July 1st, 2009 2:52 pm
The Rafters are back in town
The Rafters are back in town and they’ve brought the ratings with them. 1.5 million viewers tuned in, despite the season premiere not airing in all states.
Last night, Australia’s favourite family returned to our screens after a mere three-month hiatus; but clearly that was three months too many.
The season premiere of ‘Packed to the Rafters’ pulled in a massive 1.5 million viewers even without the entire state of Victoria watching, which instead screened the EJ Whitten AFL match.
Should we also attribute a little of that result to last nights record $90 million Lotto draw? Probably…but honestly, who can deny that the Rafter family have some serious pull on the ratings, despite the Lotto and the AFL.
The premiere could have easily pulled over 2 million viewers had the audience also included Melbourne. Sydney alone pulled in over 650,000 viewers.
Next week will be the real test, when ‘Rafters’ returns in all states. Victoria will screen the first two episodes back-to-back from 7.30pm. Watch out ‘homeMADE’ grand finale, you’ll be lucky if anyone watches…who am I kidding, the finale was already spoiled.














