(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)

1. The X Factor – Winner Announced – Seven – 1.632
2. Seven News – Seven – 1.414
3. The X Factor – Seven – 1.363
4. Today Tonight – Seven – 1.350
5. Nine News – Nine – 1.142
6. A Current Affair – Nine – 1.080
7. Glee – Ten – 1.065
8. Home and Away – Seven – 1.054
9. Undercover Boss – Ten – 1.039
10. ABC News – ABC1 – 1.033
11. Criminal Minds – Seven – 0.922
12. Two and a Half Men (7:30pm) – Nine – 0.920
13. Two and a Half Men (8:00pm) – Nine – 0.911
14. Two and a Half Men (7:00pm) – Nine – 0.890
15. The Mentalist – Nine – 0.870

The 7PM Project – Ten – 0.837m
Good News Week – Ten – 0.738m
CSI: Miami – Nine – 0.679m
Hot Seat – Nine – 0.597m
Deal or No Deal – Seven – 0.585m

Finally, with the final episode of the season, The X Factor rates somewhere close to what the Ch7 executives will have been looking for all year. This, coupled with a strong showing from the rest of the Ch7 night time catalogue, lead Ch7 to a strong win with it’s primary channel, and it’s digital multi-channels helped push it further ahead with their audience share leading the other multis for a combined win additionally. Channel 10 can rest easy with it’s move of Glee to Monday nights – a good performance sure to improve. The last Undercover Boss Australia also rated well (although showed the complete ineptitude of the CEO at the same time). The 7pm Project up as well, although still not at pre-Commonwealth Games levels. Channel 9 rolled over again offering a repeat of The Mentalist and 3 repeats of Two and a Half Men (which somehow still rate pretty well – you people!).