AFL grand final averages 2.7m for Seven

Seven’s coverage of the AFL grand final between Hawthorn and Fremantle saw its audience fall from last year with 2.717m metro viewers watching the game according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTAM. Last year’s game attracted 3.2m.

Yesterday’s game dominated Melbourne’s viewing, with an average audience in the city of 1.279m.

Meanwhile the most watched program in Sydney was Nine’s coverage of the NRL preliminary final between Sydney Roosters and Newcastle Knights which averaged 627,000. A further 377,000 tuned in in Brisbane.

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.

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Gene 29 Sep 13

Sydney (2012) was always going to attract a bigger audience than Freo this year.

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