Nine the most watched network as Australia Unites raises $21m

Tim Burrowes

February 13, 2009 10:24

Nine’s Australia Unites telethon – which raised more than $21m for victims of the Victorian bushfires – drew an average audience of 1.2m and a peak audience of just under 1.7m in the preliminary TV ratings for last night.

The evening saw Nine as by far the most viewed network of the night, although the numbers were probably a little lower than expected. However, the fourth placing of Australia Unites in the top shows was partly because it was averaged across the whole evening and finished after midnight.

The most watched programme of the night was Seven News again, followed by Today Tonight.

Ten’s Life on Mars didn’t make the top ten and rated less than a million.

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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.