Seven’s Catching Milat watched by 1.387m as 315,000 watch A-League grand final on SBS
Part one of Seven’s two part mini-series Catching Milat which explores the tracking and arrest of backpacker serial killer Ivan Milat grabbed a metro audience of 1.387m in the 8.45pm timeslot, to be the most-watched non-news show of the evening.
Catching Milat was the most-watched show amongst the key advertising demographics of people aged 25-54 and 18-49, while Ten’s Masterchef was the most-watched show amongst people aged 16-39, despite being beaten for the first time this series by a resurgent House Rules.
Both shows helped Seven secure an audience winning
share of 27.9 per cent, well ahead of Nine’s share of 17.1 per cent. Ten claimed a solid third place share of 15.1 per cent, while the ABC managed a share of 11.2 per cent.
I’m always surprised at how poorly soccer rates in this country. The pinnacle of the game – its own grand final – and it struggles to beat Peppa Pig! Meanwhile a mid-table game between Newcastle and Wests and a match of similar import in AFL – between Collingwood and Richmond – easily have more viewers.
Is it due to the game being screened on SBS? Are some remotes just stuck on channels 7 and 9?
@Jacob: it still did an extra 251k on Fox Sports, which is pretty substantial for pay TV. It’s a very different game to NRL and AFL and I can see why people can get frustrated by the stop / start of it and all the dives. I think it’s a better atmosphere at the game than from the TV.
No mate, it’s just the reality of soccers support. I’m told that 300,000,000 (that’s 300 million) watched the game. LMFAO
Jacob – the SBS broadcast was delayed by 1 hr. Amazing they got 295,000 – anyone who wanted to watch this would simply go down the pub or to a mate’s place.
I was at a packed pub. Nobody wants to watch a football final on delay.
@Jacob. It’s ‘football’ not soccer… 😉
It was aired live on Fox, (the SBS coverage was a replay) and most loyal fans would have watched live at the pub (Foxtel).
Agree with C – much better being there than watching it on TV. Same with AFL but the opposite for NRL
@jacob, @C. Have to agree, surely the grand final of any sport would rate higher.
GF Should have possibly gone to Sydney as the market and population in general appreciate the stop/start of the game a bit more. The atmosphere at a A-league game is second to none, wish tahs could have that much passion.
Soccer’s crap to watch compared to AFL and NRL. Fairly simple, really.
Aussies know that.