Time for a cheap holiday on the couch

It was Nine’s night thanks to the reworked Getaway (aka Travel Guides) which seemed to miss out on the delays at Sydney Airport. But as the program was made eons ago what would you expect? The ratings show a pent-up desire for a return to travel, though I doubt Nine will have the guts to put together a Travel Guides COVID special — bargain destinations of where to catch it, the cost of being treated and travelling home, and bed costs in hospitals your travel insurance won’t cover.

Hard Quiz drew 824,000. Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell was in fine form too. That was the night. Tonight it’s AFL and NRL as well as Q+A = tedium. Tonight is repeated for the next four days and nights of the break. No wonder we are driven to eggs and buns.

Network channel share:

1. Nine (31.1%)
2. Seven (25.4%)
3. ABC (18.6%)
4. Ten (16.5%)
5. SBS (8.3%)

Network main channels:

1. Nine (22.0%)
2. Seven (17.9%)
3. ABC (14.1%)
4. Ten (9.5%%)
5. SBS ONE (4.4%)

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 559,000; Seven News 6.30, 502,000; 7pm ABC News, 303,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 302,000; Home and Away, 300,000.

Top 5 digital channels: 

1. 7TWO; 10 Peach (3.4%)
2. Gem; 10 Bold (2.9%)
3. GO (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

1. Seven News — 1.489 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.377 million
3. Nine News — 1.047 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.029 million
5. Travel Guides (Nine) — 934,000
6. 7pm ABC News — 897,000
7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 835,000
8. Hard Quiz (ABC) — 824,000
9. A Current Affair (Nine) — 822,000
10. Home and Away (Seven) — 790,000

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

Losers: anyone who didn’t watch Hard Quiz or Mad As Hell.

Metro news and current affairs:

1. Seven News — 930,000
2. Seven News 6.30 — 875,000
3. Nine News — 773,000
4. Nine News 6.30 — 758,000
5. 7pm ABC News — 594,000
6. ACA (Nine) — 578,000
7. 7.30 (ABC) — 497,000
8. 10 News First  — 317,000
9. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 304,000
10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 204,000

Morning (national) TV:

1. Sunrise (Seven) — 406,000/252,000
2. Today (Nine) — 305,000/206,000
3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 278,000/188,000
4. ABC News Mornings — 239,000
5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 211,000
6. Today Extra (Nine) — 164,000
7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 42,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

1. Gogglebox Australia (LifeStyle)  — 109,000
2. Selling Houses Australia (LifeStyle) — 92,000
3. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 68,000
4. The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 66,000 
5. Credlin (Sky News) — 59,000