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Australian Football - AFL TV Ratings

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AFL- Australian Football League TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Round 1
Carlton v Richmond	T	-	466,000	32,000	119,000	141,000
Pt Adelaide v Geelong	T	29,000	366,000	31,000	180,000	100,000
Collingwood v Fremantle	SA	-	-	-	-	120,000
St Kilda v Sydney	SN	104,000	303,000	-	111,000	-
West Coast v Brisbane	SN	-	109,000	-	-	146,000
Wst Bulldogs v Adelaide	S	-	-	-	130,000	-
Nth Melb v Essendon	M	80,000	321,000	72,000	125,000	110,000
Round 2
Brisbane v Collingwood	FN	14,000	474,000	96,000	149,000	131,000
Melb v Wst Bulldogs	SA	52,000	239,000	38,000	74,000	-
Adelaide v West Coast	SA	-	-	-	40,000	121,000
St Kilda v Carlton	SN	-	365,000	48,000	130,000	-
Fremantle v Hawthorn	SN	-	-	-	-	125,000
Sydney v Pt Adelaide	S	70,200	-	-	128,900	-
Geelong v Essendon	S	8,300	328,000	68,600	129,300	74,020
Round 3
Wst Bulldogs v St Kilda	FN	19,000	446,000	13,000	131,000	114,000
Nth Melb v Hawthorn	SA	51,000	272,000	51,000	78,000	-
Wst Coast v Fremantle	SN	-	-	-	-	202,000
Essendon v Carlton	SN	-	445,000	-	114,000	106,000
Brisbane v Sydney	SN	112,000	-	114,000	-	-
Adelaide v Pt Adelaide	S	-	-	-	232,000	-
Richmond v Collingwood	S	83,000	309,000	76,000	103,000	101,000
Round 4
Essendon v Wst Bulldogs	FN	13,000	472,000	20,000	143,000	141,000
St Kilda v Geelong	SA	68,000	306,000	40,000	95,000	110,000
Sydney v West Coast	SN	118,000	333,000	-	-	179,000
Pt Adel v Brisbane	SN	-	-	85,000	126,000	-
Carlton v Collingwood	S	81,000	400,000	53,000	11,000	137,000
Hawthorn v Adelaide	S	-	37,000	-	137,000	-
Fremantle v Richmond	S	-	-	-	-	124,000
Round 5
St Kilda v Essendon	FN	30,000	481,000	15,000	122,000	124,000
Geelong v Sydney	SA	-	-	-	-	-
Brisbane v Hawthorn	SN	-	-	87,000	-	-
Colling v Nth Melbourne	SN	-	403,000	-	97,000	116,000
Wst Bulldogs v Richmond	S	73,000	345,000	50,000	87,000	-
West Coast v Pt Adelaide	S	-	-	-	145,000	151,000
Round 6
Colling v Essendon	FA	83,000	606,000	111,000	151,000	151,000
Fremantle v Geelong	FN	18,000	441,000	6,000	254,000	144,000
Carlton v Adelaide	SA	-	-	-	130,000	-
Wst Bulldogs v Wst Coast	SN	-	323,000	51,000	-	176,000
Pt Adelaide v St Kilda	SN	-	-	-	122,000	-
Brisbane v Melbourne	S	-	-	80,000	-	-
Nth Melbourne v Sydney	S	107,000	296,000	8,000	124,000	128,000
Round 7
West Coast v Carlton	FN	26,000	442,000	24,000	144,000	218,000
Geelong v Brisbane	SA	-	-	80,000	-	-
Hawthorn v Collingwood	SA	58,000	294,000	-	107,000	89,000
Adelaide v Nth Melb	SN	-	-	-	170,000	-
St Kilda v Richmond	SN	-	391,000	51,000	-	97,000
Sydney v Wst Bulldogs	S	78,000	-	51,000	77,000	-
Melb v Fremantle	S	9,000	261,000	13,000	-	172,000
Pt Adelaide v Essendon	S	-	-	-	176,000	-
Round 8
St Kilda v Collingwood	FN	21,000	457,000	12,000	120,000	136,000
Richmond v Geelong	SA	53,000	321,000	42,000	-	62,000
Hawthorn v Pt Adelaide	SA	-	-	-	135,000	-
Carlton v Brisbane	SN	-	351,000	90,000	108,000	-
Nth Melb v West Coast	SN	-	-	-	-	172,000
Sydney v Essendon	S	109,000	276,000	61,000	12,000	103,000
Round 9
Collingwood v Geelong	FN	7,000	456,000	20,000	126,000	171,000
Carlton v Fremantle	SA	-	204,000	54,000	-	177,000
Port Adelaide v Sydney	SA	124,000	-	-	118,000	-
Essendon v Richmond	SN	-	393,000	62,000	-	-
West Coast v Adelaide	SN	-	-	-	158,000	193,000
Hawthorn v Melbourne	S	10,000	310,000	7,000	115,000	99,000
Round 10
Adelaide v Essendon	FN	18,000	387,000	16,000	165,000	126,000
Colling v West Coast	SA	66,000	188,000	64,000	71,000	179,000
Brisbane v Nth Melb	SN	-	-	139,000	-	-
Geelong v Carlton	SN	-	363,000	-	88,000	92,000
St Kilda v Melbourne	S	14,000	209,000	10,000	-	11,000
Sydney v Richmond	S	90,000	-	56,000	61,000	-
Fremantle v Pt Adelaide	S	-	-	-	163,000	140,000
Round 11
Nth Melb v Geelong	FN	14,000	422,000	15,000	113,000	123,000
Richmond v Adelaide	SA	-	-	-	150,000	-
West Coast v Sydney	SN	134,000	-	-	-	161,000
Essendon v Hawthorn	SN	-	356,000	60,000	102,000	-
Brisbane v Fremantle	S	38,000	-	103,000	-	115,000
St Kilda v Wst Bulldogs	S	14,000	278,000	9,000	114,000	105,000
