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[Ryan]

A dedicated thread for discussion of the football ratings for the major codes.

Feel free to compare, debate and theorise!

Please note this is a trial (as opposed to having discussion in daily threads over the weekend) and your input/thoughts are welcomed.

[dbrmuz]

What,no room for soccer?

[Ryan]

The World Cup being a special event will likely have its own thread should the amount of discussion warrant it.

[fletch]

nrl dominates pay tv ratings

[1169]

Friday Night Ratings so far:

Friday March 12 Week 1 NRL

7 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 884,000 526,000 Not shown 358,000 Not shown Not shown
19 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 453,000 317,000 Not shown 136,000 Not shown Not shown

Friday March 19 Week 2 NRL

11 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 700,000 432,000 *** 269,000 *** ***
24 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 400,000 266,000 *** 135,000 *** ***
199 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 38,000 not shown 24,000 not shown 9,000 5,000

Friday March 26 Week 3 NRL Week 1 AFL

11 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 1: GEELONG VS ESSENDON Seven 711,000 18,000 467,000 7,000 110,000 109,000
13 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 654,000 399,000 254,000
22 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 454,000 313,000 140,000
179 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 39,000 29,000 6,000 4,000

Friday April 2 Week 4 NRL Week 2 AFL (No AFL Friday)

16 NINE’S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 547,000 285,000 *** 263,000 *** ***
19 NINE’S GOOD FRIDAY FOOTBALL Nine 484,000 319,000 *** 165,000 *** ***
283 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 20,000 *** *** 20,000 ***

Friday April 16 Week 5 NRL Week 3 AFL

11 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 4: West Coast Vs Essendon Seven 713,000 17,000 373,000 12,000 125,000 186,000
3 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 669,000 408,000 *** 261,000 *** ***
25 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 412,000 282,000 *** 130,000 *** ***
209 Nine's Friday Night Football Late Nine 36,000 25,000 3,000 8,000

Note NRL Live + NRL Late = 735,000 > AFL 713,000

Friday April 23 Week 6 NRL Week 4 AFL

13 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 680,000 397,000 283,000
16 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 5: WESTERN BULLDOGS VS ADELAIDE Seven 611,000 16,000 315,000 10,000 172,000 97,000
25 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 431,000 284,000 147,000
225 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 27,000 16,000 2,000 9,000

Friday April 30 Week 7 NRL Week 5 AFL

12 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 733,000 447,000 *** 287,000 *** ***
15 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 6: Western Bulldogs Vs St Kilda Seven 649,000 14,000 387,000 11,000 111,000 125,000
25 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 415,000 299,000 *** 115,000 *** ***
208 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 34,000 18,000 7,000 9,000

Friday May 7 Week 8 NRL Week 6 AFL

3 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 1,217,000 563,000 257,000 397,000 *** ***
19 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 7: Melbourne Vs Bulldogs Seven 579,000 5,000 348,000 5,000 106,000 115,000
23 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 511,000 352,000 *** 158,000 *** ***
NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 64,000 42,000 10,000 12,000

Friday May 14 Week 9 NRL Week 7 AFL

9 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 8: Fremantle Vs Collingwood Seven 923,000 18,000 433,000 12,000 145,000 315,000
11 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 799,000 444,000 *** 355,000 *** ***
29 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 413,000 255,000 *** 157,000 *** ***
NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 30,000 23,000 4,000 3,000

Friday May 21 Week 10 NRL Week 7 AFL

7 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 9: Collingwood Vs Geelong Seven 1,010,000 9,000 663,000 24,000 165,000 150,000
18 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 603,000 372,000 *** 231,000 *** ***

Friday May 28 Week 11 NRL Week 8 AFL

13 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 697,000 457,000 *** 241,000 *** ***
16 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 10: Essendon Vs Western Bulldogs Seven 646,000 7,000 405,000 5,000 107,000 123,000

Friday June 4 Week 12 NRL Week 9 AFL

14 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 684,000 467,000 *** 217,000 *** ***
19 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 11: Richmond Vs St Kilda Seven 581,000 13,000 363,000 12,000 110,000 83,000
22 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 499,000 356,000 *** 143,000 *** ***
NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 66,000 43,000 7,000 16,000

Friday June 11 Week 13 NRL Week 10 AFL

14 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 661,000 383,000 278,000
20 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 12: NORTH MELBOURNE VS CARLTON Seven 529,000 8,000 332,000 10,000 88,000 90,000
233 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 28,000 18,000 3,000 7,000

Metro Rating Wins on Friday Nights 2010 to date:
NRL - 7
AFL - 3

Metro Average Ratings on Friday Nights 2010 to date:
Live NRL - 733,000
Delayed NRL - 447,000
Late NRL - 38,000
AFL - 696,000
Live NRL + Late NRL - 771,000

Edited by 1169, 12 June 2010 - 04:28 PM.

