Sunrise delivers its biggest ratings of the year

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.

The series debut of Survivor Nicaragua rated 798,000 for Nine.

Ten didn’t have a single show above 1m, with Talkin Bout Your Generation coming close with 999,000.

Tuesday’s top TV shows:

1. Packed to the Rafters Seven 1.685
2. Top Gear Nine 1.538
3. Seven News Seven 1.438
4. Today Tonight Seven 1.383
5. Nine News Nine 1.212
6. A Current Affair Nine 1.090
7. Four Weddings Seven 1.023
8. Home and Away Seven 1.011
9. Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation Ten 0.999
10. ABC News ABC 0.989
11. Two and a Half Men Nine 0.958
12. The 7PM Project Ten 0.927
13. Ten News Ten 0.860
14. Survivor – Episode 1 Nine 0.798
15. QI ABC 0.769

Tuesday’s channel share:

• Seven: 26.1%
• Nine: 26.0%
• Ten: 18.5%
• ABC1: 13.2%
• SBS1: 3.9%
• 7TWO: 2.5%
• GO!: 2.5%
• 7mate: 2.3%
• Gem: 1.5%
• ABC2: 1.3%
• ABC3: 0.6%
• SBS2: 0.6%
• ABC News 24: 0.5%
• One: 0.5%

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.

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Comments: 1

Sarah L 29 Sep 10

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

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