(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)
1. Two and a Half Men (7:30pm) – Nine – 1.406
2. Seven News – Seven – 1.394
3. Today Tonight – Seven – 1.332
4. Junior Masterchef – Ten – 1.261
5. Two and a Half Men (8:00pm) – Nine – 1.186
6. Nine News – Nine – 1.163
7. Undercover Boss – Ten – 1.134
8. The Mentalist – Nine – 1.087
9. Criminal Minds (8:30pm) – Seven – 1.080
10. ABC News – ABC – 1.078
(11. A Current Affair Nine 1.071)
Dishonourable Mentions:
The 7PM Project – Ten – 0.752m
Good News Week – Ten – 0.709m
Junior MasterChef gets a good talking to from Two & a Half Men, however I’d offer this is as inexplicable as the attraction the public have for this abomination. Channel 7′s News & Today Tonight the clear leaders over the comparable Channel 9 shows. A win for Channel 10 at 8:30pm with Undercover Boss helps but it’s not enough to stop the rot with their programming in general (Junior MasterChef & Undercover Boss proving to be the only working exceptions). A welcome return for The Mentalist but also not to the lofty heights it has previously seen. The 7pm Project & Good News Week not returning to the love the once received. The interruption of the Commonwealth Games has hurt both.