Is MasterChef Australia beginning to sizzle out?

It was Seven’s win with its 6 to 7pm news hour averaging more than 1.530 million, followed by The Voice with 1.103 million and Home and Away with 808,000. Elsewhere, Nine’s Lego Masters hangs on with 859,000 viewers, while Ten — flagging with MasterChef Australia on 629,000 — is just not up to it for another year.

The ABC was on more solid ground with its 7pm news averaging 966,000, while 7.30 brought in 795,000; Australian Story, 782,000; Four Corners, 704,000; and Media Watch, 672,000. The only current significant affairs programs on TV — A Current Affairs, and 60 Minutes on Nine occasionally (see Sunday night’s 60 Minutes interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) — take the news seriously but are more public affairs at best (and flash and dash at worst).

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 581,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 552,000, The Voice, 402,000; Home and Away, 333,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 319,000.

Network channel share:

1. Seven (30.0%)
2. Nine (26.9%)
3. ABC (17.8%)
4. Ten (17.5%)
5. SBS (7.9%)

Network main channels:

1. Seven (22.3%)
2. Nine (19.3%)
3. ABC (13.7%)
4. Ten (11.4%)
5. SBS ONE (4.5%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (3.4%)
2. 10 Peach (3.0%)
3. 10 Bold (2.6%)
4. GO (2.5%)
5. 7mate (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.580 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.485 million
3. Nine News — 1.162 million
4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.157 million
5. The Voice (Seven) — 1.103 million
6. 7pm ABC News — 966,000
7. A Current Affair (Nine) — 918,000
8. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 907,000
9. Lego Masters (Nine) — 859,000
10. Home And Away (Seven) — 808,000

Top metro programs: 
1. Seven News — 1 million

Losers: MasterChef and Ten, again

Metro news and current affair

1. Seven News — 1 million
2. Seven News 6.30pm — 934,000
3. Nine News 6.30pm — 858,000
4. Nine News — 844,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 650,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 649,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 521,000
8. Australian Story (ABC) — 504,000
9. Four Corners (ABC) — 473,000
10. Media Watch (ABC) — 470,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 404,000/250,000
2. News Breakfast (ABC) — 282,000/189,000
3. Today (Nine) — 272,000/174,000
4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 258,000
5. Morning News (ABC) — 252,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 144,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 40,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 67,000
2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 65,000
3. Credlin (Sky News) — 50,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 49,000
5. NBL: Melbourne United vs Tasmania (ESPN) — 47,000