First night of the ratings year, and thanks to One Day Cricket – Australia v India Game 4 Session 2 (7th – 1,089,000) & Nine News Sunday (1st – 1,567,000) Ch9 had a win, though some shows from other networks made a dint. Ch10’s Super Sunday suffered against the cricket a little – most notably Young Talent Time (17th – 728,000) & Homeland (10th – 981,000; 16th – 820,000), both dropping below one million for the first time. The Project (21st – 389,000) near terminal up against the two consistently highest rating shows of the week.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News Sunday – Ch9
6:30pm: Sunday Night – Ch7
7:30pm: Modern Family/New Girl – Ch10
8:30pm: One Day Cricket – Australia v India Game 4 Session 2 – Ch9
9:30pm: Homeland ep 2 – Ch10
Channel 9 won the night (22.9%), followed by Channel 7 (22.4%), Channel 10 (17.6%) & ABC1 (13.3%).