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The Nine GO! Television Network won the night across the 5 City Metro, along the East Coast and in Melbourne for People 25-54 and 18-49. It also won the night along the East Coast and in Melbourne for Total People. In Melbourne, its 31.7% share of People 25-54 was 5.3 points ahead of Ten and 6.5 points clear of Seven.

Nine had five of the top ten performing shows along the East Coast and in Melbourne for People 25-54 and 18-49. It also took out half of the top ten most watched shows across the 5 City Metro and along the East Coast for Total People. Contributing to the strong night were episodes of Two and a Half Men, The Apprentice Australia, A Current Affair, Nine News, The Big
Bang Theory and The Mentalist.

Nine News won the 6pm timeslot along the East Coast and in Melbourne for People 25-54. It also beat all opposition along the East Coast for People 18-49.

A Current Affair was a timeslot winner along the East Coast and in Melbourne for People 25-54. It also won the timeslot across the 5 City Metro and along the East Coast for People 18-49.

The 7pm episode of Two and a Half Men won every key demo across the 5 City Metro, along the East Coast and in Melbourne. Additionally, it was the No. 1 show of the night along the East Coast for People 18-49.

The 7.30pm episode of Two and a Half Men was the No.1 show of the night across the 5 City Metro and along the East Coast for People 25-54. It was also the most watched show of the evening across the 5 City Metro for People 18-49.

The Big Bang Theory was a timeslot winner across the 5 City Metro and along the East Coast for People 25-54.

The Mentalist was a timeslot winner along the East Coast and in Melbourne for People 25-54 and Total People. It also won the 8.30pm timeslot across the 5 City Metro for Total People and in Melbourne for People 18-49. It secured an average audience of 1.23 million across the 5 City Metro (Total People), with a peak of 1.554 million.

A special 90-minute presentation of the series final of The Apprentice was a timeslot winner in Melbourne for People 25-54. It secured a peak audience of 1.334 million across the 5 City Metro (Total People). The Total People audience peaked at 457,000 in Melbourne, where viewers saw Moonee Ponds boy Andrew Morello become Mark Bouris’s apprentice at wealth management company, Yellow Brick Road.

Contributing to the network’s win was multichannel GO!, which attracted a 2.6% share of People 16-39 in Melbourne, more than double the 1.1% share for 7TWO.

See attached report.