Seven wins tightest ratings week of 2009

Tim Burrowes

March 2, 2009 10:26

Seven won the third ratings week, in the tightest battle of the year yet.

In the end, the network finished the week with 28.5% of free TV’s primetime audience, only just ahead of Nine’s 27.9%. Ten trailed in third with 21.3%, followed by the ABC on 16.1% and SBS on 6.1%.

However, Nine’s Underbelly was still easily the most watched show of the week, with a 2.3m audience.

And last night Seven also made a winning start to the next ratings week, according to preliminary OzTam figures.

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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.