The Winners: Seven News was tops with 1.471 million people, with Airways at 8pm second on Seven with 1.432 million. Border Security, on Seven at 7.30 pm averaged 1.423 million and Nine News was 4th with 1.309 million (and a win in Sydney). 5th was V: The Final Battle on Nine at 8.30pm with 1.290 million and then Bones on Seven at 8.30pm with 1.290 million. Ten’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation was next with 1.203 million at 7.30pm and Seven’s Sunday Night was 8th at 6.30pm with 1.169 million. 60 Minutes struggled manfully with 1.097 million viewers at 7.30pm (so much for the Tony Abbott family profile) and 10th was The Good Wife on Ten at 8.30pm with 1.081 million.

The Losers: Nothing stands out: perhaps the weigh-in of The Biggest Loser on Ten at 6.30pm: 857,000 is not encouraging. House averaged 850,000, but should be boosted by strong recording as it’s the most popular program for recording and playback in the following seven days.  on the ABC at 8.30 pm: 349,000. It was weak. My Place, the ABC at 7.30pm, 286,000.

News & CA: Seven News again won nationally and in every market but Sydney. The 7pm ABC News averaged 997,000. Ten News, 861,000. SBS News, 161,000. Dateline at 8.30pm, 169,000. In the morning Weekend Sunrise averaged 451,000. Today on Sunday, 229,000 for Nine, Landline on the ABC at noon, 226,000. Insiders on the ABC at 9am, 164,000. Inside Business at 10am, 153,000, Offsiders, 156,000.

The Stats:

FTA: Seven won with a 6pm to midnight All People combined overnight share of 30.5% to Nine with 30.1%, Ten, 23.5%, the ABC, 11.1% and SBS, 4.8%. Nine won Sydney (narrowly) and Melbourne. Seven won the rest.

Main Channel: Seven won with a combined overnight share 6 pm to midnight, All People on 28.5% from Nine with 26.1%, Ten with 22.7%, the ABC, 10.1% and SBS with 4.6%. Seven won all five metro markets.

Digital: GO won with 4.0% from 7TWO with 2.0%, ABC 2 and One with 0.7%, ABC 3 with 0.4% and SBS TWO with 0.2%. That’s a share of 8%, a bit low compared with recent weeks.

Pay TV: Seven won with a combined overnight 6 pm to midnight All People battle of 24.2%, from Nine with 23.9%, Ten with 18.6%, Pay TV with 18.2%, the ABC with 8.8% and SBS with 3.8%. the 11 FTA channels averaged 81.8%, Pay TV, 18.2%.

Glenn Dyer’s comments: Seven won last week from Nine. Seven News won nationally and won Sydney and Melbourne (relief all round at Seven’s Sydney newsroom). ACA won Sydney over TT last week, but lost nationally and in Melbourne. Seven won All People and main channels in the metro markets. 7TWO and GO drew the week. Seven also said it won the first four week survey of the year.

Seven won All People last night but Nine’s V: The Final Battle was the most popular program for 15 to 39s, 18 to 49s and 25 to 54s. The over 55s didn’t like it.

Sunday Night on Seven at 6.30pm had more viewers than 60 Minutes on Nine at 7.30pm. Sunday Night actually won the 6.30pm to 7.30pm slot. Nine’s Domestic Blitz again helped a battling family in the best possible way, but audiences are not all that impressed. 60 Minutes was actually third at 7.30pm. Both Sunday Night and 60 Minutes are longer versions of Today Tonight and A Current Affair.

Both Seven (504,000 and Nine, 454,000) had big news audiences last night in Melbourne for reports on the aftermath of the Saturday afternoon storms. On Saturday evening, Seven had 459,000 people watching, Nine, 384,000. A sense here that people in Melbourne went to Seven for their news at the weekend. Nine is usually stronger on Sunday evenings. The ABC News had 407,000 viewers Saturday, Ten News, 304,000, as viewers looked for the latest on the damage and updates.

TONIGHT: Highlights. Q&A at 9.30pm on the ABC with Richard Dawkins (there will be lots of talk about God etc). Before that Australian Story. Four Corners has a look at Scientology. Seven has My Kitchen Rules (which looks more like MasterChef) and the weakening Desperate Housewives. Ten has Good News Week. Nine has The Mentalist.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports