AFL helps Seven to Friday ratings win as Nine drops below 10% share in Perth

Seven continued its dominance of the Easter break from the official ratings period on Friday. 

Seven News was the top rating show with preliminary overnight ratings across the five city metro of 898,000 to Nine News’ 816,000.

Meanwhile, Seven’s Friday Night Football – featuring AFL teams Collingwood and Richmond – dominated in Melbourne and Adelaide, rating 446,000 and 106,000 respectively, making it the most watched program in both cities.

Ten’s best performer was the Living Room, with an average five city metro audience of 553,000.

In the battle of the morning shows, Seven’s Sunrise had a narrow win over Nine’s Today, by 299,000 to 292,000.

Seven won the night with a share of 25.4%, ahead of Nine’s 16.8% and Ten’s 12% share. ABC rated 10.6%.

Meanwhile, 7Mate was the top rating of the secondary channels with a 4.3% share nationally.

Nine fared particularly badly in Perth where it reached just a 9.5% share, behind Seven (20.3%); Ten (11.6%); ABC (11.3%), and level pegging with 7Mate which also hit 9.5%.