Total TV ratings Friday September 10
The two shows that enjoyed the biggest increase week on week in Total TV data were Gardening Australia, up 18% to 792,000, and Midsomer Murders, up 13% to 631,000.
The biggest BVOD audience watching on Friday a week ago were 64,000 for the NRL Qualifying Final on Nine. Gardening Australia was next best with a BVOD crowd of 48,000.
Overnight TV ratings Metro Friday September 17
An AFL free Friday is good news for Nine
Nine has taken advantage of having the only live sport last night to claim it first Friday win since the start of the AFL season.
Seven
Seven surrendered its Friday night domination with no more Friday Night Football ahead of the Grand Final to be played Saturday evening next week. Seven wasn’t far behind Nine though, trailing by less than 1.0 in the network battle.
Seven also had the equal #1 ranked multichannel, with 7mate and 10 Bold both on 4.0%.
Seven was a clear winner at 6pm with audiences just under 1m, at 6.00pm and 6.30pm.
With no football on the schedule, Better Homes and Gardens had a clear run on the primary channel in all markets with 508,000 watching.
The movie The Help then had an audience of 219,000.
Nine
Nine had a first place finish in both primary and network share last night.
With the NRL pre-game starting at 7pm along the east coast, A Current Affair only screened in Adelaide and Perth to 68,000.
The Semi-Final clash between Manly and Easts saw the Sea Eagles comfortable victors as they ended the season for the Roosters. That win sets up a fascinating battle against Rabbitohs next week. The NRL audience was 608,000 with 348,000 in Sydney and 157,000 in Brisbane.
10
The Project 7pm attracted the biggest audience again with 347,000, but down from the 406,000 watching a week ago.
10 News First was just under 300,000 with The Living Room with a similar-sized crowd on 290,000.
ABC
ABC News led the way with 646,000 at 7pm.
Gardening Australia was one of the two lifestyle shows over half a million at 7.30pm with a Midsomer Murders repeat following on 396,000.
SBS
SBS World News pulled 170,000 at 6.30pm and then 148,000 at 7pm.
Friday night regular Secrets of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings was then on 140,000.
Friday TV ratings metro shares primary and network
ABC 13.4% (18.2%)
Seven 19.3% (28.1%)
Nine 20.7% (28.8%)
10 8.9% (16.2%)
SBS 4.3% (8.8%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Friday September 10, 2021
Friday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Channel 7 | 995,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 | Channel 7 | 973,000 |
| 3 | NINE NEWS | Channel 9 | 901,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Channel 9 | 862,000 |
| 5 | ABC NEWS | ABC TV | 646,000 |
| 6 | RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES SF1 | Gem, Channel 9 | 608,000 |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Channel 7 | 525,000 |
| 8 | BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS | Channel 7 | 508,000 |
| 9 | GARDENING AUSTRALIA | ABC TV | 504,000 |
| 10 | HOT SEAT | Channel 9 | 434,000 |
| 11 | MIDSOMER MURDERS (R) | ABC TV | 396,000 |
| 12 | RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES SF1 -PRE MATCH | Gem, Channel 9 | 374,000 |
| 13 | THE PROJECT 7PM | Channel 10 | 347,000 |
| 14 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA 5PM | Channel 7 | 318,000 |
| 15 | TIPPING POINT | Channel 9 | 308,000 |
| 16 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 299,000 |
| 17 | NINE’S AFTERNOON NEWS | Channel 9 | 297,000 |
| 18 | THE LIVING ROOM | Channel 10 | 290,000 |
| 19 | HOT SEAT 5PM | Channel 9 | 276,000 |
| 20 | SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 270,000 |
Friday TV Sports FTA and STV
NRL
#NRLManlyRoosters 1,295,000
Nine/Gem Metro 937,000 (Metro 608,000 Regional 329,000)
Fox League 358,000