Another big Saturday night for ABC1, with Gardening Australia (8th – 660,000), ABC News (4th – 967,000), New Tricks (2nd – 1,181,000) & Whitechapel (7th – 680,000) all winning their timeslots (New Tricks nearly up-ending Seven News as the most watched program of the night!). Five Days (10th – 497,000) almost beat Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football (9th -540,000) which would have resulted in a clean sweep for Aunty beyond 6pm.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: Gardening Australia/ABC News – ABC1
7:30pm: New Tricks – ABC1
8:30pm: Whitechapel – ABC1
9:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – Ch7
Channel 7 won the night (19%), followed by ABC1 (18.5%), Channel 9 (17.6%) & Channel 10 (11.3%).