Port Adelaide v Carlton	S	-	-	-	174,000	-
Melbourne v Collingwood	M	94,000	410,000	56,000	106,000	75,000
Round 12
Essendon v Wst Coast	FN	11,000	373,000	12,000	109,000	166,000
Wst Bulldogs v Brisbane	SA	83,000	280,000	83,000	119,000	72,000
Adelaide v Hawthorn	SN	-	351,000	60,000	209,000	105,000
Sydney v St Kilda	SN	117,000	-	-	-	-
Collingwood v Carlton	S	98,000	425,000	61,000	136,000	134,000
Round 13
St Kilda v Fremantle	FN	21,000	396,000	13,000	130,000	167,000
Hawthorn v Nth Melb	SA	55,000	243,000	52,000	-	84,000
Pt Adelaide v Richmond	SA	-	-	-	133,000	-
Brisbane v Adelaide	SN	-	-	108,000	165,000	-
West Coast v Geelong	SN	NA	354,000	-	-	125,000
Melbourne v Sydney	S	109,000	43,000	45,000	-	-
Carlton v Essendon	S	14,000	408,000	5,000	118,000	95,000
Round 14 - Split Round
Hawthorn v West Coast	FN	26,000	360,000	15,000	92,000	153,000
Nth Melb v St Kilda	SN	NA	334,000	39,000	149,000	91,000
Melbourne v Brisbane	S	-	-	90,000	-	-
Fremantle v Essendon	S	-	-	-	-	144,000
Round 14 - Split Round
Adelaide v Geelong	FN	24,000	430,000	12,000	153,000	122,000
Sydney v Collingwood	SN	123,000	387,000	50,000	101,000	114,000
Round 15
Carlton v St Kilda	FN	9,000	428,000	10,000	142,000	133,000
Geelong v Fremantle	SA	67,000	293,000	34,000	-	121,000
Collingwood v Adelaide	SA	-	-	-	132,000	-
Essendon v Brisbane	SN	NA	357,000	131,000	-	96,000
Pt Adelaide v Nth Melb	SN	-	-	-	120,000	-
Hawthorn v Sydney	S	105,000	-	NA	-	-
Wst Bulldogs v Melb	S	5,000	297,000	13,000	93,000	8,000
West Coast v Richmond	S	-	-	-	-	113,000
Round 16
Nth Melb v Collingwood	FN	12,000	486,000	9,000	110,000	126,000
Geelong v Wst Bulldogs	SA	68,000	397,000	57,000	98,000	102,000
St Kilda v Hawthorn	SN	32,000	433,000	-	112,000	-
Brisbane v West Coast	SN	-	-	79,000	-	142,000
Carlton v Sydney	S	99,000	-	54,000	-	-
Pt Adelaide v Adelaide	S	7,000	247,000	4,000	239,000	9,000
Fremantle v Melbourne	S	-	-	-	-	107,000
Round 17
Hawthorn v Geelong	FN	19,000	646,000	15,000	150,000	141,000
Collingwood v Essendon	SA	85,000	372,000	54,000	101,000	76,000
West Coast v St Kilda	SA	-	-	-	-	NA
Sydney v Adelaide	SN	99,000	-	-	166,000	-
Richmond v Brisbane	SN	-	375,000	76,000	-	105,000
Melbourne v Nth Melb	S	78,000	219,000	42,000	82,000	82,000
Pt Adelaide v Fremantle	S	-	-	-	146,000	143,000
Round 18
Collingwood v Hawthorn	FN	7,000	493,000	8,000	136,000	125,000
Adelaide v Carlton	SA	50,000	262,000	54,000	127,000	91,000
Geelong v Richmond	SN	33,000	365,000	-	97,000	91,000
Nth Melb v Brisbane	SN	-	-	92,000	-	-
Wst Bulldogs v Sydney	S	94,000	42,000	53,000	-	-
St Kilda v Pt Adelaide	S	9,000	310,000	9,000	140,000	16,000
Fremantle v West Coast	S	-	-	-	-	218,000
Round 19
Melbourne v Geelong	FN	61,000	441,000	47,000	155,000	119,000
Hawthorn v Brisbane	SA	44,000	200,000	43,000	-	51,000
Carlton v Pt Adelaide	SA	-	-	-	80,000	-
Collingwood v St Kilda	SN	-	334,000	31,000	73,000	-
Sydney v Fremantle	SN	82,000	-	-	-	130,000
Adelaide v Richmond	S	141,000	389,000	99,000	194,000	15,000
West Coast v Essendon	S	-	-	-	-	145,000
Round 20
Pt Adelaide v Colling	FN	-	451,000	-	166,000	145,000
Pt Adelaide v Colling	SM	47,000	-	35,000	-	-
Essendon v Adelaide	S	-	-	-	121,000	-
Melbourne v West Coast	S	32,000	154,000	20,000	-	85,000
Sydney v Geelong	SN	87,000	294,000	-	67,000	58,000
Brisbane v Wst Bulldogs	SN	-	-	66,000	-	-
Carlton v North Melb	S	-	366,000	-	126,000	-
Fremantle v St Kilda	S	-	-	-	-	117,000
Round 21
Wst Bulldogs v Essendon	FN	-	493,000	-	128,000	98,000
Wst Bulldogs v Essendon	SM	39,000	-	32,000	-	-
Richmond v Fremantle	S	38,000	227,000	17,000	-	95,000
Pt Adelaide v Melbourne	S	-	-	-	70,000	-
Collingwood v Sydney	SN	77,000	271,000	-	47,000	37,000
Brisbane v Carlton	SN	-	-	65,000	-	-
St Kilda v Adelaide	S	-	302,000	-	151,000	-
West Coast v Hawthorn	S	-	-	-	-	124,000
Round 22
Fremantle v Collingwood	FN	15,000	422,000	12,000	120,000	152,000
Nth Melb v Pt Adelaide	S	-	-	-	NA	-
Geelong v West Coast	S	59,000	300,000	28,000	-	116,000
Adelaide v Wst Bulldogs	S	-	-	-	151,000	-
Carlton v Hawthorn	SN	-	428,000	-	125,000	121,000
Sydney v Brisbane	SN	127,000	-	43,000	-	-
Melbourne v Richmond	S	64,000	234,000	48,000	87,000	75,000

