Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings, Sep 15, 2017

A mixed night. Seven won total people, Ten won the main channels because of the grand final of The Bachelor and Nine’s Footy Show was easily beaten in Melbourne for a second night in a row — this time in the regular 8.30pm time slot. But more of that in a moment.

The Bachelor’s final decision topped the night in the metros but was second nationally — a year ago it was top in both. The final decision averaged 1.48 million viewers — down 312,000 viewers from 2016. In the metros, the figure of 1.116 million people – down from 1.32 million a year ago. Perhaps it was the unsympathetic Bachelor, perhaps it was some of the clunky events along the way. Ultimately, nearly 1.5 million viewers isn’t to be sneezed at, especially at Ten. But it didn’t help The Wrong Girl, whose audience was a fraction of that for the final decision on The Bach. The Wrong Girl could only manage 557,000 national viewers (and 423,000 in the metros, meaning regional viewers 134,000, which is a big thumbs down). The drop in the audience was a massive 925,000 people. An overwhelming no vote.

And then there was The Footy Show — it had 349,000 national viewers and 175,000 in Melbourne, and Seven’s The Front Bar managed 340,000 nationally and 190,000 in Melbourne. So another win — on an equal footing — for The Front Bar. Its cheaper and less stressful than The Footy Show, which again distinguished itself with a silly rant by Sam Newman. That’s TV click bait, but viewers are aware of that and ignore him and the program. Tonight its The Swans v the Cats and tomorrow its GWS v the Weagles.

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