Footy finals means footy takes over the screens again. Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football (3rd – 992,000) and Rugby League Final Series SF1 (5th – 922,000) do their best being lead by Nine News (1st – 1,117,000) and Seven News (2nd – 1,020,000). Big Brother (9th – 735,000) slides to its lowest ratings yet though it was Friday night and it did lead the commercial networks at 7pm.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:00pm: ABC News – ABC1
7:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football (1st hour) – Ch7
8:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football (2nd hour) – Ch7
9:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football (3rd hour) – Ch7

Channel 7 won the night (27.4%), followed by Channel 9 (21.9%), ABC1 (11.2%) & Channel 10 (9.1%).