It’s all State Of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 3rd Game (Match: 1st – 2,626,000; Post-Match: 2nd – 2,328,000; Pre-Match: 3rd – 1,568,000), and rightly so with one of the most hotly contested games in a long time – and resulting in the highest rating Origin game on TV ever!

MasterChef Australia (6th – 1,255,000) still strongly against the football, and Offspring (11th – 894,000) did well also, considering. For the first of the finals, Australia’s Got Talent (13th – 805,000) didn’t deliver enough viewers, though scary to think that a big part of it’s key demo was watching Rugby League as well.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: MasterChef Australia – Ch10
7:30pm: State Of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 3rd Game (Pre/Match) – Ch9
8:30pm: State Of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 3rd Game (Match) – Ch9
9:30pm: State Of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 3rd Game (Match/Post) – Ch9

Channel 9 won the night (33.7%), followed by Channel 7 (16.8%), Channel 10 (15.2%) & ABC1 (8.1%).