Seven win is familiar News

Another week and another win for Seven.

Final figures for Week 23 were Seven 28.7 to Nine’s 27.4, Ten’s 21.7, ABC’s 16.8, and SBS’ 5.5. Seven won Monday, Tuesday and Friday while Nine took the rest. Seven took out all cities save Brisbane, which fell to Nine.

In a week where PBL lost its chance to buy Channel Nine Perth and plug the audience leak to its National News figures, Seven News managed to take first place in six out of seven nights. Together with Today Tonight, Seven has cemented its place as national favourite for the news hour, and dented Nine’s brand pride as the news leader. Seven now enjoys a seemingly unstoppable grip on the all-important early evening viewing.

Seven News boomed as high as 1.7m on Tuesday (but with averaging will unlikely beat 60 Minutes as the week’s top show). Other tops shows were TT, It Takes Two, Grey’s Anatomy, All Saints, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, Police Files – Unlocked, and My Name is Earl.

For Nine 60 Minutes remains the top pick. It’s followed by National Nine News, Shrek 2, 1 vs 100, RPA Where Are They Now, Getaway, McLeod’s Daughters and Temptation. Nine’s revamping of Tuesdays isn’t working, with the premiere of The Nation attracting a disappointing 772,000.

TEN continues with local problems only offset by American imports. A new episode of House was its strongest performer. Next was NCIS and The Simpsons. Barely any Big Brother offshoot passed the million mark, and Rove was the same. A repeat of Hamish and Andy’s Real Stories performed surprisingly well late on a Sunday. Teen Fit Camp slipped lower, now under 700,000 –close to the sort of figures Yasmine had.

ABC again triumphed with again The Chaser, Spicks and Specks and The New Inventors (are audiences bored by 8pm Wednesday alternatives?). ABC News was next best.

Mondays was the best night for SBS though it did enjoy a Sunday surge thanks to Big Love.

This week NRL is back on Wednesday which saw Nine win the week last time.