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Glenn Dyer

Tide ebbs for ABC surfing drama Barons

It was Seven’s night with The Voice (1.138 million) and Adele straight after (691,000), beating out Nine with Lego Masters (885,000) and Ten with MasterChef (592,000). The ABC vanished at 8.30pm when Barons slumped to 227,000, which is on the edge of dipping to black. Barons looks like it escaped from the Home and Away vault of bad ideas and is now infecting TV sets.

The 90-minute Insiders (for the election) managed to clinch another top 10 national finish with 611,000.

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 448,000; The Voice, 369,000; Nine News, 323,000; 7pm ABC News, 273,000; Lego Masters, 233,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (33.3%)
  2. Nine (28.4%)
  3. Ten (17.2%)
  4. ABC (12.7%)
  5. SBS (8.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (24.5%)
  2. Nine (21.4%)
  3. Ten (11.4%)
  4. ABC (8.8%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.7%)
  2. 7TWO (2.9%)
  3. 10 Peach (2.5%)
  4. 10 Bold (2.4%)
  5. ABC News (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.406 million
  2. Nine News — 1.170 million
  3. The Voice (Seven) — 1.138 million
  4. Lego Masters – (Nine) — 885,000
  5. 7pm ABC News — 815,000
  6. Adele (Seven) — 691,000
  7. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 658,000
  8. Insiders, Grand Designs (ABC) — 611,000
  9. Masterchef Australia (Ten) — 592,000

Losers: Barons on the ABC at 8.30 — weak.

Metro news and current affair

  1. Seven News — 957,000
  2. Nine News — 847,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 542,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 456,000
  5. Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 341,000
  6. Ten News First — 223,000
  7. Nine News Late — 220,000
  8. The Project 6.30pm (ABC) — 219,000
  9. SBS World News (ABC) — 198,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 611,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Nine) — 384,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 291,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 265,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 211,000
  6. Sports Sunday — 176,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: St George vs Wests (Fox League) — 285,000
  2. AFL: Sydney vs Brisbane (Fox Footy) — 193,000
  3. NRL: Sunday Ticket (Fox League) — 188,000
  4. NRL: Newcastle vs Melbourne (Fox League) — 178,000
  5. AFL: Bounce (Fox Footy) — 149,000
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