Seven leads, but ratings fall after Melbourne Cup high

Tim Burrowes

November 11, 2009 11:14

Seven took the night led by the usual suspects including Packed to the Rafters and RSPCA Animal Rescue, but its top ratings shows fell slightly compared to Tuesday last week when the Melbourne Cup broadcast attracted record viewing numbers.

Nevertheless Seven led with a 32.1% audience share. Nine just managed to stay ahead of Ten with 23%, while the latter had a 22.3% share, according to preliminary OzTam figures.

Ten’s NCIS continued to rate strongly with over 1.2m viewers.

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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.