Only Nine News (1st – 1,106,000) and Seven News (2nd – 1,094,000) blipped above one million viewers – other than that it was a busy night in the mid-800’s. Marvel’s Agents of SHEILD (6th – 887,000) just pips Gruen Planet (7th – 884,000) while Big Brother (9th – 826,000) does away with Cosentino: The Magic, The Mystery, The Madness (10th – 770,000). Hostages (ep1: 13th – 668,000; ep2: 12th – 693,000) premieres much lower than Nine would have wanted, and while low Ten’s The Bachelor (14th – 649,000) and Wonderland (17th – 563,000) both bounce up a little on last 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: Marvel’s Agents of SHEILD – Ch7
9:30pm: Hostages ep2 – Ch9

Channel 9 won the night (20.6%), followed by Channel 7 (19.6%), ABC1 (13.9%) & Channel 10 (12.6%).