AFL pushes Seven across the line on Tuesday
Ratings: The Block leads tight battle, Masked Singer tops demos, while AFL makes up for Seven shortcomings.
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It was an AFL game on 7mate that helped pushed Seven to a Tuesday night network win, and not its brand new reality show.
The 7mate match drew 200,000 viewers in Perth & Adelaide where it screened, helping to nudge Seven to a network share despite its primary channel trailing Nine’s.
Meanwhile there was a three way battle going on last night with The Block (692,000), Anh’s Brush with Fame (682,000) and The Masked Singer (681,000 rising to 797,000 for the reveal of Julia Morris as Kitten). 10’s show beat Nine’s across the demos for the full show.
Next were 7:30 (565,000), Plate of Origin (419,000) and Great Asian Railway Journeys (256,000).
Later Further Back in Time for Dinner won its slot for ABC at 582,000 then Halifax: Retribution (479,000) and Inside the Crown: Secrets of the Royals (305,00).
Seven network won Tuesday wth 28.0% then Nine 27.3%, 10 18.4%, ABC 17.0% and SBS 9.4%.
Seven News was #1 with 1.03m / 942,000 for Seven. The Chase (566,000 / 344,000) and Home & Away (552,000) followed.
Nine News (971,000 / 946,000) was best for Nine then A Current Affair (732,000) and Hot Seat (503,000 / 295,000). Bluff City Law debuted at 214,000.
The Project drew 532,000 /335,000 for 10. 10 News First (366,000 / 248,000) and movie: Miss Congeniality 2 was 218,000.
ABC News led its slot on 721,000. The Great Acceleration (229,000) and The Drum (197,000) followed.
On SBS it was SBS World News (183,000), Insight (151,000), Dateline (108,000), Mastermind (85,000) and The Feed (73,000).
Sunrise: 259,000
Today: 231,000
News Breakfast: 140,000 / 57,000
OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 1 September 2020
- Tagged with 10 News First, 7:30, A Current Affair, ABC News, Anh’s Brush with Fame, Bluff City Law, Dateline, Further Back In Time for Dinner, Great Asian Railway Journeys, Halifax: Retribution, Home & Away, Hot Seat, Inside The Crown: Secrets of the Royals, Insight, Mastermind, News Breakfast, Nine News, Plate of Origin, SBS World News, Seven News, Sunrise, The Block, The Chase, The Drum, The Feed, The Great Acceleration, The Masked Singer, The Project, Today
28 Responses
Does three reruns of POO the next day 12-5pm have any effect on primetime broadcast? It does in our house.
Julia Morris had us in stitches singing unmasked last night, love her to bits
Loved the Masked Singer. The unsung hero is Osher. He is a great host in my opinion. He would do well hosting the Logies.
Agreed, Osher is a great host, very enthusiastic, good looking, and his suits have grown on me
As the years go by, I swear he is morphing more and more into Guy Smiley. The ultimate host!!
POO numbers do look pretty bad
But in this context with Masked Singer and Block also scoring low ratings, it probably isn’t as tragic.
MKR got mid 400k when MAFS got 900k+
The numbers across the board were all low, any reason?
AFL in 2 cities.
Adelaide Crows got their first win of the season (that’s actually the game that aired in Adelaide), landing in prime time for 90min. Though 70k-odd is really low, considering they’re bottom of the ladder, most of the city has given up on them it seems for 2020.
Appears to be some clever coding by 7mate, with both the Adelaide and Perth markets showing different matches in different time zones, by Host Broadcaster Fox Footy (Hawthorn vs Adelaide / West Coast vs Essendon).
>> with both the Adelaide and Perth markets showing different matches in different time zones <<
Adelaide screened live locally at 5:00pm
Perth screened live locally from 6:00pm
>> Though 70k-odd is really low <<
I think that has more to do with the game being on 7Mate, and Seven's complete lack of promotion.
I think its got to do with the two teams. They both won’t appear in the finals race this year because of the number of wins.
Imagine if they had put both the Adelaide and WA games on the main channel in those markets and bumped POO, would have had way better ratings.
Will be interesting to see how broadcasting changes for AFL in 2021 and if Seven pushes for mid week matches to get the ratings.
It’s good to see things becoming a bit more competitive at breakfast
Looks like the disparity between Sunrise and Today is tightening.
David, during the final chase on Monday night’s episode of The Chase Australia, Issa dropped the s word which was uncensored. To me, profanity shouldn’t be a concern, but do you know if Seven broke any broadcasting laws?
Not the first time he has dropped the S word, but is it really considered profanity these days, such a tame word compared to others.
@Gaz, I didn’t know that he has made similar comments in the past. I was taken aback as Issa is very innocent and found it to be egodystonic. However, I’m in complete agreement with you, there are more extreme expletives out there.
Danny. You win word of the day for egodystonic. Well played, sir. : )
Thanks Craig, I am usually met with resistance, so I will happily accept your compliment. Thank you :)
“compared to others” at 5pm?
G Classification. Language: Very mild coarse language considered socially offensive or discriminatory may only be used infrequently when absolutely justified by the story line or program context.
Thanks David Knox, you always have an answer for everything :)
Ha no, but do what I can, cheers.
It is very much appreciated David. The quality and quantity of content on your site is immeasurable and something I would pay a subscription fee (not to give you any ideas though).
I believe Issa says “shoot” not shit, and has discussed this with fans on Instagram. Easy to mistake.
POO’s turned out to be a bit of a stinker.