Weekend TV ratings Friday May 14, 2021

TV ratings

Cats Friday night specialists, Sea Eagles hammer Broncos in Magic Round

Seven was a clear Friday TV ratings winner with the AFL match between Geelong and St Kilda securing the victory. The AFL had a metro audience of 551,000.

NRL states got a taste of the Magic Round with another one-sided contest as Manly thumped Brisbane with 310,000 watching in metro markets on Nine and 9Gem.

Before the football started A Current Affair was a winner with 558,000 at 7pm, well ahead of the other daily current affairs offering The Project on 324,000.

The ABC’s post-7.30pm Friday offerings continue to do well with Gardening Australia on 438,000 as Costa visited the NSW Southern Highlands. UK crime drama Vera followed with 486,000 watching.

Seven’s Friday night lifestyle staple Better Homes and Gardens managed 414,000 across the primary channel and 7TWO.

10’s best was the aforementioned The Project which was followed by The Living Room on 287,000.

SBS News at 6.30pm had the channel’s biggest audience with 172,000. Later in the night the channel helped people get in the mood for the forthcoming European song contest with the hilarious movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga on 114,000.

Friday TV ratings metro shares primary and network

ABC 14.6% (19.3%)
Seven 23.3% (33.6%)
Nine 16.6% (24.4%)
10 8.1% (14.4%)
SBS 4.8% (4.2%)

See also: Weekend TV ratings Friday May 7, 2021

Friday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people

1NINE NEWSChannel 9828,000
2SEVEN NEWSChannel 7823,000
3NINE NEWS 6:30Channel 9778,000
4SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30Channel 7770,000
5ABC NEWSABC TV568,000
6A CURRENT AFFAIRChannel 9558,000
7SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL7mate, Channel 7551,000
8VERA (R)ABC TV486,000
9THE CHASE AUSTRALIAChannel 7451,000
10HOT SEATChannel 9447,000
11GARDENING AUSTRALIAABC TV438,000
12BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS7TWO, Channel 7414,000
13SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH7mate, Channel 7326,000
14THE PROJECT 7PMChannel 10324,000
1510 NEWS FIRSTChannel 10313,000
16THE CHASE AUSTRALIA 5PMChannel 7311,000
17FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVEGem, Channel 9310,000
18HOT SEAT 5PMChannel 9288,000
19SUNRISEChannel 7288,000
20THE LIVING ROOMChannel 10287,000

 

Friday TV Sports FTA and STV

TV ratings

NRL

#NRLManlyBroncos
Nine/Gem 488,000 (Metro 310,000 Regional 178,000)
Fox League 249,000

#NRLTigersKnights
Fox League 248,000

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AFL

#AFLSaintsCats
Seven/7mate 743,000 (Metro 551,000 Regional 192,000)
Fox Footy 191,000

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A-League Fox Sports
#MACvMVC
12,000

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