News and current affairs leads Thursday ratings

Tim Burrowes

March 19, 2010 10:49

Nine and Seven’s news and current affairs shows led the Thursday ratings night, while programs broadcast from 7:30pm all failed to reach the one million viewer mark respectively.

In the 7:30pm slot, Nine’s travel show Getaway was the leader with 943,000, followed by Ten’s The Biggest Loser with 908,000, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data in the main metro markets.

Seven’s Ghost Whisperer, which was recently brought into the schedule to replace the axed game show The White Room, trailed third with 802,000 viewers.

In the 8:30pm time slot, Nine’s The Mentalist led with 949,000, which was down slightly on the 1.022m it attracted last week. Meanwhile Seven’s Cougar Town attracted 876,000, which as slightly up on the 857,000 it managed last week.

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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.