“Friday, Friday, gonna get out on Friday…” Ain’t nobody home, so ain’t nobody watching TV. FTA TV, anyways. Better Homes and Gardens Summer (1st; 884,000) was best for the night and the only thing in the Top 6 that wasn’t news. Movies helped to fill the void, but it was the older skewing shows that helped fill the void. Interestingly Shrek 2 won the night for the digital multi-channels with a decent quantity of viewers, and the first Twenty 20 Cricket Big Bash game drew comparable figures for FOX Sports 2. If only it was on FTA…

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: ABC News – ABC1
7:30pm: Better Homes and Gardens Summer – Ch7
8:30pm: Lewis – Ch7
9:30pm: Lewis – Ch7

Channel 7 won the night (21.5%), followed by Channel 9 (17.1%), Channel 10 (13.7%) & ABC1 (13%).