Nine take the 6pm battle but then it’s ALL Seven – from Sunday Night (3rd – 1,346,000) & their James Packer interview through to the return of Downton Abbey (5th – 1,331,000) – relegating MasterChef The Professionals (8th – 1,028,000), Elementary (9th – 944,000) and One Day Cricket – Australia v West Indies Game 5 Session 2 (7th – 1,078,000) all to not-so-distant seconds and thirds, though all of them above 950,000 isn’t a bad thing.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: Sunday Night – Ch7
7:30pm: Border Security/The Force – Ch7
8:30pm: Downton Abbey – Ch7
9:30pm: Downton Abbey/Castle – Ch7
Channel 7 won the night (26.8%), followed by Channel 9 (23.1%), Channel 10 (15.2%) & ABC1 (11.6%).