Thursday Week 39 2019
• NRL, not AFL, will decide the week’s primetime ratings win
• The Front Bar’s Mick, Sam and Andy get over half a million
• Best of the rest: Gogglebox, RBT and Escape from the City
• Seven News 896,000/884,000
• Nine News 706,000/737,000
• A Current Affair 590,000
• ABC News 615,000
• 7.30 507,000
• The Project 235,000/394,000
• 10 News First 330,000
• The Drum 178,000
• SBS World News 133,000
Breakfast TV
• Sunrise 275,000
• Today 189,000
Seven
Home and Away wrapped its week with 561,000 after 578,000 on Wednesday.
The Front Bar went out live in southern markets and an hour later at 9.30pm in Sydney and Brisbane. The program was broadcast from the Espy hotel and had hosts Mick, Sam and Andy hosting guests upstairs with the rock band Picket Palace working their magic downstairs. One of their tunes was about Matthew Richardson who joined them onstage. They then closed the show with a tune about Andy Maher who also joined them onstage. Nova’s Fitzy was enjoying the back half of his week in Melbourne with a spot on The Project on Wednesday and then he appeared on The Front Bar with Giants supporters. The episode did 526,000 with 324,000 in Melbourne, close to what The Footy Show did in that market on Wednesday. The Front Bar Grand Final edition last year did 228,000 in Melbourne.
Nine
After five nights of week 39, Nine is trailing Seven 20.4% to 21.2% in primary share, and 28.0% to 30.1% in combined channel share. However Nine could be well-placed for a weekly win with NRL Preliminary Finals in primetime Friday and Saturday. The Saturday game featuring the Storm, which should boost Melbourne numbers.
While the AFL still thinks fans won’t take to a night-time or even twilight Grand Final, Nine will also get the NRL Grand Final in primetime on Sunday next week.
Last night A Current Affair was just under 600,000 followed by RBT on 497,000.
Medical ob docs followed in some markets with Paramedics on 183,000 and Kings Cross ER on 151,000. Other markets saw the Brad Pitt war movie Allied.
10
Gogglebox kept 10 in double figures with 558,000 watching after 759,000 a week ago with a better lead-in. It still managed to rank #1 under 50 and all key demos.
Earlier in the night The Project was on 394,000 followed by Jamie’s Ultimate Veg on 334,000.
ABC
Escape from the City has been an unsung hero for the channel on Thursdays with week-after-week audiences on or above 400,000 on a night where big crowds are hard to find. Last night the episode visited the south coast of NSW with 415,000 watching.
A Vera repeat then did 302,000.
SBS
Going Places with Ernie Dingo completed its current season with 142,000 after 7.30pm.
Gourmet Farmer lifted the audience slightly to 142,000.
The numbers then again lifted ever-so-slightly to 147,000 for Inside Kensington Palace.
