Nine’s Monday post-Underbelly TV ratings audience vanishes

Tim Burrowes

May 12, 2009 12:41

The end of Underbelly’s run has transformed Monday night from Nine’s strongest to one if its weakest of the TV ratings week.

From a Monday evening share of more than 30% of free to air homes during the height of Underbelly, Nine slumped to 23.7% last night, according to preliminary OzTam figures. Its documentary on gangster Bob Trimbole didn’t hold the same attraction as the fictionalised version had, bringing in fewer than 1.2m viewers

Instead, Seven was the main beneficiary last night, with a share of 30.5%.

Meanwhile, Ten’s MasterChef Australia continued to perform, with an audience of over 1.3m, helping the network to an evening share of 22.6%.

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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.