Footy ratings: a correction
Posted September 18th, 2009 by debritz
An "informed source" tells Spencer Howson, who passed it on to me:
... for the record spencer, riverfire outrated the league in one 15 minute block only. Riverfire peaked for the night at about 340 thousand, the league peaked a little later at 460 thousand. to say more people watched riverfire than the league is plain wrong.
Fair enough. But it doesn't change the thrust of my argument. I've never said that the footy isn't popular, I've just said it's not the be-all and end-all of Australians' interests. When you look at the ABS figures, more of us go to arts events than to sporting events. And, when it comes to television, with the exception of big finals and State of Origin games, it's the arts and entertainment content -- the sitcoms, the dramas, the "reality" shows, the movies -- (and, yes, the news) that day-in, day-out, draw the viewers.
You can hear my arguments here.
