Honours even in TV ratings as Nine is attacked for “Friday night filth”

Honours were almost even in last night’s TV ratings with Seven and Ten neck-and-neck and Nine just ahead of them, meaning that Ten enters the weekend with a narrow – and rare – ratings lead for the week.  

Last night saw Nine take a 27.4% peak share, with Seven and Ten both on 25.2% , according to preliminary OzTam TV ratings. The ABC was on 17.2% and SBS 5%.

With two nights of the TV ratings week remaining, Ten has a share of 26.8%, followed by Seven with 26.4 and Nine with 25.8%.

Meanwhile, Nine’s sports scheduling is under attack in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph today. The newspaper reports that the midnight broadcast of the Melbourne-Manly NRL Grand Final rematch means that when families replay it in the morning it will be “strewn with erotic advertisements for the sex industry“.

Thursday’s top ten shows:

1. Today Tonight Seven 1.5m
2. Seven News Seven 1.4m
3. Nine News Nine 1.2m
4. Law and Order: SVU Ten 1.2m
5. Home and Away Seven 1.2m
6. Bondi Vet Ten 1.1m
7. 20 to 1 Nine 1.1m
8. Two and a Half Men Nine 1.1m
9. Getaway Nine 1.1m
10. ABC News ABC 1.1m

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.

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Matt Costain 1 May 09

Re: the news.com.au article. Who calls their kid Beckham?

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