TV ratings: Seven
Seven is poised for another Origin Week upset with its network share on track to tie with Nine for Week 27. At the moment Nine leads in the week-to-date shares primary and network. Seven possibly won’t overhaul Nine as the #1 primary channel for the week, but it will be a close finish in network share.
The AFL audience was 584,000 watching Geelong conquer Essendon despite a poor start from the Cats in the first quarter.
Nine
The NRL audience was just under 400,000 as Friday Night Football returned after an interrupted Origin schedule last weekend. There was an audience of 396,000 watching the Penrith Panthers win a close contest over the Paramatta Eels.
10
The channel’s biggest audience for the day was at 5pm with 444,000 watching 10 News First. The Project 7pm was on 375,000 followed by The Living Room on 323,000.
ABC
The primary channel revealed a new-look Friday night as Gardening Australia takes a mid-year break. Taking the 7.30pm timeslot was the new Movin’ to the Country which debuted with 448,000. Dream Gardens followed with a similar-sized audience of 426,000.
The audience then lifted to 510,000 for another Vera repeat.
SBS
Stage 7 of the Tour de France pulled the biggest numbers with 157,000.
Friday TV ratings metro shares primary and network
ABC 13.3% (17.7%)
Seven 22.8% (33.5%)
Nine 17.4% (26.0%)
10 7.7% (14.4%)
SBS 5.2% (8.5%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Friday June 25, 2021
Friday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Channel 7 | 1,040,000 |
| 2 | NINE NEWS | Channel 9 | 1,003,000 |
| 3 | SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 | Channel 7 | 948,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Channel 9 | 916,000 |
| 5 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC TV | 665,000 |
| 6 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 653,000 |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Channel 7 | 617,000 |
| 8 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 584,000 |
| 9 | HOT SEAT | Channel 9 | 528,000 |
| 10 | VERA RPT | ABC TV | 510,000 |
| 11 | BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS | 7TWO, Channel 7 | 492,000 |
| 12 | MOVIN’ TO THE COUNTRY-EV | ABC TV | 448,000 |
| 13 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 444,000 |
| 14 | DREAM GARDENS-EV | ABC TV | 426,000 |
| 15 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PM | Channel 7 | 400,000 |
| 16 | FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE | GO!, Channel 9 | 396,000 |
| 17 | THE PROJECT 7PM | Channel 10 | 375,000 |
| 18 | SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 368,000 |
| 19 | HOT SEAT -5PM | Channel 9 | 345,000 |
| 20 | NINE’S AFTERNOON NEWS | Channel 9 | 340,000 |
Friday TV Sports FTA and STV
NRL
#NRLPanthersEels
Nine/Gem Metro 396,000 (Regional not available)
Fox League 283,000
#NRLWarriorsDragons
Fox League 254,000
AFL
#AFLCatsDons
Seven/7mate 743,000 (Metro 584,000 Regional 159,000)
Fox Footy 189,000
Tour de France
SBS Stage 7: 157,000
Wimbledon
Nine Day 5: 117,000