Nine’s night with the NRL grand final — 3.3 million (2.12 million in the metros and 911,000 in the regions). A solid audience but the lowest for a decade, as was the AFL grand final which had the bragging rights after being watched by 3.37 million nationally on Saturday (2.60 million in the metros and 777,000 in the regions).

In the morning, Insiders averaged another solid 559,000 viewers across the country. In regional markets, the NRL grand final won the night with 911,000 people, followed by the grand final entertainment with 508,000, Seven News with 473,000, 468,000 for the NRL grand final presentation, and 441,000 for Nine News in fifth spot.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (47.6%)
  2. Seven (23.2%)
  3. ABC (13.7%)
  4. Ten (9.5%)
  5. SBS (5.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (40.2%)
  2. Seven (15.8%)
  3. ABC (10.4%)
  4. Ten (5.3%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (3.2%)
  2. GO, ONE (2.9%)
  3. 7TWO, Gem (2.7%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. NRL Grand Final(Nine)  —3.034 million
  2. NRL Grand Final Entertainment  (Nine) — 1.714 million
  3. NRL Presentation (Nine) — 1.616 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.424 million
  5. Seven News — 1.417 million
  6. Sunday Night (Seven) — 1.029 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 904,000
  8. Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure (ABC)  — 681,000
  9. The Story Of The Royals (Seven) — 613,000
  10. NRL Grand Final (Nine)  —603,000
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Top metro programs:

  1. NRL Grand Final (Nine)  — 2.122 million
  2. NRL Grand Final Entertainment  (Nine) — 1.207 million
  3. NRL Presentation (Nine) — 1.148 million
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Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 983,000 
  2. Seven News — 944,000
  3. Sunday Night (Seven)  — 680,000
  4. 7pm ABC News – 918,000
  5. Ten Eyewitness News — 280,000
  6. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 20,000
  7. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 163,000
  8. SBS World News — 160,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) —559,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 442,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 410,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 308,000
  5. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 216,000
  6. Offsiders (ABC, ABC News) — 205,000