Another quiet night on the pecos, with MasterChef Australia (6th – 829,000) drawing the highest non-News crowd, though The Living Room (20th – 499,000) couldn’t support the lead in. Nine’s Live Friday Night Football (7th – 734,000) leads the battle of the codes, beating the ABC’s Friday night 8:30pm staple Silent Witness (8th – 707,000) for the first time in a few weeks.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: MasterChef Australia – Ch10
7:30pm: Nine’s Live Friday Night Football (1st hour) – Ch9
8:30pm: Nine’s Live Friday Night Football (2nd hour) – Ch9
9:30pm: Nine’s Live Friday Night Football (3rd hour) – Ch9

Channel 7 won the night (24.2%), followed by Channel 9 (19.9%), Channel 10 (13.1%) & ABC1 (12.6%).