AFL brings home week for Seven

It’s no wonder networks are chasing the AFL broadcast rights so aggressively.

Last week Nine was on track to take out the ratings week -until AFL Finals delivered huge shares Seven’s way: 39.3%, 42.3% and 45.1% from Thursday – Saturday.

That was enough to give Seven claim the week despite the might of The Block on Nine.

Elsewhere ABC outranked 10 on five of seven nights, finished in third pole position.

Network:
Seven: 32.9
Nine: 27.5
ABC: 16.2
10: 15.6
SBS: 7.8

Primary channel:
Seven: 24.2
Nine: 20.0
ABC: 12.0
10: 10.1
SBS: 4.0

Multichannels:
7mate: 4.4
7TWO: 3.0
10 Peach: 2.6
9GO! / 10 Bold: 2.2
9GEM / ABC Kids TV Plus: 2.1
9Life: 1.9
ABC News: 1.7
SBS VICELAND: 1.4
7flix: 1.3
9RUSH / SBS Food: 1.2
SBS World Movies: 1.1
10 Shake: 0.8
ABC ME: 0.4
NITV: 0.2
SBS World Watch: 0.0

Nine won Sunday – Wednesday. Seven claimed Thursday – Saturday. ABC bettered 10 on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Seven led in Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth. Nine was victorious in Sydney & Brisbane.

Best brands last week were

Seven: Seven News (Sat: 948,000), Seven’s AFL (Friday: 868,000), MKR (Winner announced: 633,000) and Home & Away (600,000).

Nine: The Block (Sun: 981,000), Nine News (Sun: 922,000), A Current Affair (618,000) and 60 Minutes (477,000).

ABC: Vera (597,000), Nine News (Sun: 579,000), Back Roads (540,000) and Spicks & Specks (520,000).

10: The Masked Singer (Final reveal: 713,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (566,000), The Amazing Race (Launch: 451,000) and Gogglebox (381,000).

SBS: Great Coastal Railway Journeys and Tony Robinson’s History of Britain (both 164,000), Secret Scotland (146,000) and DNA Family Secrets (131,000).

Infogram supplied by Nine: