Goals all round.

It was the week when PBL boss Ian Law conceded what we have known for some time, that Nine has lost the ratings year to Seven. “The reality is that Nine was the market leader in terms of audience, not in profit, and now it’s not the market leader,” Mr Law told the Herald-Sun.

This week was no different with Seven winning the week comfortably, 30.0% to Nine’s 26.8%, TEN’s, 21.7%, the ABC’s 16.2% and SBS’ 5.3%. Seven won all cities.

There were a number of bumper audiences this week, but despite attracting the biggest audience all year (2.57m for the 2007 AFL Grand Final) TEN missed out on the event contributing to their weekly share. The game is out of prime time.

Kath and Kim was Seven’s strongest show, ahead of perennial favourite Dancing with the Stars. Next was Border Security, Seven News, Today Tonight, Home and Away, The Brownlow Medal, Better Homes and Gardens, My Name is Earl and RSPCA Animal Rescue. Moved to Wednesdays, RSPCA and Medical Emergency suffered signficant drops. The return of Prison Break was also incarcerated by the ABC’s Summer Heights High in an increasingly competitive timeslot.

Smothered by noisy competition, Nine had few shows attracting big audiences this week and was relegated to remaining a quiet achiever. Sunday’s News was its best performer, followed by Burke’s Backyard Spring Special, CSI, 60 Minutes, The Footy Show, Getaway and A Current Affair. Don Burke’s Special, boosted on the back of an NRL match, defeated Seven’s Jamie Durie show. Surprise Surprise Gotcha was whacked by Daryl and Sonia, but did pick up from the previous week. Mondays continue to remain a headache with lousy returns for Commercial Breakdown, Just for Laughs and 1 vs 100 the show it will now rest.

TEN did terrific business with the biggest audience of 2007 for the 2007 AFL Grand Final. TEN smartly divided it into other segments which will help it boom in the top ten shows of the week: Wrap Up and Pre-Match. The final of Thank God You’re Here was huge, followed by Australian Idol, the premiere of Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader, The Simpsons and Rove.

ABC is still going great guns on Wednesday nights with The Chaser, Summer Heights High and Spicks and Specks its strongest shows. Also booming was New Tricks on Friday night. Next was ABC News, Australian Story and Wire in the Blood.

SBS had its biggest share on Monday, but Sunday wasn’t far behind.

Week 39 Ratings.