Seven kicked its way to victory in the overnight TV ratings with its broadcast of the AFL featuring a clash between the North Melbourne Kangaroos and the Western Bulldogs. More than 1.73 million people tuned into the Thursday night thriller, but the broadcaster only managed to hold onto a total TV national average audience of 594 thousand.
As the AFL regular season nears its end, every game has major repercussions on who will be playing finals and who will be packing their bags. Last nights clash between the Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne was no different.
The Bulldogs had a chance to beat the Kangaroos—a team lower on the ladder—to help it in its quest of making the top six to ultimately play finals footy. But it wasn’t to be for the inner-western Melbourne club who went down to cross-town rivals the Kangaroos.
In the match the Kangaroos led by as much as 28 points, and stayed composed to hold onto a handy 23 point victory. The win sees North Melbourne jump to 36 points, one win outside of the top 10.
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Over on Nine, the tipping point edged out its sporting content. The gameshow hosted by Todd Woodbridge pulled in a reach of 1.43 million and an average audience of 772 thousand. This came in two points higher than the NRL which attracted a reach of 1.28 million and an average audience of 505 thousand.
On the ABC, its viewership was dominated by the News.
