If it weren’t for the cricket who’d know where we’d be. One Day Cricket – AUS v SA Game 3 Session 2 (4th – 985,000) was the highest non-News for the night, opening the way for the ABC to secure some solid ratings as the other commercial FTA networks offer not a whole bunch. Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (7th – 722,000) and The Chaser’s Media Circus (11th – 601,000) did OK; Criminal Minds (8th – 702,000) solid for Seven and the finale of Wonderland (19th – 429,000) performs as expected. First Contact (25th – 339,000) slides because people can’t handle the truth.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: Seven News 6:30/Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: One Day Cricket – AUS v SA Game 3 Session 2 – Ch9
7:30pm: One Day Cricket – AUS v SA Game 3 Session 2 – Ch9
8:30pm: One Day Cricket – AUS v SA Game 3 Session 2 – Ch9
9:30pm: Criminal Minds (rpt) – Ch7

Nine Network won the night (32.1%), followed by Seven Network (28.7%), ABC Network (17.6%) & Ten Network (15.9%).