AFL Finals TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Qualifying Finals
Hawthorn v Wst Bulldogs	FN	77,000	602,000	44,000	156,000	139,000
Adelaide v Collingwood	S	96,000	387,000	63,000	142,000	112,000
Sydney v Nth Melb	SN	186,000	594,000	82,000	125,000	113,000
Geelong v St Kilda	S	80,000	569,000	79,000	117,000	114,000
Semi Finals
Wst Bulldogs v Sydney	FN	179,000	556,000	73,000	133,000	176,000
St Kilda v Collingwood	SN	81,000	669,000	52,000	140,000	145,000
Preliminary Finals
Geelong v Wst Bulldogs	FN	85,000	681,000	86,000	166,000	163,000
Hawthorn v St Kilda	SN	54,000	687,000	55,000	162,000	176,000

AFL Grand Final TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Grand Final
Geelong v Hawthorn	SA	320,000	1,289,000	226,000	300,000	326,000
Presentations	SA	382,000	1,284,000	256,000	335,000	327,000
Game		NNSW	SNSW	QLD	VIC	TAS
Grand Final
Geelong v Hawthorn	SA	107,000	116,000	124,000	297,000	112,000
Presentations	SA	98,000	84,000	124,000	285,000	NA

AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Victoria v Dream Team	SN	112,000	676,000	101,000	204,000	225,000

E.J. Whitten Legends Game TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Victoria v All Stars	TU	-	538,000	-	100,000	157,000

