Andrew Denton is TV’s biggest drawcard

Tim Burrowes

January 24, 2009 3:01

In an encouraging sign for champions of quality Australian television, one of its cleverest presenters has the greatest star power, according to leaked survey results.

Andrew Denton, presenter, until last year, of the ABC’s Enough Rope, and one of the brains behind ad show The Gruen Transfer, is the TV face who rates most highly on Q Scores, according to today’s Daily Telegraph.

The Q Scores are an attempt to put a qualitatve measure on what viewers think of the onscreen talent.

Other than movie star Hugh Jackman, Denton rates most highly, with a score of 30.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.