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2.2m tune in for Roosters victory in NRL grand final

roosters logoSunday’s NRL Grand Final featuring Sydney teams Manly Sea Eagles and Sydney Roosters rated a metro audience 2.179m last night – down on last year, but up on last time there was an all-Sydney final, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTAM.

Last year’s Grand Final – between Melbourne Storm and Canterbury Bulldogs – rated 2.401m.

The ratings are the biggest all-Sydney clash since 2003’s Sydney Roosters vs Penrith Panthers match, Nine said. The network said that with regional figures, the audience for yesterday’s game rose to an average of 3.315m.

The audience included 1.049m watching in Sydney. The OzTAM ratings do not take in account out of home viewing such as those watching in pubs.

Last weekend, the AFL grand final rated 2.717m for Seven.

Seven’s best performer of Sunday was The X factor, whcih rated 1.246m and was top show of the day in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Nine’s slice of Sunday evening’s viewing audience in Sydney was huge – with a share iof 58 per cent. Seven’s share was 13.6 per cent, ABC1 6.8 per cent, while Ten’s was just 5.5 per cent.

Across the five cities, Nine had a 35.1 per cent share, Seven was on 20.5 per cent, ABC1 was on 9.6 per cent and Ten was on 9.1 per cent.

Network share:

  • Nine: 35.1%
  • Seven: 20.5%
  • ABC1: 9.6%
  • Ten: 9.1%
  • 7TWO 3.7%
  • Gem: 3.6%
  • SBS1: 3.2%
  • 7mate: 3.0%
  • One: 2.9%
  • Eleven: 2.6%
  • GO!: 2.6%
  • ABC2: 2.0%
  • ABC News 24: 1.0%
  • SBS2: 0.5%
  • ABC3: 0.4%
  • NITV: 0.1%

Sunday’s top 15:

  1. NRL: Rugby League Grand Final Nine 2.179m
  2. The X Factor Seven 1.246m
  3. NRL: Rugby League Grand Final – Pre-Match Nine 1.233m
  4. Nine News Nine 1.148m
  5. NRL: Rugby League Grand Final – Presentations Nine 1.032m
  6. Seven News Seven 1.003m
  7. Sunday Night Seven 0.936m
  8. ABC News ABC 0.717m
  9. Kakadu ABC 0.699m
  10. Bones Seven 0.621m
  11. Castle Seven 0.604m
  12. The Hangover 2 Nine 0.597m
  13. Modern Family – Episode 1 Ten 0.562m
  14. Modern Family – Episode 2 Ten 0.554m
  15. Elementary Ten 0.539m

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