With the footy semi-finals upon us, it was inevitable that Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football (2nd – 1,061,000) would do so well. The big surprise has been the resurgence of Nine News (1st – 1,155,000) and A Current Affair (3rd – 948 000) nationally.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:00pm: ABC News – ABC1
7:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football Finals (1st hour) – Ch7
8:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football Finals (2nd hour) – Ch7
9:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football Finals (3rd hour) – Ch7

Channel 7 won the night (27.5%), followed by Channel 9 (21.4%), ABC1 (11.1%) & Channel 10 (8.5%).