Murder trumps love for Monday night

Seven’s City Homicide contributed to a clear ratings victory for the network last night, winning the 8:30 timeslot against The Farmer Wants a Wife and Good News Week.

The programme, which involved the murder of a toddler, drew in just over 1.3 million and was the third most watched show of the night, according to preliminary OzTam data. The Farmer Wants a Wife on Nine was watched by just under 1.2 million and Good News Week on Ten just scraped over the 1 million viewer mark.

Seven took the top four programmes for the evening with Seven News the most watched with 1.7 million. Deal or No Deal also contributed to the ratings success with a clear win of 885,000 viewers over Nine’s Hot Seat with 774,000.

Monday night’s share: Seven 29.5%, Nine 26.4%, Ten 20.8%, ABC 17%, SBS 6.3%.

Top 15 shows:

1. Seven News – Seven 1.7m
2. Today Tonight – Seven 1.6m
3. City Homicide – Seven 1.3m
4. Home and Away – Seven 1.3m
5. Two and a Half Men 7:30pm – Nine 1.3m
6. Nine News – Nine 1.2m
7. Two and a Half Men 7:00pm – Nine 1.2m
8. The Farmer Wants A Wife – Nine 1.2m
9. A Current Affair – Nine 1.2m
10. Australian Idol – Ten 1.1m
11. ABC News – ABC 1.1m
12. Beyond The Darklands – Seven 1.1m
13. Australian Story – ABC 1.1m
14. Journey to the Edge of the Universe – Seven 1.1m
15. Good News Week – Ten 1m

Alice Terlikowski

topics Advertising business Channel Nine Channel Seven Channel Ten City Homicide Deal Or No Deal Marketing Monday TV Ratings OzTam OzTam ratings TV ratings

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