NRL played well for Nine (523,000 nationally, plus another 252,000 on Fox League on pay TV) but Seven snuck home with a win in total people, although the rugby helped Nine to a narrow win in the main channels and Ten prospered with MasterChef (620,000 nationally) and Gogglebox (746,000 nationally).
The real story was again breakfast-time TV where Nine’s Today will have its first weekly loss for a year or more after again having a morning with less than 300,000 national and 200,000 metro viewers. The numbers: Sunrise with 386,000 national and 238,000 metro, ABC News Breakfast with 294,000 and 197,000, Today with 281,000 and 185,000.
On Foxtel, Piers Morgan with 30,000 and left right out — he’s number 15 nationally. Week number two in Australia is another down, down week for Rupert’s poster boy.
Network channel share:
- Seven (27.1%)
- Nine (25.4%)
- Ten (21.7%)
- ABC (15.5%)
- SBS (10.2%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (18.8%)
- Seven (17.7%)
- Ten (15.9%)
- ABC (10.7%%)
- SBS ONE (6.0%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (4.3%)
- 7TWO (3.8%)
- 10 Bold (2.8%)
- 10 Peach (2.5%)
- ABC Kids/Plus (2.4%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.446 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.421 million
- Nine News — 1.058 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.026 million
- 7pm ABC News — 903,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 854,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 817,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 779,000
- Gogglebox (Ten) — 746,000
- Home and Away late (Seven) — 705,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News, 554,000; Seven News 6.30, 535,000; Home and Away, 323,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 322,000; 7pm ABC News, 300,000.
Losers: weak night overall, except for Ten with MasterChef and Gogglebox.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News 6.30 — 891,000
- Seven News — 887,000
- Nine News — 794,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 761,000
- 7pm ABC News — 603,000
- ACA (Nine) — 564,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 465,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 341,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 309,000
- 10 News First — 284,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 386000/238,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 294,000/197,000
- Today (Nine) — 281,000/185,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 236,000
- ABC News Mornings — 216,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 135,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Brisbane vs South Sydney (Fox League) — 252,000
- NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 94,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 78,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 73,000
- NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 68,000