It’s the start of things to come. The smell of new programming and the implementation of changes. The challenges start to flow thick and fast… Nine News (1st – 1,501,000) wins nationally but in Brisbane where the new 6pm team took over they won by the slimmest of margins [Seven News BNE (272,000) vs Nine News BNE (271,000)]. The first episode of MasterChef The Professionals (3rd – 1,165,000) wins it’s timeslot and offers Ch10 a little comfort as they prep for the big competition to start next week. The Cricket continues to suffer… if it’s not poor performances, it’s rain screwing up the play. Seven’s Tennis: 2013 Aust Open – Night 7 (5th – 893,000) & Seven’s Tennis: 2013 Aust Open – Night 7 – Late (6th – 882,000) manage to hold court as the Djokovic/Wawrinka game goes for over five hours (Ch7 reporting the coverage peaked at 1.5m viewers).

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: Seven’s Tennis: 2013 Aust Open – Night 7 – Ch7
7:30pm: MasterChef The Professionals – Ch10
8:30pm: Seven’s Tennis: 2013 Aust Open – Night 7 – Ch7
9:30pm: Seven’s Tennis: 2013 Aust Open – Night 7 – Ch7

Channel 7 won the night (26.4%), followed by Channel 10 (16.5%), Channel 9 (15.7%) & ABC1 (10.3%).