Tigers win, Seven wins, end of story. Back again tonight with the AFL up against the NRL finals on Nine. Nine ran dead last night, Ten finished second thanks to The Bachelor (1.23 million nationally) and GoggleBox (1.06 million). The AFL’s first qualifying final was watched by 1.13 million nationally and a further 420,000 on Foxtel. Everyone knew the AFL game would rate well (874,000 in the metros and 265,000 in the regions), but Ten was the winner last night because it stuck to its guns and viewers stayed with its younger skewing programs. The Bachelor actually had more viewers than the AFL, but over a shorter period of time than the game.

In regional markets Seven News/Today Tonight was on top with 480,000 with Seven’s 6pm News next with 478,000, then The Chase Australia with 378,000, with The Bachelor fourth at 338,000 and A Current Affair with 316,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (37.4%)
  2. Ten (22.9%)
  3. Nine (19.3%)
  4. ABC (14.1%)
  5. SBS (6.3%)

Network main channels:

  1. Seven (25.5%)
  2. Ten (18.5%)
  3. Nine (13.5%)
  4. ABC (9.8%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (5.0%)
  2. 7TWO (4.4%)
  3. GO (2.8%)
  4. 7flix (2.5%)
  5. ABC Kids/Comedy, ONE (2.3%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1.  Seven News — 1.359 million
  2. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.286 million
  3. The Bachelor (Ten) — 1.237 million
  4.  Nine/NBN News — 1.200 million
  5.  Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.163 million
  6. Thursday Night AFL (Seven) — 1.139 million
  7. Gogglebox Australia (Ten) — 1.064 million
  8. A Current Affair (Nine) — 966,000
  9. 7pm ABC News — 891,000
  10. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 884,000

Losers: No one, the AFL final was the big destabiliser.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News— 892,000
  2. Seven News — 881,000
  3. Nine News 6.30 — 855,000
  4.  Seven News/Today Tonight — 806,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) – 650,000
  6. 7pm ABC News – 612,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 464,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 447,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News —396,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 276,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 451,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 330,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. AFL: 1st Qualifying Final, Richmond v Hawthorn (Fox Footy) — 420,000
  2. AFL: Thursday Night Footy On Fox (Fox Footy) — 119,000
  3. AFL: Thursday Night Footy On Fox (Fox Footy) — 105,000
  4. SportsCentre (ESPN) — 83,000
  5. US Open Quarter Final (ESPN) — 60,000