TV ratings Megaweek: A win for Nine

Tim Burrowes

April 18, 2010 6:32

The biggest ratings week of the year has ended with victory for Nine.

The combination of the debut of Underbelly 3, the retun of Hey Hey It’s Saturday and former SBS franchise Top Gear was enough to beat off the challenge from Seven’s new show The Pacific and the revamped Australia’s Got Talent.

Nine’s metro share for the week was 27.5% to Seven’s 25.8%, based on preliminary figures from OzTam.

The battle is set to become more of a three-way tussle from Monday night when Ten’s Masterchef rejoins the fray.

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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.