AFL and NRL rule the roost for Friday night TV ratings

Tim Burrowes

May 13, 2017 11:50

Sport was the only game in town on Friday night, with Melbourne and Brisbane all about AFL, while east coast TV viewers mainly opted for NRL.

In Melbourne, Seven’s Friday Night Football featuring the West Coast Eagles versus the Western Bulldogs topped the ratings with 298,000 viewers.

A further 103,000 watched in Adelaide, making it the city’s second most watched program of the night after Seven News, despite there being no local club involved.

In Perth, where Seven screened the game on secondary channel 7mate, a further 177,000 watched the Eagles hold on for victory, making it the city’s most watched program of the evening.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.