Wednesday start of AFL marathon three weeks wins for Seven
Seven can claim a midweek win with the first AFL match of a marathon run of 33 games being played in 20 days with coverage spread across Seven and Fox Footy. Seven gets four primetime clashes in a row this week starting last night with the Richmond v Western Bulldogs clash keeping Seven in front in AFL markets via an audience of 482,000 with 323,000 in Melbourne. Also performing well in AFL markets was an episode of The Front Bar screening after the football with 347,000 (258,000 in Melbourne).
Nine’s RBT just missed the top 10 with 578,000 followed by Emergency on 535,000.
The Wednesday episode of Bachelor in Paradise cracked 600,000 for 10. Not only was it the biggest episode of the season, it was the biggest episode since April 2018. It was the #1 Wednesday show in key demos.
ABC did well with Hard Quiz busting above 700,000 followed by the season final of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering on 561,000. Rosehaven also found a top 20 spot with 468,000.