AFL Grand Final - Capital City TV Ratings

[Beaussie]

Still yet to see any regional figures and interesting to see the audience went up in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth for the Grand Final Presentations. Also more football TV viewers in Sydney than Adelaide.

The Who We Are update: The game they play in Melbourne

The Grand Final clinched the week for Seven and went into the record books (to see where it fits with the most watched shows of the 21st cenury, go to The culture. The prime time audience shares for the week were: Seven 29.9 per cent, Nine 27.1, Ten 20.0, ABC 17.8, SBS 5.2.

Description Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth

1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 2,583,000 382,000 1,284,000 256,000 335,000 327,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL Seven 2,460,000 320,000 1,289,000 226,000 300,000 326,000

http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/archives/2008/09/the_who_we_are_10.html

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Those are very healthy figures for Sydney, considering the Swans were not even playing.

 

[Beaussie]

Those are very healthy figures for Sydney, considering the Swans were not even playing.

Indeed, they are great figures for Sydney without the Swans in the GF. The AFL was a ratings winner in Sydney.

 

[Kahuna]

Would be very concerned if there were more viewers in Adelaide than Sydney.

 

[lions_den]

Those are very healthy figures for Sydney, considering the Swans were not even playing.

They are crap figures. Look at the size of Sydney. 4 times bigger than Brisbane but only had 100k more viewers

 

[tonk]

They are crap figures. Look at the size of Sydney. 4 times bigger than Brisbane but only had 100k more viewers

Great figures for Brisbane then.

 

[Beaussie]

They are crap figures. Look at the size of Sydney. 4 times bigger than Brisbane but only had 100k more viewers

Surely the AFL easily winning the timeslots in Sydney and Brisbane is what matters most.

 

[Beaussie]

The following just goes to show how important a successful Sydney is to the AFL.

2.58m goal for Seven’s AFL
By David Knox on September 28, 2008

Channel Seven’s broadcast of the AFL Grand Final was the biggest television audience of the year -outside of its own Olympics coverage.

A whopping 2.58m viewers watched the Geelong v Hawthorn match, up on 2007’s 2.57m viewers.

The biggest audience tuned in for the end of the game, when the Presentations were shown.

In Melbourne alone 1.28m viewers watched the event, followed by Sydney (382,000), Adelaide (335,000), Perth (327,000), and Brisbane (256,000).

The previous biggest non-Olympic audience this year was the Australian Open final (2.35m) whichw as outside of ratings. The third State of Origin match hit 2.14m.

The 2005 Grand Final won by the Sydney Swans remains the biggest AFL audience with 3.39m while Beijing’s Opening Ceremony remains the year’s best with 3.31m viewers.

http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/09/258m-goal-for-sevens-afl.html

 

[CQTiger]

Maybe Seven may learn from this and have a live feed into QLD and NSW on Friday night finals games instead of the crap 1 hour delay watching Better Homes and Gardens

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Surely the AFL easily winning the timeslots in Sydney and Brisbane is what matters most.

What? It was a Saturday afternoon! It was up against fierce competition like old movies on Nine and Totally Australia on Ten. I'd be pretty ****ing worried if it hadn't of easily won the timeslot in Sydney and Brisbane!

 

[finders]

2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

Here are the rating figures for the GF 383,000 in Sydney is a surprise esp on a Sat arvo!
The figure is most likely 4 to 5 million when you take into account the the huge number of people watching in regional areas,Pubs,Clubs and BBQs around the nation!

1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 2,583,000 382,000 1,284,000 256,000 335,000 327,000
2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL Seven 2,460,000 320,000 1,289,000 226,000 300,000 326,0003 Seven’s AFL: Grand Final: Post-Match Seven 2.009
4 Seven News Seven 2.006
5 Seven’s AFL: Grand Final Pre-Match Entertainment Seven 1.640
6 Movie: Cars Seven 1.195
7 ABC News ABC 1.109
8 Seven’s AFL: Grand Final Countdown Seven 1.037
9 Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show Nine 0.981m
10 National Nine News Saturday Nine 0.936m
11 Movie: Knight Rider Seven 0.902m
12 Rugby League Final Series Pf2 Nine 0.898m

 

[strategy]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

They couldnt be bothered showing the players of the Hawks singing the club song after the game .

I saw it today on ch 9 .

 

[Fire]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

I have no idea how this stacks up with other years, but I am suprised that only about 13% of Australians tuned in to watch it.

 

[HBF]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

They couldnt be bothered showing the players of the Hawks singing the club song after the game .

I saw it today on ch 9 .

That was friggin' awful by 7 to go to the news when it was clear the players weren't that far away from signing the song. Disgraceful effort!

 

[Monkster]

What? It was a Saturday afternoon! It was up against fierce competition like old movies on Nine and Totally Australia on Ten. I'd be pretty ****ing worried if it hadn't of easily won the timeslot in Sydney and Brisbane!

You're assuming that people in Brisbane and Sydney have nothing better to do on a Saturday arvo except watch tv

 

[Dont be a lemon]

No, I'm assuming that the majority of people who ARE watching TV on Saturday afternoon would watch the Grand Final, not 40-year-old movies and cheap filler programming.

 

[RRRooocccaaa]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

That was friggin' awful by 7 to go to the news when it was clear the players weren't that far away from signing the song. Disgraceful effort!

Especially as half the news coverage is about the Grand Final anyway!

 

[magic_johnson!]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

That was friggin' awful by 7 to go to the news when it was clear the players weren't that far away from signing the song. Disgraceful effort!

lol, in WA, they didnt even cut to the news. they cut to a show about sharks

 

[Red_and_white]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

I have no idea how this stacks up with other years, but I am suprised that only about 13% of Australians tuned in to watch it.

I wouldn't worry about that. The TV ratings can only be accurate when compared on a very specific basis to other TV ratings, not really as a figure for how many actually watched the game.

Last year:

AFL GRAND FINAL GEELONG V PORT ADELAIDE Ten 2,572,000 321,000 1,214,000 272,000 378,000 386,000

 

[hawks_time]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

I have no idea how this stacks up with other years, but I am suprised that only about 13% of Australians tuned in to watch it.

Probably a bit more considering how many people go to friends and family for BBQs and what not.

 

[richcogs]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

I watched it at a mates place with about 50 others.

 

[pepsi]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

The true number of people that watch the Grand Final, especially in Melbourne is impossible to figure out. The majority of people I know go to some party or a bbq and watch it with a bunch of other people. Not to mention people watching it at fed square, other live sites, pubs around the state, footy clubs showing it. It would be interesting if someone figured out a rough number of actual people watching the game.

 

[Kerrby]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

I have no idea how this stacks up with other years, but I am suprised that only about 13% of Australians tuned in to watch it.

Im sure the thousands of immigrants have no idea what football is.

 

[Guus_Hiddink]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

Im sure the thousands of immigrants have no idea what football is.

You are a deadset redneck

 

[CursoryMercenary]

Re: 2.6 Million watch AFL GF on 7

Grand Final day is awesome you can't beat it, the build up is brillant and I love the night before when they have Grand Final Marathons on.

Channel 7 did a great job this year in broadcasting the Grand Final their first since 2001. They showed Ten how it should be done.

I was glad there was no 5 min warning bullcrap either