Big comeback for Channel 9 to start week 2 of the 2012 ratings season, with the One Day Cricket – Australia v India Game 7 Session 2 (2nd – 1,272,000) and Nine News Sunday (1st – 1,395,000) leading the charge (though 9 News won only in SYD, MEL & ADL). Ch7’s line up was strong behind it with Sunday Night (4th – 1,075,000), Border Security (7th – 1,021,000), The Force (5th – 1,068,000) and Bones 8th – (989,000) though couldn’t convert against the cricket. Ch10’s Super Sunday looking less super by the week, with now only one show above one million viewers: The Project (23rd – 308,000), Young Talent time (16th – 716,000), Modern Family (6th – 1,036,000), New Girl (9th – 953,000) and Homeland (13th – 876,000).
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News Sunday – Ch9
6:30pm: One Day Cricket – Australia v India Game 7 Session 2 – Ch9
7:30pm: One Day Cricket – Australia v India Game 7 Session 2 – Ch9
8:30pm: One Day Cricket – Australia v India Game 7 Session 2 – Ch9
9:30pm: Castle – Ch7
Channel 9 won the night (24.1%), followed by Channel 7 (22.1%), Channel 10 (14.9%) & ABC1 (13.5%).