Fleet Review Spectacular tops Saturday’s TV ratings

Tim Burrowes

October 7, 2013 2:35

The ABC topped Saturday’s viewing thanks to its coverage of The Fleet Review in Sydney.

The event to mark the 100th anniversary of the Australian Navy culminated in a firework spectacular in the harbour masterminded by experiential agency Imagination.

The Fleet Review Spectacular drew 1.433m metro TV viewers, according to ratings from OzTAM. The next biggest show on Saturday was New Tricks, also on ABC1, according to ratings from OzTAM.

Nine’s best performer was Nine News with 1.024m viewers, while Seven News had 945,000 viewers. Ten’s best rating program was Ten Eyewitness News with 406,000 viewers.

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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.