Ten grows Sunday night share

Tim Burrowes

June 22, 2009 10:34

Ten appears to be increasing its stranglehold on Sunday nights with strong TV ratings performances from MasterChef and Merlin again.

Yesterday saw the network take a 27.5% share, ahead of Nine’s 25.2% and Seven’s 25.1%, according to preliminary OzTam ratings. The ABC was on 17.9% and SBS 4.3%.

Sunday’s top rating TV shows:

Masterchef – Ten 1.9m
Seven News – Seven 1.7m
Nine News – Nine 1.6m
Sunday Night – Seven 1.4m
Bones – Seven 1.3m
Merlin – Ten 1.3m
60 Minutes – Nine 1.3m
Random Acts of Kindness – Nine 1.2m
Rove – Ten 1.1m
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – ABC 1.1m

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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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