Packed to the Rafters final episode delivers Seven 2m viewers
Seven had a ratings high last night thanks to the final episode of Packed to the Rafters attracting over 2 million viewers.
The channel improved its lead on its rivals compared to the same night last week, with a 32.7 per cent share, according to preliminary OzTam figures. Last week, it attracted a 30.3 per cent share.
Packed to the Rafters, which was the most watched regular programme for 2008, attracted an average of 1.9m viewers in its first series.
Other high-rating Seven programmes last night were Unlikely Animal Friends, which was aired in the 7:30pm time slot before Packed to the Rafters, and Seven News.
Meanwhile, Ten’s Celebrity MasterChef, which is usually broadcast on Wednesday nights, brought in 1.08m viewers. Two episodes of the show are being aired this week, with tonight being the final. On Wednesday of last week, it attracted 1.064m viewers.
Tuesday’s channel share:
- Seven: 32.7%
- Nine: 23.1%
- Ten: 21.4%
- ABC1: 12.3%
- SBS1: 3.7%
- Go: 2.4%
- 7Two: 1.9%
- ABC2: 1.4%
- One: 0.6%
- SBS2: 0.4%
Tuesday’s top shows:
- Packed to the Rafters – Seven 2m
- Unlikely Animal Friends – Seven 1.4m
- Seven News – Seven 1.3m
- Two and a Half Men – Nine 1.1m
- NCIS – Ten 1.1m
- Today Tonight – Seven 1.1m
- Celebrity Masterchef – Ten 1m
- Home and Away – Seven 1m
- A Current Affair – Nine 1m
- Private Practice – 9:30pm – Seven 1m
- Nine News – Nine 0.995m
- 50 to 1 – Nine 0.983m
- ABC News – ABC 0.976m
- Lie to Me – Ten 0.974m
- Ten News – Ten 0.741m
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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I am silently praying that it was indeed the “last episode” of Packed to the Rafters. I can remember when they started to promo the show during the tennis at the start of the year. I said to myself then, after hearing the title, that if the show was about a family called the Rafters who have a lot of people in their house, I would never, ever, ever watch the show for fear of excess brain damage.
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I mean seriously, look at the top four rated shows from last night. No wonder clients reject work on the basis that it’s “too cerebral”. FFS
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At least we have a triple bill of Two and a half men to look forward to tonight! God help me! Kill me now…….
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I make my poor kids watch ABC.
So now they’re smart as wips … but have no one at school to talk to about what they watched last night.
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I love Packed to the Rafters, obviously I’m standing alone in this forum though!
To eek – I thought the EXACT same thing when I first saw the ads, which is why I never watched season one, but after watching an ep of season two I really enjoyed it and got hooked. You have to give this show a chance before trashing it.
There are a lot of bad Assie TV shows out there, PTTR isn’t one of them. (Nor is ‘Satisfaction’, but that’s unrelated)
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PTTR is the best show on Australian TV – local or otherwise. It’s easy to watch, well made, well acted, funny, interesting. Long live PTTR!!
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