• Network shares not so even with Nine #1
Primetime News
Seven News 974,000/930,000
Nine News 910,000/888,000
ABC News 615,000
10 News First 354,000 (5:00pm)/ 248,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 158,000 (6:30pm) 139,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 678,000
7.30 573,000
The Project 285,000 (6:3 pm)/445,000 (7pm)
The Drum 175,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 242,000
Today 190,000
News Breakfast 170,000
Late News
Nine News Late Edition 112,000
The Latest 87,000
ABC Late News 61,000
SBS World News Late 42,000
Nine
Travel Guides was the #1 non-news program as the show took 630,000 viewers to South Australia where the guides went sand dune surfing, got cuddly at Kangaroo Island, and went shark diving.
This was then followed by the Aussie drama Doctor Doctor with 368,000 tuning in.
Footy Classified then had 95,000 viewers after airing in Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide.
Seven
Big Brother had 539,000 viewers watch as three housemates went home. This was the #1 program in all key demos last night as well. Although this episode was down on last Wednesday’s 562,000 viewers.
In the episode, the twins went head to head for a bonus spot in the house. After close to five hours, Alex made the ultimate sacrifice, forfeiting the challenge so her sister could stay.
“I’ve got something good to go home to,” said Alex. “It was good for Char and I to spend that time together. It’s definitely brought us closer as sisters and it’s still been the best experience. I hope Charlotte wins more than anything.”
Mitch claimed another challenge victory, nominating Charlotte H, Gabe and Ari, but Ari was saved from the vote after a technical fault. Charlotte was ultimately sent packing.
“Everyone’s nuts,” said Charlotte. “People take it way too seriously and I just laugh at them, like, ‘oh my gosh, get a day job’. I don’t really care. I was running out of clothes and there is no dry cleaning service.”
As Charlotte exited the house, Gabe had some news of his own, telling Big Brother he wished to depart.
“I’m mentally, emotionally and physically struggling in here Big Brother,” said Gabe. “I find it hard finding my voice in this house. There’s a lot of loud personalities and I feel like I get smaller when they speak. I’m not doing well, it’s better for me to leave.”
Big Brother was followed by the classic comedy film The Hangover with 201,000.
Home and Away was the top non-news program on seven last night with 559,000 viewers.
10
MasterChef had 557,000 viewers as Beat the Brigade Week continued as the amateur chefs faced off against the team from the Melbourne restaurant Lucy Liu.
The MasterChef team won after winning entrée and main, while losing to Lucy Liu on desserts. This means Brent, Kishwar, Aaron and Tom are now safe from Sunday night’s elimination.
This episode was up on last Wednesday’s 513,000.
On The Project 285,000 (6:3 pm) and 445,000 (7pm) viewers tuned in as the show discussed the Somerton Man, PETA’s advice to Aussie farmers, and why people are upset over Eurovision.
10 Bold was the top multichannel with a share of 4.3%, with a lot of the credit for the win going to NCIS.
ABC
Hard Quiz continues to perform well on Wednesday nights narrowly missing out on the top non-news spot last night after bringing in 620,000 viewers, only 10,000 less than Travel Guides.
This was followed by the season finale of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering which had 516,000 tune in as the show featured Tony Armstrong and Margaret Pomeranz.
Up next was You Can’t Ask That, with this week’s episode focusing on amputees. The episode had 374,000 tune in.
SBS
The top show on SBS last night was the third episode of See What You Made Me Do with 175,000 viewers. The series shows journalist Jess Hill examining the epidemic of domestic violence. The show had 262,000 in its premiers and 212,000 last Wednesday.
