RSPCA Animal Rescue delivers for Seven, while Nine’s Customs beats out ICU

Tim Burrowes

February 4, 2010 1:09

The series return of RSPCA Animal Rescue helped Seven into the number one spot last night, but the return of Nine’s observational documentary Customs beat out Seven’s ICU in the 8pm time slot.

RSPCA Animal Rescue was the third most-watched programme with 1.2 million viewers, according to overnight OzTam data in the five metropolitan markets. However, last year it averaged 1.4 million.

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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.