Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings, Jul 12, 2017

A big night for Nine. Australian Ninja Warrior, a wins for the news in the metros, and tonight, thanks to Origin game three they will win again. The Ninjas grabbed 2.13 million, down from Sunday’s 2.32 million debut. The metro audience of 1.47 million was off by around 150,000. With solid wins in the metros by Nine News from 6 to 7pm (but the usual loss to Seven nationally) it was easily Nine’s night.

Seven will not want to talk about last night and the way that Behave Yourself flopped last night (724,000 nationally), and the way the grubby Yummy Mummies bombed on its second outing (516,000 nationally against 1.2 million on Sunday night after House Rules wrapped up). It meant Seven ran third or fourth from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. All in all a very bad night for Seven and if the kids program Little Big Shots next Sunday night doesn’t do well (and it will be up against Ninjas) then questions will be asked about Seven’s direction. The network this morning started promoting Blue Murder – The Killer Cop, its long awaited Roger Rogerson telemovie. Is that a sign that it is being rushed into the schedule sooner than later to try and arrest the drop?

In regional markets, Seven dominated early with Seven News on top with 706,000 viewers, followed by Ninjas with 667,000, then Seven News/TT with 568,000, Home and Away in fourth with 502,000 while the 5.30pm part of The Chase Australia was fifth with 496,000.

State of Origin game three tonight. It’s a big game, it should rate OK. For an NRL follower, it’s the chance to see a couple of the best players ever (although there’s sadness at not seeing perhaps the best ever in Jonathan Thurston). Even a NSW supporter like me relishes the chance to see Cooper Cronk, Billy “The Kid” Slater and Cameron Smith grace the State of Origin for perhaps the last time. These players have been a joy to watch. And will this be the last Origin called by the great Ray Warren for Nine?

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