'Framing Britney Spears' Doco One Of The Most Watched Shows On Aussie TV Last Night

The Australian premiere of the controversial Framing Britney Spears documentary was one of the most watched shows on TV last night. 

As TV Tonight reports, the documentary - which aired at 9pm last night on Nine - won its time slot with 484,000 viewers, beating Seven's The Good Doctor (327,000), ABC's Catalyst (268,000) and 10's NCIS (245,000).

Overall, Framing Britney Spears was one of the highest-rating shows on Tuesday night excluding news programs.

Directed by Samantha Stark, the film covers the Mississippi-born pop star's rise to fame, her court-mandated conservatorship overseen by father, Jamie Spears and the #FreeBritney movement which is seeking to end the conservatorship put in place after the artist suffered a breakdown and was hospitalised in 2008.

Since its premiere in the US last month, a number of celebrities have thrown support behind the movement including Miley Cyrus, while Justin Timberlake, who dated Spears from 1999-2002, issued an apology on Instagram for the way he handled their break-up in the media.

Last month, a US judge denied a request from Spears' father, who has controlled the singer's estate since 2008, to retain some rights he lost last November.

As The Guardian reports, lawyers for Britney Spears pushed for her father to be removed as conservator, arguing that she is "afraid of her father”. While the request to have Spears removed was rejected, Bessemer Trust was added as a co-conservator.

The next hearing is scheduled for 17 March.