footage a hit with viewers

Tuesday was deja vu all over again as Married At First Sight (1.290 million) helped Nine easily top Seven by nine share points in total people and more than 10 points in the main channels. It was a slo-mo replay of Monday, Sunday and, well, the first three or four nights of every week since when MAFS started in February (is there a Christmas edition in the making?). 

The Hundred With Andy Lee followed MAFS with 657,000. Without MAFS as the lead-in, The Hundred would have really struggled.

SAS Australia drew only 567,000 for Seven — the emergency beacon has been triggered.

Dogs emerged as the flavour of the night: The Doghouse Australia on Ten with 626,000, A Dog’s World on the ABC with 550,000. How many viewers of Ten’s program, which ended at 8.30, then switched to the ABC? Regardless, the numbers tell us that 1.17 million people watched man’s very best mate, friend and cuddler last night. A necessary antidote to the MAFS bogans and SAS Australia‘s lost idiots.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (33.4%)
  2. Seven (24.4%)
  3. Ten (17.3%)
  4. ABC (16.7%)
  5. SBS (8.2%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (26.6%)
  2. Seven (16.3%)
  3. ABC (11.3%)
  4. Ten (11.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.0%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.1%)
  2. 7Mate (2.9%)
  3. 10 Peach (2.8%)
  4. ABC News (2.6%)
  5. 10 Bold (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.454 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.414 million
  3. Married At First Sight (Nine) — 1.290 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.135 million
  5. Nine News — 1.123 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.043 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 926,000
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 816,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (ABC) — 757,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 661,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 527,000; Seven News 6.30, 507,000; MAFS, 343,000; 7pm ABC News, 301,000; Home and Away, 337,000

Losers: SAS Australia — still MIA

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News  — 916,000
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 888,000
  3. Nine News —  845,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 843,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 725,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 624,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 446,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 373,000
  9. Ten News — 313,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 256,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 415,000/263,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 311,000/223,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 276,000/184,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 243,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 238,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 158,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 38,000

Top 5 pay TV programs: N/A

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