Nine won the night: the NRL returned, Penrith easily whacking the Manly mob, with 655,000 watching on Nine and 258,000 on Foxtel (we have no figures for Foxtel sports streamer Kayo).
But Gogglebox Australia on Ten rated better, with 795,000 from 8.30 to 9.30pm.
Today’s audience popped back over 300,000 nationally from Wednesday’s surprise fall; the audience boost, courtesy of the Ukraine conflict and the local floods, for morning and evening news broadcasts vanished completely.
The ABC’s Foreign Correspondent fell to 408,000 nationally; Q+A 274,000. First Dates on Ten drew 532,000 viewers, despite looking like it was shot on the Neighbours cafe set.
Network channel share:
- Nine (29.5%)
- Seven (24.8%)
- Ten (20.9%)
- ABC (15.8%)
- SBS (8.9%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (21.8%)
- Seven (16.0%)
- Ten (15.2%)
- ABC (9.6%)
- SBS ONE (4.9%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7mate (3.8%)
- 7TWO (3.5%)
- ABC News (2.9%)
- ABC Kids/Plus, 10 Bold (2.8)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.326 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.287 million
- Nine News — 1.169 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.135 million
- 7pm ABC News — 852,000
- Gogglebox (Ten) — 795,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 736,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30 (Seven) — 698,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 679,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 668,000
Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers
Regional Top 5: Seven News, 473,000; Seven News, 460,000; 7pm ABC News, 300,000, Nine News, 295,000; Nine News 6.30, 291,000
Losers: Seven viewers, who are waiting for the network’s saviour — the AFL.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Nine News — 879,000
- Seven News — 853,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 843,000
- Seven News 6.30 — 826,000
- 7pm ABC News — 552,000
- ACA (Nine) — 468,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 440,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 346,000
- 10 News First — 287,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 277,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 428,000/258,000
- Today (Nine) — 317,000/215,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 277,000/186,000
- ABC Morning News — 268,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 242,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 173,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 39,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Penrith vs Manly (Fox League) — 258,000
- The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 97,000
- NRL: Footy on Fox (Fox League) — 68,000
- The Great Australian Bake Off (LifeStyle) — 66,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 38,000
