Gruen Transfer bows out with 1.3m

Tim Burrowes

May 21, 2009 10:56

The Gruen Transfer – the show about the Australian advertising industry – went out on a high in Wednesday’s TV ratings, with the final episode of the second series delivering a 1.3m audience.

Throughout its run, the prgoram consistentily delivered metro audiences for the ABC of around 1.1 to 1.2m. its performance makes a third series all but inevitable.

Meanwhile, the night belonged to Seven, driven by a 1.7m audience for Thanks God You’re Here, according to preliminary TV ratings from OzTam.

Wednesday’s share: Seven 29.2%; Nine 25.6%; Ten 22.2%; ABC 18%; SBS 5%.

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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.