News and current affairs dominate TV schedule

News and Current Affairs dominated the TV schedule across the networks with Seven’s Better Homes and Gardens Summer the top entertainment show of the night.

Preliminary overnight ratings from OzTam show Seven News and Today Tonight were the top programs of the night, with 969,000 and 888,000 metro viewers, helping Better Homes and Gardens win 649,000 viewers at 7pm.

Meanwhile ABC News won the 7pm timeslot and ABC1’s 7.30 summer edition was also the top show at 7.30pm with an audience of 620,000.

Nine followed with its travel show Getaway averaging 546,000 and Ten was third in the timeslot with Jamie Cooks Summer, a selection of recipes from previous Jamie Oliver cooking shows, winning 505,00o. Meanwhile the US sitcom How I Met Your Mother averaged 471,000 for Seven.