[tamago_otoko]

Just looking at Friday's ratings for the various football games:

13 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 690,000 394,000 *** 296,000 *** ***
21 Seven’s Afl: Rnd 13: Hawthorn Vs Essendon Seven 580,000 10,000 370,000 6,000 105,000 90,000
29 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 389,000 243,000 *** 146,000 *** ***

Now, I know the AFL went from 8:30 to 11:30, and to my knowledge the first NRL game was 7:30 to 9:30, and the second was 9:30 to 11:30.

Live NRL beats AFL as a Metro total, and more people in Sydney watch that NRL game than Melbourne watch the AFL game. Yet the AFL game comfortably outrates the delayed NRL game, both as a Metro total and Melbourne outrates both Sydney and Brisbane, and is only 19k short of the combined total.

How much of a delay is the second NRL game shown on?

[tjkirk]

Both games start at 7.30pm, so the second game is delayed two hours. But one game goes live into Brisbane and the other live into Sydney, then they switch at 9.30pm.

[Ryan]

Both games start at 7.30pm, so the second game is delayed two hours. But one game goes live into Brisbane and the other live into Sydney, then they switch at 9.30pm.

Last Friday both games were live from Suncorp weren't they?

[1169]

Second game was delayed by about 40 minutes.

[1169]

My Bad. Both games were delayed, actually.

[fletch]

sure were delayed unfortunatly back to normal this week

[The Sifon]

Based on last nights figures, no more live Friday AFL on Seven. You had your chance Melbourne.

[Mark]

I was stunned with that result, I was sure Cats/Saints would go 1.1m

[Leostar]

Like it has been said, the opportunity is there to watch it live and its not taken so why would Seven bother doing it anymore?

[tamago_otoko]

That result does seem excessively low for what was built up as a huge match. Even the crowd was a disappointing 58,000, though the horrible Melbourne weather was probably to blame for that.

Admittedly, the match, like most St Kilda matches, wasn't much of s spectacle, not to mention Geelong insipid effort post-half time

[1169]

Friday Night Ratings so far:

Friday March 12 Week 1 NRL

7 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 884,000 526,000 Not shown 358,000 Not shown Not shown
19 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 453,000 317,000 Not shown 136,000 Not shown Not shown

Friday March 19 Week 2 NRL

11 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 700,000 432,000 *** 269,000 *** ***
24 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 400,000 266,000 *** 135,000 *** ***
199 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 38,000 not shown 24,000 not shown 9,000 5,000

Friday March 26 Week 3 NRL Week 1 AFL

11 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 1: GEELONG VS ESSENDON Seven 711,000 18,000 467,000 7,000 110,000 109,000
13 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 654,000 399,000 254,000
22 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 454,000 313,000 140,000
179 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 39,000 29,000 6,000 4,000

Friday April 2 Week 4 NRL Week 2 AFL (No AFL Friday)

16 NINE’S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 547,000 285,000 *** 263,000 *** ***
19 NINE’S GOOD FRIDAY FOOTBALL Nine 484,000 319,000 *** 165,000 *** ***
283 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 20,000 *** *** 20,000 ***

Friday April 8 Week 5 NRL Week 3 AFL

9 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 3: St Kilda Vs Collingwood Seven 881,000 14,000 568,000 5,000 162,000 131,000
15 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 703,000 422,000 *** 281,000 *** ***
28 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 416,000 247,000 *** 170,000 *** ***

Friday April 16 Week 6 NRL Week 4 AFL

11 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 4: West Coast Vs Essendon Seven 713,000 17,000 373,000 12,000 125,000 186,000
3 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 669,000 408,000 *** 261,000 *** ***
25 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 412,000 282,000 *** 130,000 *** ***
209 Nine's Friday Night Football Late Nine 36,000 25,000 3,000 8,000

Note NRL Live + NRL Late = 735,000 > AFL 713,000

Friday April 23 Week 7 NRL Week 5 AFL

13 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 680,000 397,000 283,000
16 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 5: WESTERN BULLDOGS VS ADELAIDE Seven 611,000 16,000 315,000 10,000 172,000 97,000
25 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 431,000 284,000 147,000
225 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 27,000 16,000 2,000 9,000

