Packed to the Rafters packs them in again

It was Tuesday night -- so that means a massive audience for Packed to the Rafters.

The Winners: With Packed to the Rafters in the schedule, what else happens? The 7pm Project was on 999,000 and remains solid.

Packed to the Rafters (Seven) (8.30pm) — 2.001 million
Seven News (6pm) — 1.448 million
Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.445 million
Top Gear (Nine) (7.30pm) — 1.413 million
Nine News (6pm) — 1.334 million
Minute to Win It (Seven) (7.30pm) — 1.329 million
A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.219 million
Modern Family (Ten) (7.30pm) — 1.193 million
Two and a Half Men (Nine) (7pm) (repeat) — 1.87 million
Parenthood (Seven) (9.30pm) (pilot) — 1.150 million
Home and Away (Seven) (7pm) — 1.066 million
NCIS (Ten) (8.30pm) (repeat) — 1.048 million
ABC News (7pm) — 1.023 million

The Losers: Nothing really on a night when most programs performed reasonably well.

News & CA: Nine’s Mark Latham circus rolled on last night and helped Nine to win Sydney and Melbourne. There was the astonishing sight of a report on Nine News attacking 60 Minutes‘ talent Mark Latham. In all my 24 -25 years in and watching the TV Industry, I can’t remember a situation where a leading figure on one network (Nine’s Laurie Oakes) has been attacked by the temporary talent (Latham) from the same network on another channel (Sky) which is partly owned by Nine. And then the situation reversed the next night. Will any of this feature in the 60 Minutes report on Sunday night on Nine?

Seven News (6pm) — 1.448 million
Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.445 million
Nine News (6pm) — 1.334 million
A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.219 million
ABC News (7pm) — 1.023 million
The 7pm Project (Ten) (7pm) — 999,000
Ten News (5pm) — 862,000
The 7.30 Report (ABC) (7.30pm) — 819,000
Foreign Correspondent (ABC) (8pm) — 630,000
Late News/Sports Tonight (Ten) (10.30pm) — 442,000
Insight (SBS) (8.30pm) — 255,000
Lateline (ABC) (10.35pm) — 240,000
SBS News (6.30pm) — 166,000
SBS News (9.30pm) — 133,000
Lateline Business (ABC) (11.10pm) — 129,000

In the morning:

Sunrise (Seven) (7am) — 396,000
Today — (Nine) (7am ) — 317,000

The Stats:

FTA: Seven won with a share of 33.4%, from Nine on 25.0%, Ten with 21.3%, the ABC was on 15.6% and SBS was on 4.7%. Seven leads the week with 30.4%, from Nine on 27.3%. Ten is on 20.5%.
Main Channel: A big win to Seven with 31.1%, from Nine with 22.6%, Ten on 20.7%, ABC 1, 12.9% and SBS ONE, 4.0%. Seven leads the week with 27.0%, from Nine on 23.0%.
Digital: GO with a share of 2.4%, from 7TWO on 2.3%, ABC 2, 1.6%, SBS TWO, 0.7%. ONE and ABC 2 were on 0.6% and News 24 was on 0.4%. GO leads the week with 4.3%, from 7TWO on 3.4%. The seven FTA digital channels had a share of 8.6%. Adelaide had the highest total share of 11.7%.
Pay TV: A win to Seven with a share of 28.1%, from Nine on 21.0%, Ten was on 17.9%, Pay TV’s 100 plus channels on a total of 13.6%, the ABC, 13.1% and ABS, 4.0%. The 12 FTA channels had a total share of 86.4%, made up of 7.2% for the digitals while the five FTA main channels had a total share of 79.2%.
Regional: A win to Prime/7QLd with 32.9%, from WIN/NBN with 25.6%, SC Ten was on 21%, the ABC, 14.7% and SBS, 5.8% Prime/7Qld won the main channels from WIN/NBN. GO won the digital channels with 2.0% from 7TWO on 1.9% and ABC 2 on 1.6%. News 24 was on 0.4%. Prime/7Qld lead the week with 29.2% from WIN/NBN on 29.0%. Close.

Major Markets: It was a clean sweep for Seven everywhere and in the main channels. Nine was second everywhere both overall and the main channels, except in Perth, where Ten finished second. 7TWO won the digitals in Sydney and Melbourne, from GO and the ABC. GO won in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. 7WO and ABC 2 tied for second in Adelaide and ABC 2 beat 7TWO into second in Perth. Seven leads the week in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne from Nine and Ten. Nine still leads Melbourne and Brisbane from Seven and Ten.

(All shares on the basis of combined overnight 6pm to midnight All People)

Glenn Dyer’s comments: Painful is the only description for Tony Abbott’s performance with Kerry O’Brien on The 7.30 Report last night.

Seven’s Parenthood did OK at 9.30pm and extended the winning position that Packed to the Rafters had with its second 2 million plus audience in a row.

TONIGHT: The ABC is the standout: Spicks and Specks, Gruen Nation and Yes We Canberra. Nine has The Farmer wants a Wife. Seven has a new Lewis at 9.30pm. Ten has fresh Simpsons and Lie to Me.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports