Networks show no resistance to Seven’s Rafters juggernaut

Tim Burrowes

August 25, 2010 12:27

Ten had just one show above the 1m mark, while the prime time prospect of learning about Baroque art and architecture from Waldemar Jabusszczak was a less than compelling offer for ABC1 viewers on Tuesday night.

Seven enjoyed an easy win for the night, spearheaded by Packed To The Rafters’ metro audience of 1.9m, according to overnight ratings from OzTam. With regional audiences, this rose to nearly 2.8m.

Meanwhile, Seven’s series Final of Minute To Win It, which will be replaced next week with a stripped episode of The X Factor, rated 1.2m.

For Nine, the main draw on Tuesday was a new episode of the BBC’s Top Gear, which pulled in 1.4m. The Top Gear repeat which followed rated 876,000.

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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.