An uncharacteristically quiet Monday night, though the ABC take out everything from 7:30pm. The combo of 7:30 (10th – 853,000) & Australian Story (6th – 965,000) defeat all the commercial networks including The Hotplate (11th – 850,000) and The Great Australian Spelling Bee (19th – 639,000). There’s not a lot of competition for Four Corners (7th – 954,000) and Media Watch (13th – 834,000) except House Husbands (15th – 732,000) and Have You Been Paying Attention? (20th – 621,000), and Q&A (17th – 675,000) easily wins 9:30pm.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Nine
6:30pm: Nine News 6:30 – Nine
7:00pm: A Current Affair – Nine
7:30pm: 7:30/Australian Story – ABC
8:30pm: Four Corners/Media Watch – ABC
9:30pm: Q&A – ABC
Nine Network won the night (26.9%), followed by Seven Network (25.9%), ABC Network (23.1%), Ten Network (17.8%) & SBS (6.3%).