Seven wins Thursday night; news leads the way

Tim Burrowes

February 20, 2009 10:53

Seven had a slim victory over Nine last night, in another evening where news dominated the TV ratings.

Seven News (1.4m) and Today Tonight (1.2m) took the top two slots on a slow night, while ABC News was fifth in the preliminary OzTam ratings.

Other topical show in the top ten were Nine News and A Current Affair.

Last night’s free TV share: Seven 27.8%; Nine 25.9%; Ten 23.4%; ABC 17.3%; SBS 5.6%.

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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.