NRL outrates AFL but Seven still beats Nine on Friday night

Alex Hayes

June 25, 2016 1:12

Better Homes and Gardens and a strong finish for gameshow The Chase helped Channel Seven to a win on Friday night, despite Nine’s NRL offering outrating the AFL on its primary channel, according to OzTam overnight metro ratings.

Nine’s screening of the match between the Panthers and Rabbitohs managed 422,000 viewers in Sydney and Brisbane, while the AFL match up between Eddie McGuire’s Collingwood and the Dockers could only muster 362,000 in response.

Penrith’s victory over the Rabbitohs had 422,000 viewers in Sydney and Brisbane

However Seven News at 6pm topped the night with 1.049m ahead of Nine News’ 1.020m, while Better Homes and Gardens at 7pm had 737,000 viewers, the highest rating non-news show of the night.

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Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017 in roles including editor and head of Mumbrella Bespoke.

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