AFL: Giants win a thriller in Sydney with Seven well clear of the competition in Friday night TV ratings.
Better Homes and Gardens also did well for Seven with over half a million.
NRL: Roosters were well in control against the Dragons which kept Nine in front in Sydney and Brisbane.
The Friday Night 8pm NRL game on Fox League pushes close to 300,000.
TV shares 6pm-Midnight metro all people: Primary/network
ABC 11.7% (17.1%)
Seven 23.7% (35.4%)
Nine 17.9% (27.0%)
10 6.7% (13.2%)
SBS 4.3% (7.5%)
Friday top 20 shows metro all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Channel 7 | 1,006,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 | Channel 7 | 978,000 |
| 3 | NINE NEWS | Channel 9 | 891,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Channel 9 | 812,000 |
| 5 | ABC NEWS | ABC | 707,000 |
| 6 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 585,000 |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Channel 7 | 577,000 |
| 8 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 571,000 |
| 9 | BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS | 7TWO, Channel 7 | 543,000 |
| 10 | HOT SEAT | Channel 9 | 502,000 |
| 11 | GARDENING AUSTRALIA | ABC | 491,000 |
| 12 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 393,000 |
| 13 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 377,000 |
| 14 | THE PROJECT 7PM | Channel 10 | 374,000 |
| 15 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM | Channel 7 | 354,000 |
| 16 | FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE | Gem, Channel 9 | 343,000 |
| 17 | BAPTISTE-EV | ABC | 334,000 |
| 18 | HOT SEAT -5PM | Channel 9 | 321,000 |
| 19 | SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 293,000 |
| 20 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30 | Channel 7 | 263,000 |
TV ratings: Friday sports
NRL
Roosters v Dragons 823,000
Nine 543,000 (Metro 343,000 Regional 200,000)
Fox League 280,000
Storm v Warriors
Fox League 227,000
AFL
Giants v Collingwood 1,020,000
Seven 787,000 (Metro 585,000 Regional 202,000)
Fox Footy 233,000