Talent wins over news and drama NEVER underestimate the power of a blockbuster talent show: The X Factor Live helped Seven to a ratings win with 1.47 million viewers nationally, making it the most-watched program of Sunday night. It was well ahead of the second best-rating entertainment program, Australia's Got Talent, which managed 982,000. The two talent shows were separated by four news and current affairs programs split equally between Seven and Nine, and followed by a further two from the ABC. US series Bones, which ranked ninth with 798,000 viewers, was next. The launch episode of ABC drama Serangoon Road just missed the top 10 with 720,000 viewers, ranking it 11th. The news honours went to Seven, whose evening news bulletin attracted 1.25 million, ranking it second overall, ahead of Nine News (1.19 million and fourth), while the ABC had 856,000 (seventh) and Ten's Eyewitness News was 15th (472,000). Seven won the night with a network share of 35.5 per cent and a main channel share of 27.4 per cent, ahead of Nine (28.6 per cent and 22.6 per cent). Ten and the ABC were equal on 15.5 per cent on a network basis, although ABC1 (11.7 per cent) beat Ten's main channel (9.6 per cent). SBS had a network share of 5.0 per cent and SBS One 4.3 per cent. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was pay-TV's top show with 87,000 viewers.