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Queensland’s close-fought victory over NSW delivers all-time ratings record for Nine

An agonisingly close State of Origin decider between Queensland and NSW delivered huge ratings for Nine, with the match seeing 2.626m viewers tune in to witness victory for the maroons.

It was a record rating for the rugby league finale, pipping last year’s record-busting audience figure by 158,000 viewers, and winning the night in every key ad demographic for the three hours it aired from 7.30pm.

Combined, State of Origin delivered a whopping audience – the post-match analysis rated with 2.328m, while the pre-match build up brought in 1.568m, according to preliminary ratings from OzTam.

Its closest non-news rival on the night was Ten’s MasterChef, which went well in the 7pm to 8.30pm time slot bringing in 1.255m viewers, and ranking second to State of Origin in all advertising demos.

State of Origin tamed Australia’s Got Talent on Seven, which drew an audience of 805,000 from 7.30pm to 10pm.

The second episode of BAFTA-winning British comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys, on for an hour from 9pm on Seven, was down from its near-million debut last night, slipping to 864,000 viewers.

In channel share, Nine was a runaway success with 33.7% share, doubling nearest rival Seven on 16.8%. Ten was close behind on 15.2% and ABC on 8.1%.

Wednesday’s top 15 shows

  1. State of Origin III – Match – Nine 2.626m
  2. State of Origin III – Post-Match – Nine 2.328m
  3. State of Origin III – Pre-Match – Nine 1.568m
  4. Seven News – Seven 1.339m
  5. Nine News – Nine 1.260m
  6. Masterchef – Ten 1.255m
  7. Today Tonight – Seven 1.176m
  8. A Current Affair – Nine 1.073m
  9. Home and Away – Seven 0.971m
  10. ABC News – ABC 0.907m
  11. Offspring – Ten 0.894m
  12. Mrs Brown’s Boys – Seven 0.864m
  13. Australia’s Got Talent – Seven 0.805m
  14. Ten News – Ten 0.774m
  15. Hot Seat – Nine 0.710m

Wednesday’s channel share

  1. Nine: 33.7%
  2. Seven: 16.8%
  3. Ten: 15.2%
  4. ABC1: 8.1%
  5. SBS1: 5.4%
  6. 7TWO: 3.8%
  7. Eleven: 3.0%
  8. 7mate: 2.9%
  9. ABC2: 2.7%
  10. GO!: 2.6%
  11. Gem: 2.0%
  12. One: 1.4%
  13. ABC3: 1.0%
  14. SBS2: 0.8%
  15. ABC News 24: 0.6%

 

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