The Footy Show scores viewers for Nine while Ten is left wanting
Channel Ten closed the case on true crime investigation show Wanted to 422,000 viewers last night as 1.202m turned to The Footy Show on Channel Nine instead.
With 1.2m viewers, The Footy Show was the most watched program of the night and the top show in people 25-54, preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam show.
The Footy Show was also the top program in Melbourne, where the AFL finals will be held this weekend. It was also followed by an AFL Footy Show: Grand Final Edition marking the end of the series at 10.30pm, which had 186,000 viewers in the five cities.
Ten’s Wanted: Case Closed was fourth in the 8.30pm timeslot and 21st overall. However it did slightly better in Ten’s target demographic of 25-54s where the program was rated 16th for the night.
I gave up trying to watch the Footy Show because 9 runs in after the rugby league Footy Show. It would not be hard for them to run it on one of the other 9 channels at a reasonable hour. Maybe they do not want to kill off the rugby league Footy Show if it was in direct competition with the better product coming out of Melbourne.