Another big night for Channel 7, with My Kitchen Rules (1st – 1,535,000) and Packed To The Rafters (2nd – 1,445,000; 3rd – 1,252,000) wiping the floor with the rest (even though Rafters premiered this season lower than last). Ch7 have 5 of the top 7 programs all above one million. NCIS (10th – 973,000; 11th – 964,000) has a decent return but against Rafters it was easily overlooked. The Biggest Loser Australia (15th – 716,000) way down again, but as if to offer Ch10 an olive branch so was The Big Bang Theory rpt (14th – 773,000) up against it on Ch9.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: Home and Away – Ch7
7:30pm: My Kitchen Rules – Ch7
8:30pm: Packed To The Rafters – Ch7
9:30pm: Packed To The Rafters – Ch7
Channel 7 won the night (29.2%), followed by Channel 9 (18.5%), Channel 10 (17.3%) & ABC1 (8.7%).