Another massive State of Origin Rugby League NSW v Qld 1st – Match (1st – 2,432,000), though down slightly on last year. MasterChef Australia (8th – 937,000) still pulls nearly one million viewers despite the competition on Nine; Seven basically rolled over with its programming choices. ABC pushed on to see The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (20th – 448,000) & The Agony of Life (21st – 444,000) draw reasonable results as well.
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 NSW v Qld 1st – Pre Match – Ch9
8:30pm: State of Origin Rugby League NSW v Qld 1st – Match – Ch9
9:30pm: State of Origin Rugby League NSW v Qld 1st – Match – Ch9
Nine Network won the night (44.4%), followed by Seven Network (21.3%), Ten Network (17.2%), ABC Network (12.4%) & SBS (4.7%).