Wanna make the world a better place? Watch the footy on TV
Close to two million people tuned into the first match of the women’s State of Origin on Thursday night.
The match reached 1.98 million viewers, with an average audience of 941,000 for the two-hour broadcast. Over a quarter-of-a-million of those even stuck around for the post-match wrap-up – which, given it is just commentators summarising the game we all just finished watching, is pretty impressive, all told.
It certainly trounced the AFL’s Thursday night game over on Seven, which had an average audience of 561,000. In fact, the women’s Origin was second only to Seven News in the ratings for the evening. And Seven News beats everything, every night. Therefore, like The Simpsons and The Beatles, it is an outlier and doesn’t count. So, the women’s footy won the ratings! Yay!
The live game itself (it’s not just a TV show!) at Suncorp Stadium had record attendance of 25,492 – an incredible turnout, especially given it’s a school night.
