NRL tips ratings week to Nine

Seven was leading the ratings across last week -until a strong Saturday share pushed Nine across the line in Total People.

An NRL Semi-Final drew 690,000 metro viewers and helped Nine to a 36.5% Saturday share (an extra multichannel also aided Nine across the line). But Seven led the week in primary channels.

Newcomers SAS Australia and The Masked Singer did respectable business, but Making It landed under 500,000 and will need to build. Inside Central Station topped the week on SBS at 243,000.

While Today managed its first win in 3 years, Sunrise finished on top with 265,000 to Nine’s 243,000.

Network:
Nine: 29.3
Seven: 29.1
10: 18.3
ABC: 15.4
SBS: 7.9

Primary channel:
Seven: 21.4
Nine: 20.7
10: 11.8
ABC: 11.2
SBS: 4.6

Multichannel:
9GEM / 10 BOLD: 3.4
7TWO: 3.2
7mate: 2.6
9GO! / 10 Peach: 2.3
ABC Kids TV Plus: 2.1
7flix / 9Life: 1.9
ABC News: 1.8
SBS VICELAND: 1.3
9RUSH / SBS Food: 1.0
SBS World Movies: 0.9
10 Shake: 0.8
ABC ME: 0.3
NITV: 0.2

Nine led the demos 16-39 and 25-54.

Seven led on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Nine won Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. ABC bettered 10 on Friday & Saturday.

Seven won Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth. Nine won Sydney & Brisbane.

Best brands last week were:

Nine: Nine News (Sun: 1.23m), The Block (Sun: 952,000), A Current Affair (746,000) and NRL (SF2: 690,000).

Seven: The Voice (Winner ann: 1.38m), Seven News (Sun: 1.11m), SAS Australia (Wed: 654,000) and Home & Away (615,000).

10: Australian Survivor (Winner ann: 935,000), The Masked Singer (Launch: 760,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (641,000), Gogglebox (610,000) and The Project (7pm: 446,000).

ABC: ABC News (718,000), Four Corners (618,000), Australian Story (607,000) and 7:30 (597,000).

SBS: Inside Central Station (243,000), Who Do You Think You Are? (235,000), Tony Robinson’s World by Rail (224,000) and 10 Mistakes that Sank the Titanic (190,000).

Infograph supplied by Nine.