Friday April 30 Week 8 NRL Week 6 AFL

12 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 733,000 447,000 *** 287,000 *** ***
15 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 6: Western Bulldogs Vs St Kilda Seven 649,000 14,000 387,000 11,000 111,000 125,000
25 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 415,000 299,000 *** 115,000 *** ***
208 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 34,000 18,000 7,000 9,000

Friday May 7 Week 9 NRL Week 7 AFL

3 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 1,217,000 563,000 257,000 397,000 *** ***
19 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 7: Melbourne Vs Bulldogs Seven 579,000 5,000 348,000 5,000 106,000 115,000
23 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 511,000 352,000 *** 158,000 *** ***
NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 64,000 42,000 10,000 12,000

Friday May 14 Week 10 NRL Week 8 AFL

9 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 8: Fremantle Vs Collingwood Seven 923,000 18,000 433,000 12,000 145,000 315,000
11 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 799,000 444,000 *** 355,000 *** ***
29 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 413,000 255,000 *** 157,000 *** ***
NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 30,000 23,000 4,000 3,000

Friday May 21 Week 11 NRL Week 8 AFL

7 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 9: Collingwood Vs Geelong Seven 1,010,000 9,000 663,000 24,000 165,000 150,000
18 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 603,000 372,000 *** 231,000 *** ***

Friday May 28 Week 12 NRL Week 9 AFL

13 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 697,000 457,000 *** 241,000 *** ***
16 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 10: Essendon Vs Western Bulldogs Seven 646,000 7,000 405,000 5,000 107,000 123,000

Friday June 4 Week 13 NRL Week 10 AFL

14 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 684,000 467,000 *** 217,000 *** ***
19 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 11: Richmond Vs St Kilda Seven 581,000 13,000 363,000 12,000 110,000 83,000
22 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 499,000 356,000 *** 143,000 *** ***
NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 66,000 43,000 7,000 16,000

Friday June 11 Week 14 NRL Week 11 AFL

14 NINE'S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Nine 661,000 383,000 278,000
20 SEVEN'S AFL: RND 12: NORTH MELBOURNE VS CARLTON Seven 529,000 8,000 332,000 10,000 88,000 90,000
233 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE Nine 28,000 18,000 3,000 7,000

Friday June 18 Week 15 NRL Week 12 AFL

13 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 690,000 394,000 *** 296,000 *** ***
21 Seven’s Afl: Rnd 13: Hawthorn Vs Essendon Seven 580,000 10,000 370,000 6,000 105,000 90,000
29 Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 389,000 243,000 *** 146,000 *** ***

Friday June 25 Week 16 NRL Week 13 AFL (No late night figures for NRL supplied)

17 SEVEN’S AFL: RND 13: ST KILDA VS GEELONG SEVEN 638,000 8,000 410,000 18,000 110,000 92,000
18 NINE’S LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NINE 611,000 363,000 *** 248,000 *** ***
Nine’s Friday Night Football Nine 365,000 227,000 *** 138,000 *** ***



Metro Rating Wins on Friday Nights 2010 to date:
NRL - 8
AFL - 5 (waiting for late night NRL figures June 25)

Metro Average Ratings on Friday Nights 2010 to date:
Live NRL - 720,000
Delayed NRL - 434,000
Late NRL - 38,000

AFL - 696,000
Live NRL + Late NRL - 758,000

[thesundoesnotspit]

The A.F.L ratings were very poor last night for such a big match.If you compare them with the last blockbuster between Collingwood and Geelong a few weeks ago,there's been a huge drop off of at least 400,000 viewers.This would suggest that Collingwood is enormously popular,or that people simply don't like watching St Kilda play,or maybe a combination of both.

[tamago_otoko]

The A.F.L ratings were very poor last night for such a big match.If you compare them with the last blockbuster between Collingwood and Geelong a few weeks ago,there's been a huge drop off of at least 400,000 viewers.This would suggest that Collingwood is enormously popular,or that people simply don't like watching St Kilda play,or maybe a combination of both.

I think you're right with that. Collingwood certainly are enormously popular, and St Kilda's game style can be really bogged down and hard to watch at times

[duke]

St.George are one of the most boring sdes to watch but they still rate well in Sydney.

[tamago_otoko]

St.George are one of the most boring sdes to watch but they still rate well in Sydney.

But would 410,000 Sydneysiders tune in to watch St George?