You are not wrong. The 5.30pm game on Saturday and the 2pm game on Sunday don't pull big TV numbers either. That explains why we have so many night games, they draw better TV figures. If we want big TV money then we need to show games at a time when people will watch and sadly that's not during the day.
Next Saturday afternoon game is the Dragons against the Tigers at the SCG. The way both of those teams are playing I doubt the crowd will top 10,000. As for TV viewing numbers, well that may struggle to reach 100,000.
I have great doubts about the success of Saturday afternoon football. Because of the time slot it will only ever involve teams closer to the bottom of the competition then the top.