(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)

1. Seven News Sunday – Seven – 1.189
2. Nine News Sunday – Nine – 1.044
3. The Vicar Of Dibley Christmas Special (rpt) – Seven – 1.006
4. Border Patrol – Seven – 0.966
5. The Enforcers – Nine – 0.858
6. Coastwatch – Seven – 0.851
7. Motorway Patrol – Nine – 0.826
8. ABC News Sunday – ABC1 – 0.825
9. Bones (rpt ) – Seven – 0.818
10. 60 minutes – Nine – 0.781
11. The Mentalist – Nine – 0.681
12 Castle (rpt) – Seven – 0.648
12. Hamish & Andy’s Reministmas Special (rpt) -Ten – 0.648
14. Schools Spectacular 2010 – ABC1 – 0.597
15. Who Do You Think You Are? – SBSone – 0.534

Chase – Nine – 0.398
Weekend Sunrise (Sunday) – Seven – 0.316
Weekend Today (Sunday) – Nine – 0.273

if nothing else, the successful programs on Sunday prove we like seeing other real people get in trouble via factual television programming. That the Schools Spectacular 2010 & Who Do You Think You Are slotted into the Top 15 is as much about the lack of interest for the night from a pogramming point of view as much as the points of difference that the shows offer. Channel 9’s US import Chase proving to be difficult & not really delivering (even after a decent lead in from a repeat of ).