Football fever sees The Footy Show draw 979,000, while Amazing Race finale draws just 416,000

September 26, 2014 10:33

The Footy Show performed very strongly in certain states last night drawing a metro audience of 979,000 two days before the AFL grand final, while the finale Seven’s of the Amazing Race drew a lacklustre 416,000 viewers in response.

The AFL version of the program, which was screened at 8.40pm in the code’s heartland cities, drew 535,000 viewers in Melbourne, 110,000 in Adelaide and 97,000 in Perth. Sydney and Brisbane had 159,000 and 77,000 viewers respectively at 9.40pm, with the NRL grand final still a week away.

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With fans tuning in for football audiences were well down for Nine’s reality series Big Brother with only 310,000 viewers watching the program in Sydney and Brisbane where it screened in the 8.40pm slot, while in the other states the show was screened on multi-channel Go! where it drew less than 100,000 viewers with 57,000 people in Melbourne, 20,000 in Adelaide and 18,000 in Perth.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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