The Winners: Seven News was tops with 1.340 million, followed by Today Tonight with 1.264 million, Customs on Nine at 8pm averaged 1.165 million (down on last week). RSPCA Animal Rescue averaged 1.129 million at 7.30pm for Seven. Nine News was 5th with 1.121 million and Spicks and Specks averaged 1.069 million for the ABC at 8.30pm. Home and Away had another win at 7 m for Seven with 1,059 million and the 7.30pm episode of Two and a Half Men averaged 1.033 million. The 7pm ABC news averaged 1.024 million and 9th. 10th was Criminal Minds on Seven at 8.30pm with 1.006 million. So You Think You Can Dance Australia averaged 984,000 on Ten at 8pm for two hours.

The Losers: Nine viewers last night. From 7pm nothing really rated. The Two and a Half Men at 7.30pm got more than a million, but Animal Rescue accounted for that. Seven’s ICU at 8pm, under a million with 934,000 viewers. Gangs of Oz on Seven at 9.30pm, 742,000. Cold Case 1 on Nine at 8.30pm, 726,000, Cold Case 2 at 9.30pm, 675,000. Burn Notice on Ten at 9.30pm, 473.000. Flop. The Biggest Loser on Ten, 817,000. Not quite a loser, but certainly no winner.

News & CA: Seven News again won nationally and in every market . Today Tonight beat ACA, 981,000 by 283,000 nationally. ACA just dropped away in Sydney last night. in Sydney to average just 269,000 viewers. Odd. The 7 pm ABC News finished second in the Melbourne news rankings with 358,000 viewers to Nine’s 357,000 and Seven’s 385,000. The 7.30 Report averaged 754,000 nationally; Lateline, 249,000, Lateline Business, 135,000. Nine’s Nightline, 228,000 close to midnight. Ten News, 828,000, the late News/Sports Tonight, 208,000. SBS News at 6.30pm, 154,000, 118,000 for the late edition. 7am Sunrise for Seven, 363,000, 7am Today on Nine, 325,000.

The Stats:

FTA: Seven won 6pm to midnight All People with a share of 30.6% from Nine with 26.0%, Ten with 20.2%, the ABC with 17.7% and SBS with 4.7%. Seven won all five metro centres and leads the week with 30.5% from Nine with 26.7%.

Digitally: 7TWO won with 4.3% (Seven’s main channel was on 26.3%). Nine’s GO was second with 2.6% (Nine’s main channel was on 23.4%). ABC 2 averaged 1.6% (ABC 3, 0.4%, ABC 1, 15.7%). Ten’s ONE averaged 0.8% (Ten’s main channel was on 20.2%), SBS TWO was on 0.6%, SBS ONE, 4.1%. The digital channels had a combined overnight share of 10.3%. Nine’s GO and 7TWO lead the week with a joint share of 3.3% each. Seven’s main channel leads the week 27.2% to 23.3% for Nine.

Pay TV included: The ranking were Seven a combined overnight share of 24.9%, from Nine with 21.2%, Ten with 16.5%, pay TV with 16.1%, the ABC with 14.4% and SBS with 3.8%. The 11 FTA channels had a combined share of 83.9%, Pay TV, 16.1%..

Glenn Dyer’s comments: To put it brutally, Nine got done over last night. Seven’s main channel had a bigger share in prime time than Nine’s total share from its main channel and its digital network, GO. Nine couldn’t blame the underwhelming One Day cricket. Apart from Customs, which faded last night from its strong return a week ago, Nine was weak. ACA fell under a million viewers last night and was easily beaten by Today Tonight. What was on both programs last night didn’t justify that result.

Poh’s Kitchen started with 539,000 viewers on the ABC at 6.30pm.. It was just behind Neighbours on Ten with 563,000. Hungry Beast back on the ABC at 9pm with 663,000. Still needs an injection of oomph. Rex in Rome, 243,000 on SBS at 7.30pm, At the Movies, 380,000 on the ABC at 10pm.

TONIGHT: Getaway on Nine. The Biggest Loser on Ten. Law and Order SVU is back at 8.30pm and Medium is in at 9.30pm. Both will underwhelm. A tough night for the network.

The ABC is a sort of viewer free zone tonight. The highlight, for good or bad, is Cougar Town on Seven at 8.30pm. Former Friends star Courtney Cox playing the older woman on the hunt for young men. Does that make Jennifer Aniston a lynx and David Schwimmer a puma?

Seven also starts a program called White Room at 7.30pm. It’s a game show — the contest is TV trivia. White Room ran through four pilots I hear before Seven was happy. That is a worry.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports