After the crudities of Married at First Sight on Nine it was a relief to get three programs last night where you could at least watch the contestants and not cringe with embarrassment.
Last night was launch night for The Voice on Seven (1.26 million — a winner), LEGO Masters on Nine (a middling success/disappointment with 929,000) and MasterChef Australia: Fans v Favourites (a flop for Ten with just 637,000 viewers). And that’s the way it will be while the trio goes head to head.
It was Seven’s night from Nine and Ten with the ABC wandering around in fourth. What will be interesting is whether these programs were streamed to any degree (there will probably be some evidence of people watching The Voice watching MasterChef) and or viewed over the next seven days.
It was the ABC’s turn to run dead, with Australian Story, Four Corners and Media Watch having a night off (which was strange for the latter with so many items worthy of its analysis last week).
Network channel share:
- Seven (34.0%)
- Nine (28.7%)
- Ten (13.8%)
- ABC (12.7%)
- SBS (7.5%)
Network main channels:
- Seven (25.5%)
- Nine (20.7%)
- Ten (13.8%)
- ABC (8.5%)
- SBS ONE (4.2%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (3.6%)
- GO, 7mate (2.7%)
- Gem (2.5%)
- 7flix (2.2%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.612 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.552 million
- The Voice, launch (Seven) — 1.266 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.217 million
- Nine News —- 1.214 million
- LEGO Masters, launch (Nine) — 929,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 849,000
- 7pm ABC News — 841,00
- MasterChef Australia: Fans v Favourites, launch (Ten) — 637,000
- AFL (Seven) — 566,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Seven News — 1.052 million; Seven News 6.30 — 1.014 million.
Regional top 5: Seven News, 561,000; Seven News 6.30, 538,000, The Voice, 423,000; Nine News 6.30, 319,000; Nine News, 300,000.
Losers: Some “reality” cheer.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News — 1.052 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.014 million
- Nine News — 907,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 8498000
- ACA (Nine) — 595,000
- 7pm ABC News — 572,000
- 7.30 ABC) — 374,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 347,000
- Ten News First — 347,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 246,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise extended (Seven) — 383,000
- Sunrise (Seven) — 343,000
- Morning news (ABC) — 277,000
- Today (Nine) —259,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 235,000
- News Breakfast (ABC) — 203,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 40,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Wests v Parramatta (Fox League) — 276,000
- AFL: Hawthorn v Geelong (Fox Footy) — 231,000
- NRL: 360 (Fox League) — 115,000
- AFL: On the Couch (Fox Footy) — 83,000
- AFL: 360, Footy On Fox (Fox Footy) — 67,000
