Seven’s Catching Milat watched by 1.387m as 315,000 watch A-League grand final on SBS
Part one of Seven’s two part mini-series Catching Milat which explores the tracking and arrest of backpacker serial killer Ivan Milat grabbed a metro audience of 1.387m in the 8.45pm timeslot, to be the most-watched non-news show of the evening.
Catching Milat was the most-watched show amongst the key advertising demographics of people aged 25-54 and 18-49, while Ten’s Masterchef was the most-watched show amongst people aged 16-39, despite being beaten for the first time this series by a resurgent House Rules.
Both shows helped Seven secure an audience winning
share of 27.9 per cent, well ahead of Nine’s share of 17.1 per cent. Ten claimed a solid third place share of 15.1 per cent, while the ABC managed a share of 11.2 per cent.
The A-League grand final, which saw Melbourne Victory thump Sydney FC, was watched by 315,000 at 4.30pm on a delayed broadcast. Fox Sports managed 251,000 for the live broadcast of the match, making it th most-watched show of the day on pay-TV.
The post-match broadcast on SBS was watched by 295,000, while 120,000 stayed for the post match making on Fox Sports.
It helped SBS grab an audience share of 5.9 per cent, up from last Sunday’s share of 4.3 per cent.
Meanwhile, in the 7.30pm timeslot, Masterchef was watched by 1.043m, beating Nine’s Reno Rumble which pulled in 841,000 metro viewers.
Both shows were beaten by Seven’s House Rules’ whole house reveal, which from 7pm, was watched by 1.154m, up on last week’s two hour special which was watched by 931,000 metro viewers.
On Ten at 8.30pm, Shark Tank was watched by 559,000, while Nine’s 60 Minutes grabbed an audience of 740,000.
The ABC had a quiet evening with Animal Super Senses pulling in an audience of 601,000 and Poldark grabbing an audience of 597,000. Top of the Lake at 9.30pm was watched by 324,000.
In news, Seven News won the night with a metro audience of 1.450m while Nine News grabbed 1.265m viewers at 6pm.
Top 15 Shows:
1 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Network 7 1,450,000
2 CATCHING MILAT Network 7 1,387,000
3 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Network 9 1,265,000
4 HOUSE RULES – WHOLE HOUSE REVEAL Network 7 1,154,000
5 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN Network TEN 1,043,000
6 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV Network ABC 922,000
7 RENO RUMBLE -SUN Network 9 841,000
8 60 MINUTES Network 9 740,000
9 MODERN FAMILY Network TEN 699,000
10 ANIMAL SUPER SENSES-EV Network ABC 601,000
11 POLDARK-EV Network ABC 597,000
12 SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL Network 7 565,000
13 SHARK TANK Network TEN 559,000
14 MODERN FAMILY RPT Network TEN 457,000
15 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS SUN Network TEN 450,000
Audience Share:
Network 7 27.9%
Network 9 17.1%
Network TEN 15.1%
Network ABC 11.2%
Network SBS ONE 5.9%
Network GO! 4.1%
Network 7mate 3.3%
Network 7TWO 3.1%
Network ELEVEN 3.0%
Network ABC2 2.3%
Network ONE 2.2%
Network Gem 2.2%
Network ABC News 24 1.0%
Network SBS 2 1.0%
Network ABC3 0.5%
Network NITV 0.1% 0.1%
Total Audience Share:
Network 7 TTL 34.3%
Network 9 TTL 23.4%
Network TEN TTL 20.2%
Network ABC TTL 15.0%
Network SBS TTL 7.1% 5.4%
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I’m always surprised at how poorly soccer rates in this country. The pinnacle of the game – its own grand final – and it struggles to beat Peppa Pig! Meanwhile a mid-table game between Newcastle and Wests and a match of similar import in AFL – between Collingwood and Richmond – easily have more viewers.
Is it due to the game being screened on SBS? Are some remotes just stuck on channels 7 and 9?
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@Jacob: it still did an extra 251k on Fox Sports, which is pretty substantial for pay TV. It’s a very different game to NRL and AFL and I can see why people can get frustrated by the stop / start of it and all the dives. I think it’s a better atmosphere at the game than from the TV.
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No mate, it’s just the reality of soccers support. I’m told that 300,000,000 (that’s 300 million) watched the game. LMFAO
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Jacob – the SBS broadcast was delayed by 1 hr. Amazing they got 295,000 – anyone who wanted to watch this would simply go down the pub or to a mate’s place.
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I was at a packed pub. Nobody wants to watch a football final on delay.
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@Jacob. It’s ‘football’ not soccer… 😉
It was aired live on Fox, (the SBS coverage was a replay) and most loyal fans would have watched live at the pub (Foxtel).
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Agree with C – much better being there than watching it on TV. Same with AFL but the opposite for NRL
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@jacob, @C. Have to agree, surely the grand final of any sport would rate higher.
GF Should have possibly gone to Sydney as the market and population in general appreciate the stop/start of the game a bit more. The atmosphere at a A-league game is second to none, wish tahs could have that much passion.
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Soccer’s crap to watch compared to AFL and NRL. Fairly simple, really.
Aussies know that.
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