The Winners: Seven News was tops with 1.271 million, Nine’s UK Customs program returned to be second on the night with 1.235 million and Seven’s RSPCA Animal Rescue was 3rd with 1.229 million. Today Tonight was 4th with 1.130 million, Home and Away was 5th with 1.110 million and the 7.30pm repeat of Two And A Half Men on Nine averaged 1.098 million. Nine News was 7th with 1.085 million. And A Current Affair was 8th with 1.045 million. Seven’s Criminal Minds averaged 1.045 million at 8.30pm and won, with the 7pm repeat of Two And A Half Men next with 1.043 million. Spicks and Specks returned to the ABC in good form with 1.035 million and 11th nationally, and 12th was Seven’s ICU at 8pm with 1.016 million. So You Think You Can Dance Australia on Ten at 8pm, averaged 1.011 million in 13th.

The Losers: The Biggest Loser. It’s only week one, but just 737,000 viewers last night. Cold Case on Nine at 8.30pm, 843,000, Gangs of Oz on Seven at 9.30 pm, 823,000, Cold Case again at 9.30pm, 741,000. Both Cold Case and Gangs of Oz were heavily promoted by their respective networks and viewers sort of ignored them. Burn Notice on Ten at 10pm, 614,000. No matter what timeslot, it’s a 9.30pm loser for Ten, as Medium will be tonight after SYTYCDA.

News & CA: Seven News and Today Tonight won nationally, but took a pasting in Sydney from Nine. Nine News averaged 311,000, Seven News, 273,000. TT averaged 253,000 in Sydney, ACA, 303,000. Seven news and TT though had big wins in Melbourne over Nine’s duo. Seven News and TT won elsewhere. The 7pm ABC News averaged 905,000, the 7.30 Report, 706,000. Lateline, 163,000, Lateline Business, 105,000. Ten News, 816,000, The Late News/Sports Tonight, 300,000. SBS News at 6.30pm on SBS, 161,000, 179,000 for the late edition. 7am Sunrise, 357,000, 7am Today, 312,000.

The Stats: Seven won the night with a combined overnight 6 pm to midnight All People share of 30.5%, with Nine on 28.6%, Ten on 20.9%, the ABC with 15.2% and SBS with 4.7%. Nine won Sydney and Melbourne, Seven won Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Seven leads the week with a combined overnight share of 33.1% to Nine’s 27.0%.

With Pay TV, Seven had a combined overnight share of 24.8%, Nine, 23.3%, Ten, 17.0%, pay TV, 16.2%, the ABC 12.4% and SBS, 3.8%. FTA TV’s share was 83.8%, Pay TV, 16.2%.

In regional areas, Prime/7Qld had a combined overnight share of 31.8%, WIN/NBN, 27/2%, Ten (Southern Cross) 19.1%, the ABC, 16.5% and SBS, 5.4%

Digitally: Nine’s GO won with 3.1% (Nine’s main channel was on 25.5%). 7TWO was second with 2.7% (27.8% for Seven’s main channel). ABC2 was on 1.6% (ABC3, 0.5%, ABC1, 13.1%). Ten’s ONE, 0.9%, Ten’s main channel 20.0%. SBS TWO, 0.4%, SBS ONE 4.3%. Seven’s main channel won the night with 27.8% to 25.5% for Nine. Seven leads the week 30.6% to 23.3% for Nine.

Glenn Dyer’s comments: It was a solid night for TV addicts. Nine’s Customs fuelled our fears (as does Seven’s Border Security), even if it’s all about Britain. RSPCA Animal Rescue was back with its usual bang for Seven. Spicks and Specks returned with a standout instrument, the rocking Shamisen from Japan with Noriko Tadano an early highlight for all of 2010.

Seven Network confirmed the widely tipped ‘secret’ that Kyle Sandilands would be now seen on Seven as a judge on Australia’s Got Talent. Will ACA on Nine now become the guardian of Sydney radio morals (but not whack people at 2GB), to get at Seven, and will TT will turn a blind eye to any more atrocities by Sandliands on 2Day FM?

TONIGHT: Getaway is back on Nine, Ten has The Biggest Loser and SYTYCDA, while the failing Medium returns at 10pm. Seven has Bones at 8.30pm, the ABC has programs on rock music and magazines. A much more lacklustre night.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports