Seven wins but Cougar Town slips away quietly

Thursday night saw a narrow win for Seven according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam

The network ran a split schedule with The Matty Johns Show coming seventh in Sydney and 16th in Brisbane. In other markets Touch of Frost came in seventh in Melbourne, fifth in Adelaide and 11th in Perth. 

And Seven’s Cougar Town staggered to a series finale 35th for the night with an audience of just 353,000.

Meanwhile Nine’s Getaway managed to stay the right side of 1m, as did Ten’s Bondi Vet.

Thursday’s top 15:

1. Seven News Seven 1.449m
2. Today Tonight Seven 1.342m
3. Nine News Nine 1.267m
4. Bondi Vet Ten 1.141m
5. A Current Affair Nine 1.138m
6. Getaway Nine 1.110m
7. Two and a Half Men Nine 1.078m
8. Home and Away Seven 1.048m
9. ABC News ABC 1.015m
10. Recruits Ten 1.005m
11. Rush Ten 0.983m
12. The Mentalist Nine 0.924m
13. How I Met Your Mother – Episode 2 Seven 0.916m
14. The 7PM Project Ten 0.891m
15. How I Met Your Mother – Episode 1 Seven 0.876m

Thursday’s channel share:

• Seven: 24.1%
• Nine: 23.8%
• Ten: 19.6%
• ABC1: 14.5%
• GO!: 5.7%
• SBS1: 4.2%
• 7TWO 3.0%
• ABC2: 2.6%
• One: 0.9%
• ABC3: 0.6%
• ABC News 24: 0.5%
• SBS2: 0.5%