Have they not suffered enough?
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Iād rather poke my eyes out with a sharp stick than listen to the Sydney-centric commentary team say itās āthe greatest grand final come back of all timeā one more timeā¦
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I think poking your eyes out is still arguably more pleasant than MKR 
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You guysā¦ 
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Yep this (among other factors including influential mainstay CEOs in Demetriou and McLachlan depsite the mixed opinions on them), thereās a good YT clip from a couple of years back with Nineās TJ interviewing AD (via zoom COVID Sun Footy Show) about everything that went down getting Meatloaf back in 2011 including Gudinskiās significant role, fascinating insight and some info that wasnāt known until this. Although in retrospect, that year a laughable fail, best remembered now for cracking jokes, AD joked he couldāve gone out there and sounded better LOL.
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Coverage finished at 10.49pm aedt. What a long post match segment!
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[deleted, I thought this was referring to Patty Mills, but see post further below, it was Scottie Pippen - didnāt take a lot of notice of it live, apologies!]
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I donāt know him well but I donāt think this was Patty Mills. Pretty sure this guy was American?
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Oh! Looking back at the WWOS highlights online, it was Scottie Pippen, old Chicago Bulls player from the 90s. Not sure why he was on Nine (with an NBL shirt no less - he was here to launch their season), except it looked like he was talking about how it felt to three-peat something (as he indeed did with one M. Jordan - twice).
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He did some hype package earlier in the coverage.
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Yeah, I saw the hype thing just thenā¦ for some reason I thought heād picked up an accent from his time over there but he hasnāt, so it was confused identity - fair!
Did we miss rhe half time entertainment in Channel 9ās broadcast? Donāt recall seeing Choirboys perform.
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NBL promoting
It is interesting that the NRL would allow a rival sports league to promote its competition at half time during its Grand Final telecast. I know Pippen was on the AFL Grand Final broadcast too, but at least that was a few hours before the actual game. Nine could have used that half time slot for analysis of the actual game.
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They would have been paid to.
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I donāt think the NBL is really a rival as such, itās got a much smaller profile in Australia than the NRL has.
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Interesting he appeared on both Sevenās AFL GF day coverage and Nineās NRL GF, was it a publicity push from NBL/NBA rather than the other two codes coincidentally requesting him because he happened to be available?
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THRILLING 2023 NRL PREMIERSHIP DECIDER BREAKS GRAND FINAL STREAMING RECORDS
NRL GRAND FINAL REACHES 4.6 MILLION
NRL 2023 SEASON VIEWERSHIP UP YEAR ON YEAR ON NINE
MOST WATCHED NRLW GRAND FINAL IN HISTORY
MOST WATCHED GRAND FINAL IN BRISBANE SINCE 2017
The thrilling 2023 NRL Premiership decider between the Penrith Panthers and Brisbane Broncos last night on Channel 9 and 9Now has attracted a record Australian Grand Final streaming audience with 605,000 on 9Now - the largest for a rugby league game in history.
The two top teams of the 2023 season squared off in a heart-stopping Grand Final that scored a national average audience of 2.916 million viewers on Linear TV (Metro: 2.045 m / Regional: 870,000) and a Live BVOD figure of 605,000 taking the TotalTV audience to 3.521 million viewers.
The 2023 NRL Grand Final, available to stream exclusively on 9Now, registered the highest ever live streaming audience for an AFL or NRL Grand Final in Australian TV history.
Viewers flocked to 9Now, with the game attracting a record BVOD Live average audience of 605,000, up 56% year-on-year.
The 2023 NRLW Grand Final played between the Newcastle Knights and the Gold Coast Titans yesterday recorded the highest ever BVOD/streaming Audience for an NRLW game, and was up 62% on the 2022 NRLW Grand Final won by the Knights.
On Linear TV the NRLW Grand Final was also the most watched ever with 708,000, 16% more than the previous best from 2022, tuning in for a record Total TV figure of 794,000.
The game capped a season of record audiences on 9Now as the NRL continues to highlight Nineās market-leading digital transformation, with Australians consuming NRL and NRLW across a multitude of Nineās platforms from 9Now, WWOS.com.au, and various mastheads and audio assets.
Yesterdayās Grand Final capped off a successful 2023 NRL season overall which saw Total TV grow 3% YoY, and NRL on 9Now up +36% YoY. While the NRLW GF was up 16% on Linear TV and +62% on 9Now YoY.
āLast nightās incredible NRL Grand Final reached 4.6 million and further highlighted 9Now as the No.1 destination for big event live sport with a 56% Year on Year uplift,ā said Hamish Turner, Nineās Director of 9Now and Programming. āWe have experienced fantastic year on year growth for 9Now this season as Nine continues to offer the biggest reach of any broadcaster in the country.ā
āNineās investment in the Womenās rugby league was vindicated again yesterday with the most watched NRLW Grand Final in history on both 9Now and Linear TV tuning in for the Newcastle Knights comeback victory over the Gold Coast Titans. Congratulations to the NRL, the players and the teams on a fantastic season.ā
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Subtle dig at 7plusā live streaming figure of 441,000 for the AFL Grand Final on Saturday.
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Yes thatās what it was: a paid ad.
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