2026 TV and Streaming Ratings thread

[The_Wookie]

New year, new thread.

#AFLOrigin Seven 843k (BVOD 182k) Reach 1.976m
For Seven, this is narrowly behind ANZAC Day 2025 (844k) and behind the Legends game (904k). All finals also beat this figure bar 1.

 

[user_nat]

Honestly no idea what the expectations were for the AFL SoO, given I didn't know it existed until last night.

That seems decent for a preseason game though.

 

[Barney Stubble]

Honestly no idea what the expectations were for the AFL SoO, given I didn't know it existed until last night.

That seems decent for a preseason game though.

they'd be under whelmed for a very under whelming game

 

[The_Wookie]

Honestly no idea what the expectations were for the AFL SoO, given I didn't know it existed until last night.

That seems decent for a preseason game though.

up against the Winter Olympics, theyd be more than happy.

 

[BuffaloRules]

New year, new thread.

#AFLOrigin Seven 843k (BVOD 182k) Reach 1.976m
For Seven, this is narrowly behind ANZAC Day 2025 (844k) and behind the Legends game (904k). All finals also beat this figure bar 1.

What were the Sydney FTA ratings ?

 

[BuffaloRules]

up against the Winter Olympics, theyd be more than happy.

Are Winter Olympics ratings high ? I honestly don’t know …

 

[Pippen94]

up against the Winter Olympics, theyd be more than happy.

Lol

 

[Pippen94]

Are Winter Olympics ratings high ? I honestly don’t know …

They're not

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

I watched the last 5 minutes, there was definitely a lack of intensity in this so-called origin match, certainly compared to our version. Watching the players mingle after the match revealed a lot to me, laughing and chatting, it really gave the `exhibition match` vibe, looked like they`d hardly raised a sweat.
I`d read during the week a comment by some ex-`great` that anything over 100 points each would show that the players weren`t really taking it serious.

I think for the fumbles this contest is all going to depend upon WA winning, and from what I read this is unlikely given the disparity in depth, one article said that some players in the WA team wouldn`t make the top 20 in the corresponding position in the Vic team.

All up, there didn`t seem to me to be the desperation in the WA team to have them win enough to keep this interesting, a couple of years of that and it will be curtains for the whole concept.

 

[BuffaloRules]

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this is unlikely given the disparity in depth, one article said that some players in the WA team wouldn`t make the top 20 in the corresponding position in the Vic team.

Haha …. I’m a NSW RL fan and I think I’ve heard that argument before ,,,

 

[Pippen94]

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[The_Wookie]

Sunday #AuSportTV
#NRLAllstars
Nine 389k (BVOD 84k) Reach 1.417m
ave -11% on 2025 (437k)
rch +18% on 2025 (1.193m)

Womens
Nine 200k (BVOD 40k) Reach 867k

Data: VOZ

 

[Canard]

I assume AFL fans will pounce on that figure, after Vlandys comments.

 

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Sunday #AuSportTV
#NRLAllstars
Nine 389k (BVOD 84k) Reach 1.417m
ave -11% on 2025 (437k)
rch +18% on 2025 (1.193m)

Womens
Nine 200k (BVOD 40k) Reach 867k

Data: VOZ

2025 was a Saturday night game.

 

[Barney Stubble]

2025 was a Saturday night game.

yes

389K is excellent for an exhibition game on a Sunday Afternoon

 

[Billythekid]

There’s just so little traction on the concept. I think it’s good to try and have something for our indigenous players but this has just never felt right. The change to the format and the timing of the match makes it feel like an afterthought more than anything. League has plenty of rep footy and most of the good players on these teams already have the opportunity to play rep footy.

Not sure what the solution is but in this current format I don’t see it ever being particularly big.

 

[The_Wookie]

 

[DIOGENES]

There’s just so little traction on the concept. I think it’s good to try and have something for our indigenous players but this has just never felt right. The change to the format and the timing of the match makes it feel like an afterthought more than anything. League has plenty of rep footy and most of the good players on these teams already have the opportunity to play rep footy.

Not sure what the solution is but in this current format I don’t see it ever being particularly big.

Does it have to be “big”. It is a good concept as an example of the inclusivity of league and a bookend for the start of the season. A reasonable viewing audience

 

[Diesel]

Regardless of the result, no other co
Petition has this type of game. Most competitions have an indigenous round but not an all-stars.

it’s also in Feb, Sunday arvo in NZ

 

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The real Origin last year averaged more than that in Perth and WA wasn’t even playing.