A Queensland loser for ScoMo’s Sharkies in the NRL — a different result to the dramatic win for the Shire kids the week before. Was the 16-7 win by the Brisbane Broncos over the Sharkies a portent of the match on May 21 when it’s ScoMo v Australia?
The NRL game (514,000 nationally) couldn’t help Nine to a win in total people last night as Seven snuck home. But the NRL game was enough to win the main channels for Nine. As far as viewers were concerned, Ten was again the winner with MasterChef (664,000) and Gogglebox Australia (721,000) providing non-thugby entertainment and the network clearly won from 7.30pm-9.30pm.
On Foxtel, Piers Morgan Uncensored is now a shadow of its opening audience — the 38,000 last night on Sky News was less than half the opening 86,000. Obviously Australian audiences see him as a blow-in bore and the program didn’t make the top five programs on Foxtel last night after being #1 and #3 earlier in the week. Bolt (49,000) and Credlin (48,000) had more viewers than Morgan last night for the first time this week.
Network channel share:
- Seven (26.9%)
- Nine (25.9%)
- Ten (21.7%)
- ABC (16.7%)
- SBS (8.9%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (18.8%)
- Seven (17.7%)
- Ten (15.6%)
- ABC (10.5%%)
- SBS ONE (5.2%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (3.7%)
- 10 Bold, 7mate (3.2%)
- ABC Kids/Plus (2.9%)
- 10 Peach (2.8%)
Top 10 national programs:
- Seven News — 1.434 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.409 million
- Nine News — 1.111 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.060 million
- 7pm ABC News — 884,000
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 805,000
- A Current Affair (Nine) — 799,000
- Home and Away (Seven) — 725,000
- Gogglebox (Ten) — 721,000
- MasterChef (Ten) — 664,000
Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers.
Regional top 5: Seven News, 525,000; Seven News 6.30, 511,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 305,000; Home and Away, 292,000; Nine News, 288,000.
Losers: Weak night overall, except for Ten with MasterChef and Gogglebox.
Metro news and current affairs:
- Seven News 6.30 — 910,000
- Seven News — 898,000
- Nine News — 824,000
- Nine News 6.30 — 781,000
- 7pm ABC News — 611,000
- ACA (Nine) — 563,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 447,000
- Foreign Correspondent (ABC) — 399,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 370,000
- 10 News First — 265,000
Morning (national) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 404,000/254,000
- Today (Nine) — 303,000/209,000
- ABC News Breakfast (ABC) — 287,000/19,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 236,000
- ABC News Mornings — 214,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 145,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 40,000
Top 5 pay TV programs:
- NRL: Brisbane v Cronulla (Fox League) — 244,000
- NRL: The Late Show With Matty Johns (Fox League) — 90,000
- NRL: Thursday Night League (Fox League) — 67,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 49,000
- Credlin (Sky News) — 48,000
