Rafters rule ratings ; Nine’s Tuesday nightmare continues

Tim Burrowes

March 11, 2009 11:07

Packed to the Rafters remains Seven’s strongest show of the week, delivering a 1.8m audience in a Tuesday sechdule dominated by the network.

Seven won the night with a 34% share. In what is starting to become a pattern on Tuesdays, Nine (24.7%) was narrowly beaten into third place by Ten (24.9%). The ABC took 13.3% and SBS 3.1%.

According to the preliminary OzTam data the top ten shows were:

Packed to the Rafters – Seven 1.8m
Find My Family – Seven 1.5m
Seven News – Seven 1.5m
RSPCA Animal Rescue – Seven 1.4m
NCIS – Ten 1.4m
Today Tonight – Seven 1.4m
All Saints – Seven 1.2m
Home and Away – Seven 1.2m
A Current Affair – Nine 1.2m
Nine News – Nine 1.2m

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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.