International Rules Series TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Australia v Ireland	FN	29,000	277,000	16,000	112,000	136,000
Australia v Ireland	FN	NA	244,000	NA	86,000	80,000

NRL - National Rugby League TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Round 1
Syd Roosters v Sth Syd	FN	432,000	-	167,000	-	-
Gold Coast v Nth QLD	FN	291,000	-	375,000	-	-
Wts Tigers v St George/Ill	S	246,000	-	183,000	-	15,000
Round 2
Brisbane v Syd Roosters	FN	373,000	-	266,000	-	-
South Sydney v Bulldogs	FN	292,000	-	143,000	-	-
Melbourne v Cronulla	S	212,000	-	138,000	-	17,000
Round 3
Parramatta v Newcastle	FN	335,000	-	147,000	-	-
Brisbane v Nth QLD	FN	260,000	-	327,000	-	-
Bulldogs v Wests Tigers	S	271,600	-	158,500	-	25,100
Round 4
Bulldogs v Syd Roosters	FN	471,000	-	179,000	-	-
Melbourne v Brisbane	FN	301,000	-	319,000	-	-
Manly v Sth Sydney	S	320,000	-	186,000	-	-
Round 5
Melbourne v Manly	FN	345,000	-	145,000	-	-
Parramatta v Gold Coast	FN	245,000	-	257,000	-	-
Newcastle v Brisbane	S	239,000	-	259,000	-	22,000
Round 6
Parramatta v Manly	FN	372,000	-	139,000	-	-
Gold Coast v Brisbane	FN	262,000	-	301,000	-	-
Wests Tigers v Sth Sydney	S	287,000	-	192,000	-	14,000
Round 7
Brisbane v Sth Sydney	FN	305,000	-	281,000	-	-
Wests Tigers v Cronulla	S	296,000	-	175,000	-	14,000
Round 8
Wests Tigers v Brisbane	SN	130,000	14,000	168,000	6,000	5,000
Sth Sydney v Nth QLD	S	266,000	-	174,000	-	16,000
Round 9
Parramatta v St George/Ill	S	266,000	9,000	167,000	-	20,000
Round 10
Parra v Syd Roosters	FN	364,000	-	90,000	-	-
Gold Coast v Bulldogs	FN	267,000	-	246,000	-	-
Newcastle v Wests Tigers	S	295,000	-	192,000	-	13,000
Round 11
Manly v St George/Ill	FN	344,000	-	171,000	-	-
Wests Tigers v Gold Coast	S	285,000	-	198,000	-	19,000
Round 12
Brisbane v Parramatta	FN	368,000	-	285,000	-	-
Canberra v Manly	FN	241,000	-	130,000	-	-
Cronulla v Gold Coast	S	297,000	-	172,000	-	33,000
Round 13
St George/Ill v Brisbane	FN	397,000	-	250,000	-	-
NZ Warriors v Sth Sydney	FN	268,000	-	115,000	-	-
Manly v Syd Roosters	S	293,000	-	141,000	-	17,000
Round 14
Syd Roosters v Penrith	FN	377,000	-	178,000	-	12,000
Wts Tigers v Parramatta	S	278,000	-	122,000	-	14,000
Round 15
Brisbane v Wests Tigers	FN	376,000	-	231,000	-	10,000
St George/Ill v Penrith	FN	292,000	-	105,000	-	-
Cronulla v Parramatta	S	274,000	-	191,000	-	12,000
Round 16
Penrith v Brisbane	FN	314,000	-	273,000	-	-
Syd Roosters v Bulldogs	FN	279,000	-	124,000	-	-
Parramatta v Melbourne	S	268,000	73,000	168,000	-	22,000
Round 17
Gold Coast v Manly	FN	359,000	-	204,000	-	-
Parramatta v Penrith	S	275,000	-	167,000	-	17,000
Round 18
Penrith v Newcastle	FN	NA	-	NA	-	-
Syd Roosters v Gold Cst	FN	NA	-	NA	-	-
Brisbane v Bulldogs	S	306,000	-	258,000	-	9,000
Round 19
Manly v Parramatta	FN	320,000	-	101,000	-	-
Nth QLD v Brisbane	FN	184,000	-	282,000	-	-
Sth Sydney v Wests Tigers	S	313,000	-	176,000	-	-
Round 20
Brisbane v Cronulla	FN	375,000	-	324,000	-	-
Parramatta v Nth QLD	FN	255,000	-	115,000	-	-
Syd Roosters v Manly	S	287,000	-	174,000	-	-
Round 21
Manly v Penrith	FN	315,000	-	96,000	-	-
Melbourne v Gold Coast	FN	201,000	-	233,000	-	-
Brisbane v Canberra	S	228,000	-	239,000	-	-
Round 22
Manly v Melbourne	FN	424,000	-	283,000	-	-
Wts Tigers v St George/Ill	FN	193,000	-	103,000	-	-
Syd Roosters v Parra	S	282,000	-	142,000	-	-
Round 23
Melbourne v Syd Roosters	FN	246,000	-	NA	-	-
Brisbane v St George/Ill	FN	NA	-	241,000	-	-
South Sydney v Manly	S	175,000	-	158,000	-	-
Round 24
Cronulla v Syd Roosters	FN	330,000	-	101,000	-	-
Brisbane v Gold Coast	FN	168,000	-	258,000	-	-
St George/Ill v NZ	S	226,000	-	184,000	-	-
Round 25
Syd Roosters v Sth Syd	FN	301,000	-	199,000	-	-
Wests Tigers v Cronulla	FN	NA	-	NA	-	-
Bulldogs v Brisbane	S	210,000	-	244,000	-	-
Round 26
Syd Roosters v St George	FN	431,000	-	179,000	-	-
Brisbane v Newcastle	FN	268,000	-	368,000	-	-
Gold Coast v Wests Tigers	S	214,000	-	189,000	-	-

