Solid results for The X Factor Australia Live Results (1st – 1,637,000) and The Blacklist (1,297,000), leaving all in their wake. Big Brother (12th – 856,000) and The Big Bang Theory (ep1: 7th – 1,039,000; ep2: 5th – 1,072,000) are Nine’s best while Ten Eyewitness News (17th – 630,000) and The Project (20th – 584,000) are the only two that pop up for Ten in the Top 20 (Homeland (27th – 405,000) feeling very unloved, as is A League of Their Own (29th – 344,000)).

The battle at 6pm rages – Nine News (3rd – 1,196,000) beats Seven News (4th – 1,194,000) nationally *just*, but thumps it in SYD & MEL. A win to Nine in BNE puts it over the top though it has a long way to go in ADL & PER… but that race is just beginning.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: Home and Away – Ch7
7:30pm: The X Factor Australia Live Results – Ch7
8:30pm: The Blacklist – Ch7
9:30pm: Q&A – Ch

Channel 7 won the night (25.7%), followed by Channel 9 (20.3%), ABC1 (14.8%) & Channel 10 (9.2%).