Nine leads start of ratings week

Tim Burrowes

February 22, 2010 1:24

Nine took the ratings lead on Sunday, despite Seven topping the most-watched list with its evening news, Border Security: Australia’s Front Line and Air Ways.

The 6:30pm time slot was won by Nine with its Twenty20 International – Australia v West Indies coverage with over 1.2 million viewers, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data for the metropolitan markets.

The Vancouver Gold Winter Olympics coverage, which followed the cricket at 9:45pm on Nine attracted an average of 917,000 in the metro markets and almost 1.3 million with the inclusion of regional markets.

The Vancouver Gold Late coverage, which commences at 10:30pm during the evening, attracted 702,000 across the metro and regional markets.

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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.