Seven wins ratings week despite Nine’s Origin boost

Tim Burrowes

July 1, 2018 4:18

Seven has won the ratings week despite Nine’s strong start from last Sunday’s State of Origin.

Seven finished the week with a five city metro all-people share of 19.7%, just ahead of Nine’s 19.3%. Ten was third with a share of 12.9%, ahead of the ABC’s 11.1%. And thanks to World Cup viewing, SBS performed better than usual, with a share of 7% for the week.

However, Nine won OzTam’s key advertising demographic of 25-54 with a share of 20.6% to Seven’s 19.5%.

And thanks to the big NRL game, which saw NSW win the State of Origin series, Nine also won all-people in the Eastern coast cities by 21.8% to 19.3% across the week.

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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.