Nine narrowly wins Sunday ahead of Seven

Tim Burrowes

May 17, 2010 12:26

Seven News and its current affairs show Sunday Night had a strong night of viewing yesterday, while Ten’s Masterchef’s Challenge episode managed to narrowly rate ahead of Nine’s Underbelly.

In free-to-air viewing share however, Nine narrowly won with 26 per cent, followed by Seven with 25.8 per cent and Ten with 19.1 per cent.

The previous Sunday Nine’s won by a wider margin, with a 29.3 per cent share, compard to Seven’s 25.3 per cent and Ten with 18.5 per cent.

Last night, Seven’s evening news came in on top with 1.843m average viewers according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the main metro markets.

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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.