Packed To The Rafters rates with 1.4m, Today beats Sunrise again
Now into its fifth year, Packed To The Rafters remains the country’s favourite local drama, with a solid 1.412m capital city viewers tuning in last night.
The Seven program was no doubt helped by an MKR lead-in audience of more than 2m, according to early OzTam data.
But after doubts were last year raised about its future after leading cast members left the show, it has come back with a vengeance this year and was the second most-watched program of the night.
It easily saw off Nine’s The Big Bang Theory and Ten’s NCIS.
The Block: All Stars again topped one million, but the news was not so good for MasterChef: The Professionals, which dipped below 500,000 to rate with 452,000 viewers.
But it did make the top 20 programs in under 49-year-olds.
Today again beat Sunrise in the breakfast slot, with the two shows now neck-and-neck in the 2013 ratings after eight years of dominance by Sunrise.
And Nine’s following Mornings has grow has made inroads into The Morning Show’s audience, again beating it yesterday with 171,000 viewers to 163,000.
Tuesday’s top 15 shows:
1. My Kitchen Rules – Seven 2.076m
2. Packed to the Rafters – Seven 1.412m
3. Nine News – Nine 1.231m
4. Seven News – Seven 1.205m
5. The Block Nine – 1.173m
6. The Big Bang Theory – Nine 1.164m
7. A Current Affair – Nine 1.106m
8. Today Tonight – Seven 1.020m
9. ABC News – ABC 0.978m,
10. Home and Away – Seven 0.940m
11. The Big Bang Theory – Nine 0.898m
12. New Tricks – ABC 0.786m
13. Ten News – Ten 0.725m
14. 2 Broke Girls – Nine 0.700m
15. 7:30 – ABC 0.669m
Channel share:
Seven: 29.6%
Nine: 20.7%
ABC1: 12.2%
Ten: 11.8%
SBS1: 3.7%
7mate: 3.5%
7TWO: 3.3%
ABC2: 2.6%
GO!: 2.5%
Gem: 2.4%
Eleven: 2.3%
One: 2.2%
SBS2: 1.5%
ABC3: 0.7
ABC News 24: 0.7%
NITV: 0.1%
Source: OzTam
Marcus Casey
I must say I’m amazed that Rafters is still doing well, as far as I’m concerned it’s completely jumped the shark. I don’t like any of the newer characters, none of whom are much in the acting department, and even though Carbo is less annoying than he was, he’s still irritating.
I started to watch it last night, in the absence of anything else interesting, but I was totally disinterested, so gave up.
I loved its first few years, but now that the immediate family has virtually disappeared it holds little interest for me.
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Hamish McLennan – welcome aboard the good ship Ten !
A 11% share and no programs in the Top 15. Shoulder’s to the wheel.
By the way – how is that Cricket negotiation coming along ?
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Still love The Rafters Still a Great entertaining show love Kristian Schmid in the show he’s a great actor
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Obviously Rafters is being helped by the juggernaut MKR. Obvious to all and sundry. Nothing happens on the show and there is no plot development. At least it wasnt when I last watched it a year ago. Bye
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