The Winners: 12 programs with a million or more viewers. Two And A Half Men averaged 1.519 million people at 7.30pm for Nine and topped the most watched list last night. Seven News was second with 1.389 million and Today Tonight was 3rd with 1.328 million. The Mentalist, Nine at 8.30pm, won the slot with 1.257 million and Nine’s new Big Bang Theory was helped by Two And A Half Men and averaged 1.241 million at 8pm and also won the slot.

Nine News was 6th with 1.205 million and the 7pm repeat of Two And A Half Men averaged 1.158 million for Nine. Eighth was My Kitchen Rules on Seven at 7.30pm with 1.116 million people, ahead of Home And Away with 1.054 million. Desperate Housewives averaged 1.026 million at 8.30pm for Seven and the 7pm ABC News was 12th with 1.017 million. The 9.30pm repeat of The Mentalist averaged 893,000 for Nine, beating Seven’s returning Brothers and Sisters with 872,000. The Biggest Loser at 7.30pm averaged 817,000 (see below). Man vs. Wild on SBS at 8.30pm, 444,000.

The Losers: Fans of MasterChef who might have caught Seven’s My Kitchen Rules last night. Anyone who watched Two And A Half Men last night. 

News & CA: Seven News lost Melbourne to Nine, but won elsewhere. Today Tonight lost in Sydney to ACA, but won the rest easily. Something must be wrong with the rating recorders in Brisbane because ACA only averaged 163,000 at 6.30pm to Today Tonight’s 301,000. The 7.30 Report averaged 738,000, Lateline returned with 275,000 and Lateline Business with 138,000. Ten News averaged 861,000, the Late News/Sports Tonight, 99,000. SBS News at 6.30pm 183,000, 134,000 for the late edition. 7 am Sunrise, 357,000, 7 am Today, 310,000.

The Stats: Nine won with a combined overnight 6 pm to midnight All People share of 29.7% to Seven’s 28.8%, Ten with 18.8%, the ABC with 16.4% and SBS with 6.1%. Nine’s main channel won with 27.5% to Seven’s 25.6%. Nine won Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Seven won Adelaide and Perth. Seven leads the week with a combined overnight share of 34.8% from Nine with 26.3%. Seven leads the main channel battle, 32.6% to 23.1%.

In regional areas, WIN/NBN won with a combined overnight share of 29.9%, from Prime/7Qld with 26.1%, Southern Cross (ten) with 18.7%), the ABC with 18.0% and SBS with 7.2%.

Digitally: 7TWO won with a share of 3.3% (leaving its main channel on 25.6%). Nine’s GO averaged 2.3% (Main channel, 27.5%), ABC2 was on 1.3% (ABS3, 0.4%, ABC1, 14.8%). Ten’s ONE on 0.3% (beaten by ABC kids, as was SBS Two). Ten’s main channel was on 18.5%. SBS TWO averaged 0.2%, SBS ONE, 5.9%. Go leads the week with a 3.1% share from 7TWO with 2.2%.

Glenn Dyer’s comments: Now these figures may change tomorrow, especially for the Ten network. It said in a statement just after noon that there were errors in the way the ratings were taken and measured.

“Due to a system error in data submitted to OzTAM, overnight ratings data available for Network Ten today contained a number of errors. Confirmed program logs will be available tomorrow.

In the meantime, corrected key data – including preliminary timeslots –

The Biggest Loser; total people 806,000; not 817,000 (even worse) Good News Week (20:38 – 22:14) Total people — 827,000, better than the 640,000. Ross Noble’s Australian Trip (around 10.15 pm start); Total people — 632,000 (not 187, 000) Timeslot winner in total people and all key demographics.

Seven said it won primetime in 18-49s and 25-54s.

TONIGHT: Nine has a repeat of Two And A Half Men, then the final of Survivor Samoa then Kitchen Nightmares USA with Gordon Ramsay. Seven has My Kitchen Rules, again, at 7.30. Two hours of Grey’s Anatomy. NCIS is at 9.30pm and is a repeat. Ten has a few fresh eps in the vault from the US, so when they appear at 8.30pm Tuesdays, we’ll know they are really serious. Ten also has The Biggest Loser again.

If nothing on commercial TV at 8.30 pm appeals, then watch Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour of Europe on the ABC, with toffs and other nice and not so nice folk from the Old Dart who undertook a Continental rite of passage from the 1700s onwards. All very Byronic. SBS asks, at 7.30pm, Why Are Thin People Not Fat. And then follows it with Big Love.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports