Chaser gap sees ABC ratings fall

Tim Burrowes

June 11, 2009 10:59

The absence of The Chaser from the Wednesday TV schedule cost the ABC some of its prime time audience last night.

On what has traditionally been the network’s strongest day of the week, the ABC ended up with a 17.3% share of free to air metro homes, according to preliminary data from OzTam. This was down more than 2% on a fortnight before (last week was not a typical week because of State of Origin).

Seven was the winner with a 28.6% share for the night and a 1.5m audience for Thank God You’re Here.

Nine had a strong evening too, although the Gordon Ramsay effect wasn’t enough to propel A Current Affair to a second victory over Today Tonight.

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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.