Weekend TV ratings Friday March 26, 2021

The Living Room lifts 10’s share, but footy keeps 7 and 9 top two

The return of a new season of The Living Room lifted 10’s Friday TV ratings week-on-week, but not enough get to double figures. The lifestyle format didn’t much dent the lead that Seven and Nine have over their commercial opposition thanks to AFL and NRL respectively.

ABC also performed well again thanks to its Friday night drama Vera plus its lead-in – Gardening Australia.

Seven’s Friday night AFL featured Geelong taking on the Brisbane Lions. There was some concern surrounding the footballers from Brisbane after the recent discovery of a new Covid case in the Queensland capital. Those watching would have stayed right until the end though as the Cats won by just a point in a Friday night thriller.

In the NRL on Nine, South Sydney were more comfortable winners over the Roosters as Russell Crowe entertained a group of Hollywood movie stars in his owner’s box at the game. The NRL metro audience was just under 400,000.

Friday TV ratings metro shares primary and network

ABC 14.6% (19.7%)
Seven 22.8% (33.3%)
Nine 17.4% (24.1%)
10 8.0% (14.8%)
SBS 4.3% (7.7%)

Se also: Weekend TV ratings Friday March 19, 2021

Friday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people

1 SEVEN NEWS Channel 7 756,000
2 NINE NEWS Channel 9 740,000
3 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 Channel 7 721,000
4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Channel 9 716,000
5 ABC NEWS ABC TV 600,000
6 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 7mate, Channel 7 545,000
7 VERA (R) ABC TV 499,000
8 GARDENING AUSTRALIA ABC TV 437,000
9 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS 7TWO, Channel 7 397,000
10 A CURRENT AFFAIR Channel 9 389,000
11 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Gem, Channel 9 380,000
12 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Channel 7 376,000
13 THE LIVING ROOM Channel 10 332,000
14 HOT SEAT Channel 9 329,000
15 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH 7mate, Channel 7 329,000
16 THE PROJECT 7PM Channel 10 309,000
17 10 NEWS FIRST Channel 10 288,000
18 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH 7mate, Channel 7 265,000
19 SUNRISE Channel 7 257,000
20 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM Channel 7 239,000

 

Friday TV sports FTA and STV

NRL
#NRLSouthsRoosters
Nine/Gem 625,000 (Metro 380,000 Regional 245,000)
Fox League 282,000

#NRLDragonsManly
Fox League 172,000

AFL
#AFLCatsLions
Seven/7mate 713k (Metro 545k Regional 168k)
Fox Footy 204,000

A-League
#MCYvWSW
Fox Sports 11,000

Formula 1 Fox Sports
Bahrain Practice 45,000

AFLW Fox Footy
Western Bulldogs v Richmond 22,000

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