Olympics win – Check. Nine News win – Check. New Tricks (5th – 879,000) performs as the best non-News/non-Olympics program – Check.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: London Live: Early Evening – Ch9
7:30pm: London Live: Early Evening – Ch9
8:30pm: London Live: Evening – Ch9
9:30pm: London Live: Evening – Ch9
Channel 9 won the night (37.2%), followed by Channel 7 (16.7%), ABC1 (13%) & Channel 10 (10.5%).