Last week, though Nine had the third State of Origin Game and the first three eps of the new season of Australian Ninja Warrior, Seven won out, because Nine’s programs on Sunday through Wednesday failed to deliver.

Last night it was a repeat — Seven won total people, Nine won the main channels (narrowly), and to provide an extra surprise, Ten ended up fourth in the main channels behind the ABC. Ninja Warrior managed 1.33 million viewers nationally — up 11,000 on the return a week ago. House Rules on Seven grabbed 1.40 million, up 65,000 from last Sunday. MasterChef averaged 984,000, up from 975,000 a week ago. The second part of Jack Irish on the ABC averaged 1 million from 8.30pm. The first half of the World Cup Final averaged 583,000 (until 2am when the ratings stopped for last night). Insiders in the morning averaged 505,000 for the ABC.

In regional markets Seven’s 6pm News was on top with 631,000 viewers, followed by House Rules with 532,000, Sunday Night with 393,000, Nine/NBN News with 392,000 and Ninja Warrior with 363,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (31.1%)
  2. Nine (29.6%)
  3. Ten (15.1%)
  4. ABC (14.7%)
  5. SBS (9.6%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.5%)
  2. Seven (21.1%)
  3. ABC (11.2%)
  4. Ten (10.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (6.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (4.5%)
  2. 7TWO (3.5%)
  3. Gem (3.1%)
  4. GO (3.0%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy, ONE, Eleven (2.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.924 million
  2. Nine/NBN News — 1.457 million
  3. House Rules (Seven) — 1.408 million
  4. Australian Ninja Warrior (Nine) — 1.330 million
  5. 7pm ABC News — 1.065 million
  6. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.020 million
  7. Jack Irish (ABC) — 1.007 million
  8. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 998,000
  9. MasterChef (Ten) — 984,000
  10. Grand Designs NZ (ABC) — 821,000

Top metro programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.293 million
  2. Nine News — 1.065 million

Losers: Nine and Ten.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.293 million
  2. Nine News — 1.065 million
  3. 7pm ABC News – 721,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 702,000
  5. Sunday Night (Seven) — 627,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 432,000
  7. Ten Eyewitness News — 299,000
  8. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 245,000
  9. SBS World News — 151,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 505,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 423,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 407,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 341,000
  5. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 227,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC) — 18,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. NRL: St George v Wests (Fox League) — 232,000
  2. AFL: Collingwood v West Coast (Fox Footy) — 201,000
  3. NRL: Brisbane v NZ Warriors (Fox League) — 191,000
  4. NRL: Gold Coast v Easts (Fox League) — 182,000
  5. AFL: North Melbourne, Sydney (Fox Sports) — 112,000