(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)
1. Seven News – Seven – 1.103
2. Better Homes and Gardens Summer – Seven – 0.980
3. Nine News – Nine -0.949
4. Today Tonight – Seven – 0.937
5. ABC News – ABC1 – 0.881
6. 7:30 Report Special: Kerry O’Brien’s Farewell – ABC1 – 0.870
7. A Current Affair – Nine – 0.839
8. The Santa Clause 2 – Seven – 0.714
9. Ten News at Five – Ten – 0.678
10. Two and a Half Men (rpt) – Nine – 0.648
11. The 7pm Project – Ten – 0.646
12. The Silence (UK) – ABC1 – 0.585
13. Chopper Rescue (rpt) – ABC1 – 0.566
14. The Simpsons (Fri Ep2 rpt) – Ten – 0.530
15. How I Met Your Mother (Summer rpt) – Seven – 0.505
Sunrise – Seven – 0.465
Deal Or No Deal (Summer rpt) – Seven – 0.431
Hot Seat (rpt) – Nine – 0.430
Today – Nine – 0.306
Seven News at 4.30 – Seven – 0.238
Nine Afternoon News – Nine – 0.208
It didn’t rate as higly as it could have but the 7:30 Report Special was a fitting tribute to the great ranga and his work on this consistently solid (actual) current affairs show. The 7pm Project slipped as is usual for Friday nights, it’s still all about News despite some good family Christmas films like The Santa Clause 2 making a good showing. More Christmas specific programming to come next week.