Four networks in the 20s, led out by Seven with the ABC clearing 20% but trailing the others.
The Gruen Nation did well for the ABC with 1.028m. The Hamster Decides, immediately afterwards at 9.18, ran at 867,000. So 150,000 people climbed into the jarmies just after nine.
Offspring sailed through this flanellette crisis with 1.106m. Since This Week Live, following this on Ten, dropped to 435,000, our resident pop sociologist has concluded that the rush for dressing gowns by 600,000 people came ten minutes later in households that reached for the tissues in the Offspring finale.