Better Home & Gardens tops AFL and NRL in Friday night battle

March 25, 2017 11:55

The Seven Network’s Friday night staple, Better Homes & Gardens, proved to be the most popular commercial show on a Friday night where news and the ABC’s Broadchurch led the ratings.

Better Homes & Gardens topped the commercial shows on Friday night.

The lifestyle show drew an average audience of 585,000 viewers at 7pm, short of the ABC show’s, 640,000 at 8.30pm, but enough to make it the most watched non-news show of the night on the commercial networks.

The second day of the new AFL season also delivered for Seven with 518,000 tuning in to the match between the Western Bulldogs and Collingwood on the main channel in Melbourne and Adelaide.

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Simon Canning

Simon Canning was Mumbrella's marketing and advertising editor from 2015-2017. In a career spanning journalism and communications over more than 30 years Simon has become one of Australia’s most respected analysts and commentators on the advertising, marketing and media industries. A regular commentator on radio and TV, Simon has also worked in media in the US and UK .

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