Only the ABC slides above one million viewers with New Tricks (1st – 1,118,000), with other non-News programs Better Homes and Gardens (5th – 880,000) and Home and Away (8th – 772,000) following not too far behind. Ch9 leads with 6 shows in the Top 20 for the night, but it’s Ch7’s win overall.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:00pm: ABC News – ABC1
7:30pm: Better Homes and Gardens – Ch7
8:30pm: New Tricks – ABC1
9:30pm: Waking The Dead – ABC1
Channel 7 won the night (20%), followed by ABC1 (17%), Channel 9 (16.1%) & Channel 10 (10.2%).