State of Origin game three managed 2.52 million nationally (1.74 million in the metros, 774,000 in the region). The game couldn’t crack a million viewers in the biggest market in Sydney — 902,000, still very solid but a million or more looks better. Likewise in BrisVegas, 502,000 is also very solid, but a figure of more than 700,000 would have shown real interest.
The game averaged 155,000 in Melbourne and was easily beaten by Seven’s The Front Bar with 213,000. It was a wonder the game was played at all given the COVID disruptions in the lead up.
Tonight — AFL and the Tour de France (the latter with 241,000 last night and early today). A killer stage and another tonight with two massive mountains to climb in the short 129km.
Regional top five: State of Origin game three, 774,000; Seven News, 678,000; Seven News 6.30, 638,000; State of Origin Pre-March, 412,000; The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 391,000.
Network channel share:
- Nine (40.3%)
- Seven (24.6%)
- ABC (13.7%)
- ABC (12.9%)
- SBS (8.4%)
Network main channels:
- Nine (33.8%)
- Seven (18.1%)
- ABC (9.2%)
- ABC (7.1%)
- SBS ONE (5.2%)
Top 5 digital channels:
- 7TWO (3.2%)
- 10 Bold (3.0%)
- 10 Peach (2.3%)
- ABC News (2.2%)
- ABC Kids/Plus (2.0%)
Top 10 national programs:
- State of Origin Game 3 (Nine) — 2.520 million
- Seven News — 1.893 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.776 million
- Nine News — 1.390 million
- State Of Origin Pre-Match (Nine) — 1.320 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 1.265 million
- 7pm ABC News — 1.199 million
- Home and Away (Seven) — 1.007 million
- Farmer Wants A Wife (Seven) — 1.001 million
- The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 1 million
Top metro programs:
1. State of Origin Game 3 (Nine) — 1.746 million
2. Seven News — 1.215 million
3. Seven News 6.30 — 1.139 million
4. Nine News — 1.049 million
Losers: None really because of the dominance of Origin.
Metro news and current affair
- Seven News — 1.215 million
- Seven News 6.30 — 1.139 million
- Nine News —1.049 million
- Nine News 6.30 — 938,000
- 7pm ABC News — 827,000
- 7.30 (ABC) — 645,000
- The Project 7pm (Ten) — 504,000
- Ten News First (ABC) — 444,000
- The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 301,000
Morning (National) TV:
- Sunrise (Seven) — 462,000/260,000
- Today (Nine) — 345,000/227,000
- News Breakfast (ABC) — 313,000/202,000
- The Morning Show (Seven) — 287,000
- Today Extra (Nine) — 200,000
- Studio 10 (Ten) — 66,000
Top five Pay TV programs:
- Credlin (Sky News) — 81,000
- Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 64,000
- The Bolt Report (Sky News) — 63,000
- Mr INBETWEEN (Fox Showcase) — 58,000
- Newsday (Sky News) — 54,000
Still waiting for the local viewing numbers for the Euro final. Time to join the 21st century.
My Dad used to watch every rugby league game. On weekend visits home, I was lucky to get away with watching only two games. But this has petered off in recent years. He started replacing the audio with concert DVDs, then watched the concerts and briefly switched to the game now and then. These days he can’t be bothered watching at all. He says all his mates have stopped watching too. He didn’t even watch Origin this year. He reckons the bunker should he ditched and it should go back to one ref, no captain’s calls, no checking with anyone else. He reckons the bunker gets it wrong more often than not. Properly trained and competent refs who have the sole responsibility of running the game would improve the games significantly.
re 8.Ten News First (ABC) — 444,000. seems unlikely ABC ran it as well as TEN. (sorry, couldn’t help myself)
also, more seriously, aren’t Bolt and Murray a bit low – Bolt last night being Bernadi in fact. And no Jones in Top 5 Pay TV?