The first qualifying final between Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney dominated the night with 1.5 million viewers last night on Seven and 7mate — 1.16 million and 327,000 on Foxtel — and that was the night with a big win for Seven.

Tonight the AFL second final between Geelong and Richmond goes head to head with the first NRL final between Easts and Brisbane tonight in Sydney. The other finals clash tomorrow evening (Swans against Essendon at 4.25pm in Sydney) and Melbourne v Parramatta (in Melbourne) at 4.10pm. Port Adelaide and West Coast play the last AFL final tomorrow night (so no AFL in Melbourne tomorrow, only NRL), while in the NRL Manly meets Penrith in Sydney. Sunday sees the last NRL final played between Cronulla and North Queensland.

And for those rugby union supporters in a phone box in North Sydney, Australia plays South Africa in Perth tomorrow night.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (35.4%)
  2. Nine (23.3%)
  3. Ten (20.4%)
  4. ABC (14.5%)
  5. SBS (6.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (24.0%)
  2. Nine (16.2%)
  3. Ten (14.1%)
  4. ABC (9.4%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.4%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO, 7mate (4.5%)
  2. GO (3.4%)
  3. ABC 2 (3.3%)
  4. ONE, Eleven (3.2%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News  — 1.463 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.338 million
  3. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.260 million
  4. Nine/NBN News — 1.174 million
  5. AFL: First Qualifying Final, Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney (Seven, 7mate) — 1.168 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.125 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 971,000
  8. The Bachelor (Ten) — 971,000
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 917,000
  10. RBT repeat (Nine) — 872,000

Top metro programs: None with a million or more viewers

Losers: No one — the first AFL final simply dominated.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News (6.30pm) — 920,000
  2. Seven News — 878,000
  3. Nine News — 875,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 846,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 755,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —679,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 534,000
  8. Ten Eyewitness News — 414,000
  9. 7.30 (ABC) — 405,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 326,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 506,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 398,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC,  164,000 + 76,000 on News 24) — 240,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 158,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) —217,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 121,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL Finals: Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney (Fox Footy) — 327,000
  2. AFL: Thursday Night Footy (Fox Footy) — 118,000
  3. AFL: Thursday Night Footy (Fox Footy) — 102,000
  4. Second Cricket Test: Bangladesh v Australia, Day 4 (Fox Sports More) — 100,000
  5. Aussie Gold Hunters (Discovery) — 60,000