The Winners: Today Tonight topped the list with 1.343 million, from Seven News with 1.325 million. The 7.30pm repeat of Border Security on Seven was third with 1.271 million and the 8pm program on Seven, Medical Emergency was 4th with 1.153 million people. The outtakes episode of Spicks and Specks averaged 1.135 million at 8.30pm for the ABC and Nine’s 7.30pm fresh episode of Two and a Half Men averaged 1.100 million for 6th spot. Home and Away perked up and ran 7th with 1.090 million and won the 7pm slot. 8th was Celebrity MasterChef Australia on Ten with 1.064 million people. The 7pm repeat of Two and a Half Men on Nine averaged 1.044 million in 9th, with Seven’s City Homicide next at 8.30pm with 1.021 million. Nine News was 11th with 1.017 million, A Current Affair was 12th with 1.003 million and Ten’s 8.30pm program, NCIS Los Angeles also averaged 1.003 million.

The Losers: Well, it’s closing in on the end of ratings and viewers are tired. So is it fair to argue that RPA Where Are They Now on Nine at 8.30pm for an hour with 835,000 and What’s Good For You Summer on Nine at 8pm, were losers? And Crime Investigation Australia at 9.30pm on Nine with 643,000?, As well as the repeat of NCIS on Ten at 9.30pm with 778,000?. Well, let’s be charitable and describe them as merely filling a timeslot in an undistinguished manner.

News & CA: Seven News again won nationally and in every market as did Today Tonight. Both beat Nine by more than 300,000 viewers, an unusually large margin at this time of year. In Sydney Nine News averaged 273,000, the 7pm ABC News, 279,000 and Seven News, 311,000. The 7pm ABC News had a national audience of 921,000, The 7.30 Report, 654,000, Lateline, 205,000, Lateline Business, 82,000. Ten News, 750,000, the late News/Sports Tonight, 445,000. SBS News at 6.30pm, 163,000, the 9.30pm edition, 171,000. 7am Sunrise, 351,000; 7am Today, 317,000.

The Stats: Seven won 6pm to midnight All People with a combined share of 30.2% (30.4% a week ago). Nine was next with 25.6% (25.4%), Ten was third with 23.5% (23.4%), the ABC finished with 16.2% (17.1%) and SBS was on 4.5% (3.7%). Seven won All five metro markets and leads the week 31.5% to 27.2% for Nine.

In regional areas a win for Prime/7Qld with 30.5%, from WIN/NBN with 27.4%, Southern Cross (Ten) on 20.8%, the ABC with 15.3% and SBS with 6.2%.

Digitally: Nine’s GO won with 2.220% (leaving Nine’s main channel on 23.40%). 7TWO was next with 2.00% (Seven’s main channel was on 28.20%), ABC 2 was on 1.70% (ABC 1, 14.50%), Ten’s ONE was on 0.80% (22.70% for Ten’s main channel) and SBS Two was on 0.40% (SBS ONE on 4.10%).

Glenn Dyer’s comments: Seven won and again won by a surprisingly large margin. Nine’s schedule suffered from being tired. Seven might have won All People, but MasterChef meant Ten won 16 to 39s, 18 to 49s and 25 to 54s. Nine was left with nothing.

Today Tonight did over the Scientologists with a very solid expose, based on former Australian members. ACA tried to “me too” story that was American-based and just failed.

TONIGHT: The Beauty and The Geek Australia (believe it or not but Seven is casting for a second series of this one in 2010). Merge it with Nine’s Ladette To Lady and go right down market. Ten has Glee and Rush. Nine has three hours of CSI. Watch Getaway at 7.30pm and go to bed. The ABC has the third and final part of Addicted To Money, which will tell more of what we already know.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports