Ten’s woofers take a bite out of Nine’s Rocketman

Last night was as boring as a Thursday night! No Gogglebox Australia on Ten, no football (NRL on Nine, AFL on Seven, neither on Foxtel). And viewing figures reflected that, with losses across the board in the evening. The breakfast figures returned to near normal, although the impact of the holidays and the ratings break were there to see. 

Ten at least tried with The Dog House Australia — 737,000 nationally. The ABC’s A Dog’s World with Tony Armstrong landed 427,000 for the final of three eps interrupted by the federal budget.

In the early schedule, 7.30pm Tuesday was down as TBA. Some time after it was sent to Nine newspapers, someone flipped a coin and the Elton John biopic Rocketman was the victim sacrificed to fill the slot — the movie attracted only 467,000 nationally and was soundly beaten by the woofers on Ten. 

Network channel share:

1. Nine (27.4%)
2. Seven (26.8%)
3. Ten (20.5%)
4. ABC (16.4%)
5. SBS (8.9%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (18.1%)
2. Seven (16.8%)
3. Ten (13.2%)
4. ABC (11.7%)
5. SBS ONE (4.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO (4.5%)
2. 7mate (3.6%)
3. 10 Peach; 10 Bold (3.4%)
4. Gem (2.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.499 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.401 million
3. Nine News — 1.107 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.055 million
5. 7pm ABC News — 903,000
6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 858,000
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 854,000
8. Home and Away (Seven) — 748,000
9. The Dog House Australia (Ten) — 737,000
10. 7.30 (ABC) — 644,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 538,000; Seven News 6.30, 505,000; 7pm ABC News, 299,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 295,000; Home and Away, 290,000.

Losers: stream, baby, stream.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 961,000
2. Seven News 6.30 — 896,000
3. Nine News — 827,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 783,000
5. ACA (Nine) — 607,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 604,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 443,000
8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 347,000
9. 10 News First — 307,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 237,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 401,000/242,000
2. Today (Nine) — 301,000/204,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 265,000/165,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 227,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 211,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 158,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 38,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 66,000
2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 57,000
3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 56,000
4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 53,000
5. Credlin (Sky News) — 48,000