wittyfan
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I don't think we will be breaking any ratings records next Sunday night.
My tip is sub 2 million in the metros.
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Raiders are the Cinderella story though, Sydney and regionals should be quite good.
great article!
using figures from tvtonight makes interesting reading.
https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/09/saturday-28-september-2019.html
SYD RATINGS:
399k in Sydney watched the Roosters PF
372k watched GWS in GF. Pretty low rating for the GF, especially with the you-beaut Giants playing
More watched the Roosters than the AFL GF.
I hope Melbourne can push for close to that number for the NRL GF next week even without Storm.
BRIS RATINGS:
317k in Brisbane watched the AFL GF. I find that pretty high, and hard to believe that more people watched the AFL in Brisbane than in Adelaide or Perth.
And that the NRL PF (with the Storm) was only watched by 239k in Brisbane. More in Brisbane watching the AFL GF than Storm/Rooster PF?
ADL RATINGS:
On a lighter note,Im also embarrased to say that my town of Adelaide had twice as many people watch Antiques Roadshow than watched the NRL PF.
Well it's all set up for the NRL - need a ripper game and we should take out bragging rights in 2019. set up nicely for it, hope we don't f**k it up!
Even though I'm banned from big footy i still look at some of the comments that are posted on there and there is a genuine hate of the midgets with the concessions that they get and also like us a lot posters on on there don't believe the crowd numbers put out by the midgets at times.
HUGE NUMBERS FOR NRL FINALS POINTS TO A MASSIVE GRAND FINAL
Huge audience increases of 15% on traditional platforms across the NRL preliminary finals over the weekend, means this Sunday’s Grand Final has all the makings of an absolute blockbuster, as the Canberra Raiders take on the Sydney Roosters for the Telstra Premiership.
On Friday Night, the 1st Preliminary Final between the Raiders and Rabbitohs attracted a national average audience of 1.568 million people (5 City: 770,000 / Regional: 438,000 / Fox: 360). The Metro average of 770,000 is an increase of 15% for the same match year on year.
On Saturday Night, the 2nd Preliminary Final between the Roosters and Storm drew national average audience of 1.696 million people (5 City: 880,000 / Regional: 450,000 / Fox: 366,000). The Metro average of 880,000 is an increase of 14% for the same match year on year.
Overall, 4.190 million people tuned into Nine’s NRL Finals coverage for Week Three of Finals Footy.
QUOTE FROM NINE’S DIRECTOR OF SPORT, TOM MALONE
“The stage is set for a David and Goliath showdown this Sunday. As most of Australia jumps on the Raiders bandwagon, will a record breaking Viking Clap be enough to drive this fairy tale to a happy ending? Or will the Roosters cement their place in history as one of the greatest ever teams with back to back Grand Finals? There’s only one place to see it – live, free and exclusive on Nine’s Wide World of Sports.”
QUOTE FROM NINE’S DIRECTOR OF SALES - SPORT, MATTHEW GRANGER
“What a fantastic audience result for our Finals partners, Sportsbet, Holden, Telstra, McDonalds and Harvey Norman. There is some very limited availability on Grand Final day, so for those clients who don’t want to miss out, move quickly so as to avoid disappointment!”
And Nine’s strategy to acquire all rights across all platforms has been further reinforced by the huge increases in Streaming numbers on 9NOW.
Across both Preliminary Finals, 9NOW recorded 220,000 stream starts (up 126%) for more than 6-Million minutes (up 89%), with an average VPM of 26,000 viewers (up 93%).
