All Origin, all the time. State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 3rd – Match (1st – 2,207,000) draws big numbers, though the lowest of the three games this year. MasterChef Australia (8th – 936,000) still drew nearly 1 million viewers AND the first session of The Mid Year Ashes: First Test-Eng v Aus Session1 – D1 (678,000) over on GEM AT THE SAME TIME (offering GEM it’s best share ever at 12.1%).
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: Nine News 6:30 – Ch9
7:00pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:30pm: State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 3rd – Pre Match – Ch9
8:30pm: State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 3rd – Game – Ch9
9:30pm: State of Origin Rugby League Qld v NSW 3rd – Game/Post Match – Ch9
Nine Network won the night (46.7%), followed by Seven Network (19.2%), Ten Network (16.2%), ABC Network (12.4%) & SBS (5.4%).