Seven wins weekly war; but comes third on Sunday

Tim Burrowes

March 16, 2009 10:47

Seven won the ratings week with another narrow victory over Nine which cements its lead for the year to date.

According to preliminary OzTam data, Seven took 29.4% of peaktime free-to air-viewing last week, just ahead of Nine’s 27.8%. Ten took 21.5%, followed by the ABC’s 16% and SBS’s 5.3%.

However, yesterday saw Seven slump to third for the first time this year. Yesterday’s share: Nine 27.1%; Ten 26.5%; Seven 26.3%; ABC 16%; SBS 4%.

Last night’s top ten:

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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.

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3 COMMENTS

Ayesha 16 Mar 09

It would be great to know what was the top rated ABC1 and SBS shows are if they are not on on the top 10 of your daily list.

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mumbrella 16 Mar 09

Hi Ayesha.

The top ABC show was ABC News, with 0.983m – in 13th place for the night. The ABC’s Rogue Nation (which I thought was rather good) was 15th with 0.853m. Lost in Austen did 0.794m.

I don’t have access to the full fat TV data feed, so don’t get the numbers low enough to cover SBS, I’m afraid.

Cheers,

Tim – Mumbrella

Anon 16 Mar 09

The Real Neanderthal with 0.251m was the top rated SBS show last night.

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