Talking Footy

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:35 pm**

Yes, Beaussie it has happened...

http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/a ... 06326.html

Finally rugby league is almost a national game. The semi-final that put a Melbourne team into contention for the grand final was watched by 375,000 people in Melbourne yesterday

The Swans got 339,000 on Friday night in Sydney...

Suck it up big boy...your worst nightmare has arrived...

The people of Melbourne have spoken....

I'm expecting Eddie and the Channel 9 big wigs to pay close attention to this and next week's result and show more NRL into Melbourne next year...

Its all good Beaussie... :P

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:59 pm**

Willis 21 wrote:
Yes, Beaussie it has happened...

http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/a ... 06326.html

Finally rugby league is almost a national game. The semi-final that put a Melbourne team into contention for the grand final was watched by 375,000 people in Melbourne yesterday
The Swans got 339,000 on Friday night in Sydney...

Suck it up big boy...your worst nightmare has arrived...

The people of Melbourne have spoken....

I'm expecting Eddie and the Channel 9 big wigs to pay close attention to this and next week's result and show more NRL into Melbourne next year...

Its all good Beaussie... :P

Willis you need to realise the NRL final was not up against any AFL final in Melbourne, unlike the AFL final that was up against an NRL live final.

In addition my friend:

From TEN press release:

"Average 1.8m,peaked at 2.24m.

The audience in Sydney was pleasing, peaking at 515,000 with an average of 373,000 and steadily building once Nine's NRL telecast concluded."

http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/a ... l#comments

In conclusion, the Storm did not rate higher in Melbourne than the Swans in Sydney when all the facts are considered.

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:07 pm**

You never took the competition into account for the Storm's last game Beaussie...

No good calling it a draw...the facts speak for themselves...

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:09 pm**

Willis 21 wrote:
You never took the competition into account for the Storm's last game Beaussie...

Huh. What do you mean? You mean the Storm vs Eels final?

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:35 pm**

This is what you said on the other thread...

In addition, more Sydneysiders watched Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs in the AFL, than Melbournians tuning in to see their own Melbourne Strom defeat Parramatta Eels in the NRL finals broadcast live into Melbourne

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No mention that the Storm game was up against the AFL Pies/Dogs game...

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:51 pm**

Willis 21 wrote:
This is what you said on the other thread...

In addition, more Sydneysiders watched Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs in the AFL, than Melbournians tuning in to see their own Melbourne Strom defeat Parramatta Eels in the NRL finals broadcast live into Melbourne
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No mention that the Storm game was up against the AFL Pies/Dogs game...

Yeah my point was more Sydneysiders watched non-local teams in the AFL finals than Melbournians tuning in to see their NRL team.

The fact that the NRL final was up against an AFL final in Melbourne was irrelevant to the point I was making. Additionally let's look at the national audience for this weekends finals. The AFL is the clear winner:

The semi-final that put a Melbourne team into contention for the grand final was watched by 375,000 people in Melbourne yesterday, which must be the biggest southern capital audience on record for a biffo match. Perth and Adelaide couldn't give a damn.

Ten's AFL match was on in the afternoon, which means its audience did not count towards "prime time". Nine won Saturday with 34.2 per cent of the prime time audience, while Seven got 21.5 per cent, Ten got 19.5, ABC got 18.6, and SBS got 6.2. And despite the biffo, Dr Who is making a comeback -- up to 834,000 last night.

What Australia watched, Saturday

Description Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth

1 AFL 2ND PRELIM. FINAL ADELAIDE V WEST COAST Ten 1,421,000 174,000 451,000 114,000 287,000 394,000
2 NRL FINAL SERIES PF 2 Nine 1,362,000 616,000 375,000 343,000 9,000 18,000
3 AUSTRALIA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEO SHOW Nine 1,219,000 341,000 386,000 246,000 135,000 110,000
4 NRL FINAL SERIES PF 2 POST-MATCH Nine 1,164,000 430,000 464,000 270,000 -- --
5 NINE NEWS Nine 1,136,000 315,000 338,000 238,000 130,000 115,000
6 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,066,000 328,000 245,000 187,000 100,000 207,000
7 ABC NEWS ABC 938,000 270,000 313,000 155,000 93,000 106,000
8 BILL ABC 931,000 239,000 298,000 160,000 104,000 129,000
9 DOCTOR WHO ABC 834,000 252,000 211,000 135,000 108,000 127,000
10 PARKINSON ABC 753,000 179,000 258,000 127,000 83,000 106,000

(OzTAM preliminary estimates, mainland capitals)

http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/a ... 06326.html

As you can also see by the bolded figures above, the NRL post match in Melbourne are not correct as the post match was not even broadcast in Melbourne from what I've read elsewhere.

A movie was shown instead straight after the Storm players left the field. Huge boost in audience numbers in Melbourne once the NRL finished. Interesting eh? I wonder how Eddie and the bean counters at Channel 9 interpret that?

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:41 pm**

Who give a shit Willis you fucking loser!

Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:46 pm**

The "post match" in Melbourne actually referred to the period 9.30 to 9.50 which included the last 10 minutes of the game and some quick intereviews after the game before being prematurely ended..

Obviously whoevever pulled the pin early on this will get sacked by Eddie as it was the most popular ratings period that 9 had all day...

I am absolutely thrilled with the Melbourne results.... A great base to build on going forward.... T

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