The Winners: Seven News was tops of the most watched list with 1.194 million viewers, ahead of Today Tonight with 1.156 million. The 7pm repeat of Two and a Half Men averaged 1.073 million and Getaway averaged 1.069 million in fourth spot. CSI Miami was fifth with 1.012 million. Nine News was sixth with 1.008 million viewers and A Current Affair was seventh with 1 million viewers. That was a bit better than a week ago. Seven’s The Beauty and The Geek Australia at 8.30pm averaged 993,000. CSI New York, 937,000. Glee on Ten at 7.30pm, 909,000, CSI, 844,000, Ghost Whisperer averaged 766,000 at 7.30pm for Seven. Rush on Ten at 8.30pm, 830,000.

The Losers: Looking at what confronted us viewers last night, I think we were all losers in some way (or winners if we did something else and got enjoyment out of it). Addicted To Money on the ABC at 8.30pm: 616,000 for the third and final episode. The Amazing Race on Seven at 9.30pm, 766,000, Burn Notice on Ten at 9.30pm, 634,000.

News & CA: Seven News and Today Tonight both lost Sydney and Melbourne to Nine News and ACA, but had big wins in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. It was a better performance by Nine in Sydney and Melbourne for weeks. Ten News averaged 753,000; the late News/Sports Tonight, 296,000. The 7pm ABC News averaged 909,000, The 7.30 Report, 717,000, Lateline, 273,000, Lateline Business, 170,000. SBS News at 6.30pm, 149,000 and the 9.30pm edition, 118,000. 7am, Sunrise, 383,000, 7am Today, 316,000.

The Stats: Nine won with a share a 6pm to midnight All People share of 31.4% (26.5%) from Seven with 27.6% (29.5%), Ten with 20.6% (21.2%), the ABC with 16.0% (18.3%) and SBS with 4.5% (unchanged). Nine won everywhere bar Perth where Seven got home. Seven leads the week 30.8% to 28.0% for Nine. Seven won 16 to 39s and 18 to 49s. Nine won 25 to 54s.

In regional areas a win to WIN/NBN with 29.9% from prime/7Qld with 24.3%, Southern Cross (Ten) with 22.8%; the ABC with 17.1% and SBS with 6.1%.

Digitally: 7TWO won with 2.60% (Seven’s main channel was on 25.10%), from Nine’s GO with 2.20% (Nine’s main channel on 29.10%), ABC 2 with 1.60% (ABC 1 with 14.30%), Ten’s ONE with 1.30% (Ten’s main channel on 19.30%) and SBS TWO with 0.50% and SBS ONE on 4.000%. All up the digital channels had a share of 8.20%.

Glenn Dyer’s comments: Nine won All People but Fusion Strategy points out that Seven had more viewers in the 16 to 54 age demos and that the 4% fall in overall viewing last night on the main channels was due to the new digital channels. Pay TV’s share in the 16 to 54s rose last night on a year ago, according to Fusion, so it wasn’t as impacted as it had been. Overall, it was a night last night that had you not watched, you wouldn’t have missed a thing.

Addicted To Money finished last night on the ABC at 8.30pm with the usual look at peak production of resources argument that all programs of this type include. Predictable and didn’t tell us a thing we didn’t know. That’s a pity because it did start well, but faded in episode two. Of all the reports on TV about the who financial mess, Paul Barry’s first report for Four Corners on the US subprime mess is still the best that we have seen in this country. The BBC Panorama program has had several goes with fine reports in the UK that we haven’t seen here on FTA TV.

Seven’s 7TWO had its second nightly win in the digital battle since it started. the first was the Saturday of its first week on air.

And word is that Ten has put the cleaners through its 9am program for next year. It will be replaced with an hour of news and then an advertorial program from 10 am to noon. Or will it be a reworked version of The View? David Reyne, the male host of Ten’s program has already said he is going next year; another network.

TONIGHT: Midsomer Murders at 8.30pm. A Harry Potter movie on Nine, The School of Rock (again) on Ten and Better Homes and Gardens on Seven. Something for everyone, including repeats of repeats. And, of course, SBS has another Top Gear at 8.35pm.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Nothing much. For foodies plump Nigella is on the ABC at 6pm, the silly Iron Chef is on SBS at 8.30pm; Funniest Home Videos is on Nine at 7.30pm. The rest is a mixture of repeats and rubbish (and Taggart at 9.25pm, on the ABC without subtitles or translation). It is actually a night you can actually avoid.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Sunday Night on Seven at 6.30pm and 60 Minutes on Nine go head to head. SBS has Dateline at 8.30pm for the serious minded; the ABC has the fine movie Samson and Delilah at 8.30pm. Ten also has a Christmas special for Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation at 6.30pm. Novel programming idea Ten, must remember that one.

It is the last week of official ratings, summer starts later in the week with the first cricket test.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports