Footy season kicks off ratings win for Nine
The NRL season kicked off on Channel Nine last night with the ‘Grand Opener’ helping it win more than 28 per cent of the audience share on the main channel, despite only airing in two markets.
Nine had 756,000 people watching in Sydney and Brisbane for the NRL season opener in which the Sydney South Rabbitohs defeated the Sydney Roosters, gaining the biggest audience of the night in both markets. Seven had 869,000 people watching Home and Away from 7pm until 8pm and 819,000 for Border Security, on until 8.30pm.
Meanwhile The Block had 644,000 metro viewers in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, from 7.30pm to 8.30pm, ranking 15th for the night despite only being aired in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth. The Block was also the second most timeshifted show gaining 118,000 viewers during the last seven days.
How long with these ratings and the hammering on revenue as publicly audited is the CEO going to last. Identify apart from Big Bash and Olympic games short term fixes only, what has he done apart from pocket a quiet 5m into his bank account.