TV ratings: Massive footy crowds tune in
A national football audience of 2.871m were watching Friday night AFL and NRL football finals last night. Factor in the streaming audience and the number would be over 3m.
Seven
The final Friday night of the AFL season saw Seven again with huge winning shares. The network was a clear leader on 41.6%, almost double Nine’s network share. Seven’s primary share was a dominant 30.2% and 7mate was on 6.6%.
In Melbourne Seven’s primary share was 48.0%, Adelaide was 38.5% and in Perth, where the match was on 7mate, the share was 31.0%.
The AFL had a massive audience and the first Preliminary Final was the biggest match of the year as The Demons, a team that couldn’t pull a TV audience in previous years, continue to be a magnet for viewers with a metro audience of 1.012m, 632,000 in Melbourne. See below for regional and Fox Footy numbers.
Elsewhere on the network last night Better Homes and Gardens was on 353,000 screening on Seven and 7TWO.
Nine
Melbourne Storm looked like securing their Preliminary Finals spot early during the match against the Sea Eagles. The Nine metro audience was 519,000. The breakdown saw 266,000 in Sydney, 151,000 in Brisbane and 88,000 in the winning team’s home town. See below for regional and Fox League crowds.
10
The Project 7pm attracted the biggest audience with 406,000. 10 News First just made the top 20 with 312,000.
The Living Room still managed to just crack 300,000 despite two live football finals elsewhere. The episode a week ago was on 311,000.
ABC
ABC News was the primary channel champ on 627,000.
Gardening Australia was over 400,000 and the Midsomer Murders repeat did 336,000.
SBS
Secrets of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings on 144,000 narrowly outrated SBS World News at 6.30pm on 143,000.
Friday TV ratings metro shares primary and network
ABC 10.4% (14.3%)
Seven 30.2% (41.6%)
Nine 16.9% (22.9%)
10 7.8% (14.2%)
SBS 3.6% (7.0%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Friday September 3, 2021
Friday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS | 7mate, Channel 7 | 1,012,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS | Channel 7 | 982,000 |
| 3 | SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 | Channel 7 | 943,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS | Channel 9 | 935,000 |
| 5 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Channel 9 | 876,000 |
| 6 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS – POST MATCH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 664,000 |
| 7 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS – PRE MATCH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 649,000 |
| 8 | ABC NEWS | ABC TV | 627,000 |
| 9 | RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES QF1 | Gem, Channel 9 | 519,000 |
| 10 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Channel 7 | 492,000 |
| 11 | HOT SEAT | Channel 9 | 451,000 |
| 12 | GARDENING AUSTRALIA | ABC TV | 424,000 |
| 13 | THE PROJECT 7PM | Channel 10 | 406,000 |
| 14 | BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS | 7TWO, Channel 7 | 353,000 |
| 15 | LIVE: AFL PF MELBOURNE V GEELONG | FOX FOOTY | 352,000 |
| 16 | MIDSOMER MURDERS (R) | ABC TV | 336,000 |
| 17 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM | Channel 7 | 322,000 |
| 18 | RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES QF1 -PRE MATCH | Gem, Channel 9 | 313,000 |
| 19 | ARMCHAIR EXPERTS | 7mate, Channel 7 | 312,000 |
| 20 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 312,000 |
Friday TV Sports FTA and STV
NRL
#NRLStormManly 1,143,000
Nine/Gem Metro 807,000 (Metro 519,000 Regional 288,000)
Fox League 336,000
AFL
#AFLDeesCats 1,728,000
Seven/7mate 1,300,000 (Metro 1,012,000 Regional 288,000)
Fox Footy 428,000
Formula 1
#ItalianGP Practice
Fox Sports 37,000