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Glenn Dyer

Tomorrow night’s election result won’t be known till the Big A calls it

It was Nine’s night thanks to the NRL coverage, which averaged 560,000 viewers for the game won by Brisbane over Newcastle (219,000 on Foxtel). Over on Ten, MasterChef Australia raked in 656,000 and Masterclass, 411,000, while on Seven, Home and Away topped out at 766,000. 

The most watched non-news program was again the 5.30-6pm bit of The Chase Australia with 868,000 viewers — it’s not in prime time, which says it all about the standard of non-news programs from 6pm onwards.

A certain triennial event tomorrow won’t be won and done until The Big A has spoken: ABC TV tomorrow night is the place to be, and the election result won’t be known until Antony Green has called it. No matter who Nine, Seven, Ten and the After Dark Barkers at Sky have as their number-cruncher, Green is the man. Easy choice.

In breakfast, Today had another sub-300,000 morning (nationally), Sunrise had a sub-400,000 and News Breakfast lingered well under 300,000.

Regional top 5: Seven News, 525,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 518,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 317,000; Nine News, 309,000; Home and Away, 305,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (28.1%)
  2. Seven (26.8%)
  3. Ten (19.1%)
  4. ABC (17.0%)
  5. SBS (9.0%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (20.6%)
  2. Seven (18.7%)
  3. Ten (12.9%)
  4. ABC (11.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (4.1%)
  2. ABC Kids/Plus (3.1%) 
  3. 10 Peach (2.8%)
  4. ABC News, 10 Bold (2.6%) 

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.494 million
  2. Seven News 6.30pm — 1.451 million
  3. Nine News — 1.135 million
  4. Nine News 6.30pm — 1.115 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 911,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 899,000
  7. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 868,000
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 766,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 7368,000
  10. Home and Away Late (Seven) — 679,000

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

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 968,000
  2. Seven News — 933,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 838,000
  4. Nine News — 826,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 666,000
  6. 7pm ABC News — 601,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 490,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 370,000
  9. Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 357,000
  10. Q+A — 291,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 398,000/245,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 287,000/180,000
  3. ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 273,000/182,000
  4. ABC News Mornings — 222,000
  5. The Morning Show (Seven) — 216,000
  6. Today Extra (Nine) — 161,000
  7. Studio 10 (Ten) — 46,000

Top 5 pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: Newcastle vs Brisbane (Fox League) — 219,000
  2. NRL: Late Night With Matty Johns (Fox league) — 83,000
  3. NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 59,000 
  4. Grand Designs Australia (LifeStyle) — 57,000
  5. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 55,000
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