Ratings Megaweek Day 5: Cougar Town hits ratings low, while Nine’s Footy Show gains ground on Matty Johns

Tim Burrowes

April 16, 2010 9:20

Thursday saw the return of another Australian series this year, with Nine’s navy drama Sea Patrol coming is as the top-rating show of the night.

But it was a disappointing result for Seven’s with US comedy Cougar Town fading, while Nine’s Footy Show gained ground on The Matty Johns Show.

Sea Patrol saw 1.235m people tune in at 8:30pm, beating Seven’s Cougar Town which slipped down to 708,000, according to overnight preliminary OzTam data in the main metro markets.

Overall, Seven had a weak night, with overall free-to-air TV viewing led by Nine with a 27.6 per cent channel share, followed by Seven which narrowly beat Ten with a 21 per cent share.

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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.

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5 COMMENTS

Network 16 Apr 10

The Matty Johns Show gets 3 mentions, not bad for a show the airs prime time in 2 of the 5 markets!

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Grant 16 Apr 10

A lot less overall viewers at 21:30 than 19:30, so would be interesting to see share of viewing for their respective time-slots as a TYPE (loose) of comparison. Anyone?

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captive 16 Apr 10

when will the media wake up to the fact that TV is not the be all of attracting the consumer. look to where they spend their time out of the home and you will find a way to engage them!!

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