Seven News narrowly beats Customs, but Nine wins the day

Tim Burrowes

February 25, 2010 3:38

Nine’s Wednesday night ratings leader Customs was narrowly beaten into the number one spot by Seven’s evening news, but the channel still manged to take the overall ratings lead.

Seven News attracted 1.26 million viewers, ahead of Customs with 1.259 million, according to overnight preliminary OzTam data in the main metropolitan markets.

In overall free-to-air TV viewing, Nine led with a 28.2 per cent share, followed by Seven with 26.2 per cent and Ten with 18.6 per cent.

In the 7:30pm slot, Seven’s RSPCA Animal Rescue led with 1.14 million, while Customs led at 8pm.

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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.