Thursday night means News is the big battle – it takes out the Top 3 spots with Nine News (1st – 1,171,000), Seven News (2nd – 1,152,000) and ABC News (3rd – 1,008,000). Given the reduced viewership on Thursdays Big Brother (7th – 825,000) gets some time in the ratings sun. Good to see Vikings get a decent start for SBS one (465,000) – it’s biggest audience this week.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:00pm: ABC News – ABC1
7:30pm: Big Brother – Ch9
8:30pm: The Footy Show(s) – Ch9
9:30pm: The Footy Show(s) – Ch9

Channel 9 won the night (21.5%), followed by Channel 7 (18.8%), Channel 10 (14.8%) & ABC1 (12.3%).