Channel Seven had a winning Wednesday with six shows in the Top Ten and a 6.4 point lead over Channel Nine. Seven’s audience share was 28.2 per cent to Nine’s 21.8 per cent.

Seven’s factual series RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE and MEDICAL EMERGENCY combined forces between 7.30pm and 8.30pm to trump Nine’s This is Your Life: Bert’s 70th Birthday and Ten’s So You Think You Can Dance.

At 7.30pm, RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE (418,000) was among the Top Five shows in Melbourne and was second nationally with an impressive 1.510 million viewers. This is Your Life: Bert’s 70th Birthday (385,000) was sixth. While Ten’s So You Think You Can Dance (247,000) and ABC’s 7.30 Report (243,000) were well behind in 18th and 19th position respectively.

MEDICAL EMERGENCY (434,000) increased the pace at 8.00pm and was the second most-watched show in Melbourne. It beat This is Your Life: Bert’s 70th Birthday by 49,000 viewers.

Seven continued to dominate at 8.30pm with CRIMINAL MINDS (431,000) beating all competition. It outsmarted Spicks and Specks (395,000) on ABC and whipped Nine’s return series of McLeod’s Daughters (267,000).

SEVEN NEWS was the most-watched show nationally (1.534 million). It was the winning news bulletin in Melbourne with 378,000 viewers, beating National Nine News (314,000). TODAY TONIGHT (326,000) had a strong night, ahead of A Current Affair (300,000).

CRIMINAL MINDS – RPT (348,000) topped-off a night of wins and dominated The Hollowmen on ABC (314,000), Jamie’s Fowl Dinners (266,000) on Ten and Nine’s Missing Persons Unit (177,000).

Seven had a winning audience share of 28.2 per cent. Nine finished with 21.8 per cent, Ten had 20.3 per cent while ABC had 19.6 per cent and SBS had 10.1 per cent.