Sunrise delivers its biggest ratings of the year

Tim Burrowes

September 29, 2010 10:09

Seven’s Sunrise had its biggest audience since February 2009 on Tuesday with an average capital city audience of 454,000.

It beat its rival Today on Nine by 157,000 viewers, according to preliminary overnight figures from OzTam. The previous high so far this year for Sunrise was 449,000.

Meanwhile, Seven also had the top show of the day with Packed To The Rafters rating 1.685m.

However, it was given a close run by the first look at the Australian hosts of Top Gear Australia in the Top Gear Ashes challenge pairing them with the British hosts. It rated 1.538m.

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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.

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Sarah L 29 Sep 10

And where is the media release about Australian’s getting up earlier more than ever?

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