Nine’s ARIA coverage loses out to Geeks and Glee

Nine’s rescue of The ARIA music awards failed to pay off on Thursday night, with coverage of the show attracting an average audience of just 708,000.  

The rating was significantly behind that achieved by Ten last year which reached nearly 1.1m viewers.

In a quiet night’s viewing across the board, Seven won the evening with its lineup including the series final of Beauty And The Geek Australia rating just over 1m. Meanwhile Ten’s final of Glee also pulled in just over 1m.

Thursday’s channel share:

• Seven: 26.8%
• Nine: 23.7%
• Ten: 22.6%
• ABC1: 13.7%
• SBS1 4.0%
• GO!: 3.0%
• 7TWO: 2.9%
• ONE: 1.5%
• ABC2: 1.3%
• SBS2: 0.5%

Thursday’s top shows:

1. Seven News Seven 1.2
2. Today Tonight Seven 1.2
3. Two and a Half Men Nine 1.1
4. Nine News Nine 1.1
5. Beauty and the Geek Seven 1m
6. A Current Affair Nine 1m
7. Getaway Nine 1m
8. Glee Ten 1m
9. Home and Away Seven 1m
10. Rush – 8:30pm Ten 0.989m

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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Comments: 4

Andrew Juma 27 Nov 09

Glee is finally over! Thank you very much.

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C K Cash 27 Nov 09

Both sh*t shows and I’ll throw Glee into that mix…thank christ I had shows taped on IQ to watch last night…

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Bill Posters 27 Nov 09

Production of the ARIAs was shocking. Appalling sound and sub-Rock Eisteddfod costuming/routines. Just rotten.

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Carlin 27 Nov 09

I love Glee. The show is on Sunday now.
Excited!

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