AFL helps Seven to Friday ratings win as Nine drops below 10% share in Perth

Tim Burrowes

April 2, 2016 6:53

Seven continued its dominance of the Easter break from the official ratings period on Friday.

Seven News was the top rating show with preliminary overnight ratings across the five city metro of 898,000 to Nine News’ 816,000.

Meanwhile, Seven’s Friday Night Football – featuring AFL teams Collingwood and Richmond – dominated in Melbourne and Adelaide, rating 446,000 and 106,000 respectively, making it the most watched program in both cities.

Ten’s best performer was the Living Room, with an average five city metro audience of 553,000.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.