Only news bulletins do it for Thursday’s TV viewers

Tim Burrowes

April 5, 2013 9:36

The lack of Thursday night football saw viewers turn away from free t0 air television on Thursday, with only three programs – Nine News (1.143m), Seven News (1.089m) and ABC News ( 1.016m) drawing more than 1m viewers.

Nine’s Top Gear Africa special rated 740,000 and was 11th for the night according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTAM. The Footy Show did slightly better for Nine, rating 851,000.

Seven’s broadcast of Australian comedy Any Questions For Ben? failed to improve on its performance at the box office last year, averaging 322,000 viewers, 27th for the night. Seven’s RSPCA Animal Rescue rated 748,000.

Ten’s best performer was Ten News At Five which rated 636,000.

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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.