The Winners: The NRL Grand Final was on Nine, end of night. But it wasn’t as strong as last year. The X Factor did OK on Seven. Ten’s Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony at midnight averaged 414,000, which was more than OK at that time of night. Hamish and Andy showed on Ten why they are the biggest talents on TV. A bit bogan, a bit incorrect, but what the heck, it was interesting.

  1. NRL Grand Final (Nine) (5.30pm) — 2.091 million
  2. NRL GF Presentation (Nine) (7.30pm) — 1.758 million
  3. Seven News (6pm) — 1.473 million
  4. Learn India with Hamish & Andy (Ten) (7.30pm) — 1.231 million
  5. 60 Minutes (Nine) (after the NRL GF) — 1.221 million
  6. The X Factor (Seven) (7.30pm) — 1.115 million
  7. Sunday Night (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.046 million

The Losers: None last night, the NRL Grand Final upset the night’s viewing.

News & CA: The early morning chats were all hit by the start of daylight saving. The solid figure for the Seven News at 6pm shows there is a large cohort of non-NRL fans, and a lot of rusted on Seven viewers.

  1. Seven News 6pm — 1.473 million
  2. 60 Minutes (Nine) (after the NRL GF) — 1.221 million
  3. Sunday Night (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.046 million
  4. Nine News (6pm) — 991,000
  5. ABC News (7pm)– 844,000
  6. Ten News (Ten) (5pm) — 522,000
  7. Dateline (SBS) (8.30pm) — 197,000
  8. SBS News (6.30pm) — 148,000

In the morning:

  1. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) (8am) — 351,000
  2. Landline (ABC) (Noon) — 256,000
  3. Weekend Today (Nine) (8am) — 245,000
  4. Insiders (ABC) (9am) — 159,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) (10.30pm) — 121,000
  6. Inside Business (ABC) (10am) — 109,000
  7. Meet The Press (Ten) (8am) — 33,000

The Stats:

  • FTA: Nine won with a share of 31.4%, from Seven on 28.9%, Ten with 20.3%, the ABC with 14.6% and SBS with 4.8%.
  • Main Channel: Nine won with a share of 26.4% from Seven with 23.7%, Ten on 19.2%, ABC 1 on 13.1% and SBS ONE with 4.0%.
  • Digital: GO won with 4.1%, from 7Mate on 3.2%, 7TWO on 2.1%, ONE with 1.1%, GEM with 0.9%, ABC 2 and SBS TWO with 0.8% and News 24 on 0.4%, followed by ABC 3 on 0.3%. That’s a total national share of 13.8% among the FTA channels last night for the nine digital channels. To combat Seven’s new 7Mate, Nine simulcast the NRL GF on Gem, it didn’t really work. Seven’s male skewing 7Mate was again solid last night. The best market was Adelaide where the FTA digital channels totalled a 16.9% share, with 15.5% in Perth.
  • Pay TV: Nine won with a share of 26.0% from Seven on 23.9%, Ten on 16.8%, Pay TV’s 100 plus channels on 14.6%, the ABC with 12.1% and SBS with 4.0%. That left the 14 FTA channels with a total share of 85.4%, made up of 11.3% for the nine digital channels and 74.1% for the five main channels.
  • Regional: No regional figures for today.

Major Markets: Nine won overall and in the main channels in Sydney and Brisbane (The NRL markets) from Seven and Ten. Seven won from Ten and Nine overall and in Melbourne and Perth. even won Adelaide overall and in the main channels and Nine and Ten shared the minor placings. GO won Sydney (shared with 7TWO), Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. 7Mate won Melbourne. 7TWO had some minor placings, as did ONE.

(All shares on the basis of combined overnight 6pm to midnight All People)

Glenn Dyer’s comments: Seven won the metro markets in all people and the main channels. GO won the digitals for Nine. 7Mate was third after 7TWO in its first week on air.

Last night: First off, even though it went more than six hours yesterday during the day, the men’s world road race title, like the under 23 title won by Australian Michael Matthews on Friday, was thrilling sport. The early hours allowed you to dip in and out, the final laps held the attention. It was an example (over the five days) of why Victoria and the Melbourne area is the sports capital of the country, despite what people in Sydney might think.

Last night the NRL Grand Final was the big event and it did OK for Nine, but flopped in Melbourne. Daylight saving affected some programs, especially in the morning. It is also school holidays in most states.

TONIGHT: Back to back news and current affairs on the ABC, with the second part of the good Andrew Mallard story on Australian Story at 8pm the stand out. Q&A at 9.35pm. Ten has the Commonwealth Games. The men’s gymnastics should be simply fabbo. Seven has The X Factor and The Event. Nine goes all dead with three repeats of Two and a Half Men. Test cricket on Foxtel and Commonwealth Games coverage for the truly addicted.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports