Boland leaves Sunrise on top

Tim Burrowes

November 26, 2010 1:00

Adam Boland has bowed out as boss of Seven’s Sunrise with one last big ratings win on his last day.

The show’s Hawaii special drew an audience of 431,000 on Thursday morning, beating Nine rival Today which rated 319,000, according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTam.

Menawhile, the final of Seven’s Beauty and the Geek Australia was the only entertainment show to make an impact in primetime, rating 1.224m for the winner announcement.

The final episode of the series if Getway rated just under 900,000 for Nine, while Ten’s double episodes of Rush averaged 672,000 and 688,000.

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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.