Underbelly wins but Hanson drives the current affairs audiences

Underbelly’s audience slipped slightly but still helped Nine to an easy ratings win on a Monday night that was dominated by Pauline Hanson.

Underbelly delivered an average of a little under 2.2m viewers, according to preliminary data from Oztam – about 100,000 down on last week.

Meanwhile, Seven won the Pauline Hanson battle. Today Tonight – featuring the man who claimed to have taken nude pictures of the politician – scored an average audience of 1.4m. It beat Nine’s A Current Affair which featured Hanson herself, denying the claims, and delivered an audience of 1.2m.

Last night’s share: Nine 32.2%; Seven 25.7%; Ten 20%; ABC 14.2%; SBS 7.8%

The top ten:

1. Underbelly – Nine 2.2m
2. Seven News – Seven 1.7m
3. Today Tonight – Seven 1.4m
4. Customs – Nine 1.4m
5. A Current Affair – Nine 1.2m
6. Two and a Half Men 7.30pm – Nine 1.2m
7. Crime Investigation Australia – Nine 1.1m
8. Nine News – Nine 1.1m
9. Home and Away – Seven 1.1m
10. Two and a Half Men 7pm – Nine 1.1m

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

seppy 19 Mar 09

i reckon them allededged photos of pauline are of katherine bernie.

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