Seven
The primary channel and the combined channel share from Seven has again dominated the Friday night TV ratings. Seven News and Friday Night Football were in the top four programs. Seven News was not far under 1m metro viewers across the hour from 6pm.
The Friday Night Football again featured reigning AFL premiers Richmond. However the club delivered their poorest performance in memory against St Kilda. A crowd of over 600,000 saw Richmond deliver their lowest score under current coach Damien Hardwick. Kicking just two goals was also their lowest score at the MCG in close to 100 years. The Melbourne audience was 381,000 with just under 100,000 in both Adelaide and Perth.
Nine
It is Origin weekend at Nine as the festival of rugby league started with the women’s clash with Queensland winning a close contest over NSW. The match, played at the Sunshine Coast Stadium, had an audience of 288,000 with 144,000 Sydney 119,000 in Brisbane.
10
The primary channel’s biggest audience came after 5pm with 392,000 watching 10 News First. Later in the evening The Project 7pm did 360,000 followed by The Living Room on 355,000.
ABC
Vera was again just short of half a million viewers. It was preceded by Gardening Australia on 447,000. A late night repeat of Doc Martin was on 191,000.
SBS
The channel’s best after SBS World News (138,000/101,000) was repeat episodes of The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys on 100,000.
Friday TV ratings metro shares primary and network
ABC 13.8% (17.9%)
Seven 24.7% (35.0%)
Nine 16.9% (25.9%)
10 8.1% (14.8%)
SBS 3.2% (6.4%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Friday June 18, 2021
Friday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Channel 7 | 997,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 | Channel 7 | 963,000 |
| 3 | NINE NEWS | Channel 9 | 941,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Channel 9 | 871,000 |
| 5 | ABC NEWS | ABC TV | 659,000 |
| 6 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 629,000 |
| 7 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 623,000 |
| 8 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Channel 7 | 534,000 |
| 9 | VERA (R) | ABC TV | 481,000 |
| 10 | BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS | 7TWO, Channel 7 | 470,000 |
| 11 | HOT SEAT | Channel 9 | 455,000 |
| 12 | GARDENING AUSTRALIA | ABC TV | 447,000 |
| 13 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 392,000 |
| 14 | THE PROJECT 7PM | Channel 10 | 360,000 |
| 15 | THE LIVING ROOM | Channel 10 | 355,000 |
| 16 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 343,000 |
| 17 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA 5PM | Channel 7 | 320,000 |
| 18 | NINE’S AFTERNOON NEWS | Channel 9 | 294,000 |
| 19 | HOT SEAT 5PM | Channel 9 | 291,000 |
| 20 | WOMEN’S STATE OF ORIGIN | Gem, Channel 9 | 288,000 |
Friday TV Sports FTA and STV
NRL
Women’s State of Origin
Nine/Gem 467,000 (Metro 288,000 Regional 179,000)
Fox League 151,000
AFL
#AFLTigersSaints
Seven/7mate 821,000 (Metro 629,000 Regional 192,000)
Fox Footy 176,000
NBL
Grand Final Series
Game 3: Perth Wildcats v Melbourne United
SBS Viceland 56,000
ESPN 15,000