Nine cruises to weekly win thanks to State of Origin, Ninja and The Voice

Tim Burrowes

July 14, 2019 3:14

A hat trick of hits for Nine has taken the network to an easy weekly ratings win.

Wednesday night’s State of Origin decider brought in an average metro audience of just over 2m for Nine, while The Voice grand final and launch episode of Australian Ninja Warrior both rated more than 1m.

Nine finished the ratings week with a primary total people audience share of 23.8%, ahead of Seven’s 19.5% and Ten’s 10.2%, The ABC was fourth with 9.6%.

Nine’s most dominant day was Wednesday, with a free-to-air share of 36.7%. Thanks to AFL, Seven was strongest on Friday when it pulled in a share of 25.1%.

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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.