As expected, a massive start for The X Factor (1st – 1,598,000) and Underbelly Badness (4th – 1,233,000) returned for episode two with very good figures (but just pipped at the post by the X Factor/GCB (11th – 873,000) combo). 10 shows rated above million viewers, including both parts of Big Brother (7pm: 6th – 1,213,000; 7:30pm: 7th – 1,180,000). The strugglers in the midst of all this were Don’t Tell The Bride (21st – 583,000), the return of Can Of Worms (20th – 590,000), Gordon Behind Bars (27th – 417,000), The Shire (34th – 251,000) & the return of Up All Night (25th – 470,000; 33rd – 282,000).
If X Factor maintains this kind of numbers for it’s return week, I Will Survive is in for the kind of trouble Ch10 can’t afford.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: Big Brother – Ch9
7:30pm: The X Factor – Ch7
8:30pm: The X Factor/GCB – Ch7
9:30pm: Q&A – ABC1
Channel 7 won the night (26%), followed by Channel 9 (22.4%), ABC1 (14%) & Channel 10 (10.8%).