While the final bootcamp and ‘surprise’ announcement that the judges were manufacturing a boy band AND a girl band played on, it wouldn’t have mattered as The X Factor Australia (1st – 1,542,000) has ensured it will be Ch7’s ratings hit to end the year on. ABC News (4th – 1,120,000) slides in ahead of Big Brother (6th – 1,027,000) at 7pm, with the latter importantly tipping over one million again.
Gruen Planet (10th – 917,000) remains strong for ABC1 at 8:30pm but Puberty Blues (14th – 728,000) continues to soften, though it rates strongly in the key demographics targeted by Ch10 (number 1 show 16-39; number 3 show 18-49). Dallas (44th – 207,000) vanishes in both the ratings and the schedule with an episode of Embarrassing Bodies (16th – 651,000) bumping it back to 10pm and inevitable removal from the primary network schedule.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: ABC News – ABC1
7:30pm: The X Factor Australia – Ch7
8:30pm: Criminal Minds – Ch7
9:30pm: Covert Affairs – Ch7
Channel 7 won the night (25.5%), followed by Channel 9 (17.8%), ABC1 (13.8%) & Channel 10 (10.1%).