NRL Finals TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Qualifying Finals
Syd Roosters v Brisbane	FN	426,000	16,000	364,000	15,000	10,000
Cronulla v Canberra	SN	361,000	13,000	233,000	8,000	11,000
Manly v St George/Ill	SN	361,000	-	168,000	-	9,000
Melbourne v NZ Warriors	S	389,000	152,000	269,000	10,000	5,000
Semi Finals
NZ v Syd Roosters	FN	508,000	38,000	354,000	12,000	11,000
Brisbane v Melbourne	SN	529,000	47,000	438,000	13,000	16,000
Preliminary Finals
Cronulla v Melbourne	FN	597,000	273,000	327,000	8,000	9,000
Manly v NZ Warriors	SN	536,000	24,000	297,000	12,000	29,000

NRL Grand Final TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Grand Final
Manly v Melbourne	S	942,000	492,000	503,000	57,000	81,000
Presentations	S	895,000	-	420,000	-	-
Game		NNSW	SNSW	QLD	VIC	TAS
Grand Final
Manly v Melbourne	S	365,000	207,000	279,000	107,000	NA
Presentations	S	340,000	178,000	265,000	21,000	NA

ARL - Australian Rugby League TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
City v Country	FN	300,000	-	168,000	-	-
Australia v New Zealand	FN	504,000	204,000	355,000	69,000	-
Game		NNSW	SNSW	QLD	VIC	TAS
Australia v New Zealand	FN	192,000	191,000	193,000	61,000	-

ARL - NSW v QLD - State of Origin TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
NSW v QLD - Origin 1	W	897,000	283,000	710,000	84,000	119,000
QLD v NSW - Origin 2	W	885,000	261,000	768,000	108,000	73,000
NSW v QLD - Origin 3	W	912,000	332,000	705,000	89,000	107,000
Game		NNSW	SNSW	QLD	VIC	TAS
NSW v QLD - Origin 1	W	380,000	365,000	398,000	93,000	-
QLD v NSW - Origin 2	W	380,000	322,000	421,000	92,000	-
NSW v QLD - Origin 3	W	431,000	322,000	374,000	110,000	-

Rugby League World Cup - 2008 - TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
England v PNG	SN	181,000	12,000	103,000	9,000	14,000
Australia v New Zealand	SU	329,000	244,000	227,000	33,000	47,000
PNG v New Zealand	SN	106,000	14,000	72,000	12,000	4,000
Australia v England	SU	399,000	158,000	289,000	35,000	19,000
England v New Zealand	SN	177,000	40,000	155,000	18,000	14,000
PNG v Australia	SU	262,000	48,000	166,000	26,000	35,000

Rugby League World Cup - 2008 - Finals TV Ratings

Game		SYD	MEL	BRIS	ADE	PTH
Semi Finals
New Zealand v England	SN	254,000	14,000	189,000	15,000	12,000
Australia v Fiji	SU	338,000	58,000	217,000	27,000	23,000
Final
Australia v New Zealand	SN	497,000	290,000	387,000	32,000	33,000
Game		NNSW	SNSW	QLD	VIC	TAS
Final
Australia v New Zealand	SN	158,000	166,000	171,000	53,000	-

Talking Footy - TV Ratings - 2008