Weekend TV ratings Friday May 7, 2021

TV ratings

Panthers, Eels and Cats conquer their opposition and the TV ratings

After an emphatic Melbourne Storm win in the NRL on Thursday night, three major NRL and AFL games also saw clear victories for three of the teams involved which drove the biggest Friday TV ratings audiences.

The biggest win was the Penrith Panthers dishing out a hiding to the Cronulla Sharks with a 50-0 scoreline in the early Friday Fox League match. Later in the evening in the Nine/Fox League match, the Eels overcame the Roosters.

The Nine NRL clash was on 374,000 across Nine and 9Gem with 219,000 watching in Sydney.

In the AFL, Seven’s Friday TV ratings victory was set up by the much-anticipated Tigers v Geelong clash. It was a close contest during the first half, but the Cats ran away with the game after halftime as they eventually doubled the Tigers score to win 126-63.

The metro audience for the AFL match was 590,000 with 343,000 in Melbourne.

Away from the sporting field, an ABC Vera repeat was on 519,000, while Seven’s Better Homes and Gardens outrated ABC’s Gardening Australia, with both shows just over 400,000.

The Living Room on 10 was on 300,000.

See also: Weekend TV Ratings Friday April 30, 2021

Friday TV ratings metro shares primary and network

ABC 14.0% (18.2%)
Seven 22.7% (32.6%)
Nine 19.8% (28.0%)
10 8.5% (14.2%)
SBS 4.4% (7.1%)

Friday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people

1NINE NEWSChannel 9842,000
2SEVEN NEWSChannel 7801,000
3SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30Channel 7789,000
4NINE NEWS 6:30Channel 9775,000
5SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL7mate, Channel 7590,000
6A CURRENT AFFAIRChannel 9576,000
7ABC NEWSABC TV534,000
8VERA (R)ABC TV519,000
9BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS7TWO, Channel 7430,000
10THE CHASE AUSTRALIAChannel 7424,000
11GARDENING AUSTRALIAABC TV401,000
12HOT SEATChannel 9393,000
13FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVEGem, Channel 9374,000
14SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH7mate, Channel 7343,000
1510 NEWS FIRSTChannel 10321,000
16THE PROJECT 7PMChannel 10307,000
17THE LIVING ROOMChannel 10300,000
18THE CHASE AUSTRALIA-5PMChannel 7289,000
19SUNRISEChannel 7270,000
20SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH7mate, Channel 7257,000

 

Friday TV Sports FTA and STV

NRL

#NRLRoostersEels

Nine/Gem 580,000 (Metro 374,000 Regional 206,000)

Fox League 272,000

#NRLPanthersSharks

Fox League 207,000

AFL

#AFLTigersCats

Seven/7mate 785,000 (Metro 590,000 Regional 195,000)

Fox Footy 189,000

A-League Fox Sports

#ADLvWEL 12,000

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