Seven claimed a massive share of 56% on Friday night for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony. Not many might have been expecting its Olympic TV ratings would have climbed higher than that for Day 1 of competition.
Seven
The primary channel share was 37.0% while combined channel network share was 59.2%. Part of that was 7mate on 14.8% with a mix of AFL and then Olympics. That share alone was higher than any of the other primary channels managed last night.
The metro audience for evening and night coverage were both close to 1.3m.
Afternoon coverage and the late night audience were both over 800,000.
The morning audience on Seven was 630,000 and Sunrise had a bumper with a Saturday metro crowd of 400,000.
Nine
Nine hit a year-low of 11.9%. It’s not a great figure, but no shame of course up against these Games which are already a juggernaut for Seven.
Nine News had a good night, albeit trailing Seven, with 970,000 watching the non-Olympic rights holder.
A Current Affair was on 538,000.
The numbers dropped as the evening progressed with 297,000 tuning into David Attenborough hosting Life in Colour.
10
The primary channel to a massive hit with share on 3.3%, narrowly outrating 10 Bold on 2.9%.
10 News First managed to grab an audience over 300,000 after 5pm.
Two episodes of The Dog House then had audiences of 168,000 and then 194,000.
ABC
News had the biggest numbers here too. At 7pm ABC News was on 587,000.
Earlier in the day the Coronavirus press conferences had an audience of 288,000.
The Durrells had a primary channel audience of 255,000 followed by Belgravia on 210,000.
SBS
SBS World News started on 166,000 and dropped to just over 100,000 after 7pm.
Ken Burns’ documentary Hemingway then launched with two episodes averaging 107,000.
Olympic TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 6.4% (9.8%)
Seven 37.0% (59.2%)
Nine 11.9% (17.7%)
10 3.3% (8.6%)
SBS 2.6% (4.7%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Saturday July 17, 2021
Saturday Olympic TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS – SAT | Channel 7 | 1,349,000 |
| 2 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – NIGHT | Channel 7 | 1,328,000 |
| 3 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – EVENING | Channel 7 | 1,257,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 970,000 |
| 5 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – LATE NIGHT | Channel 7 | 852,000 |
| 6 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – AFTERNOON | Channel 7 | 834,000 |
| 7 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – LATE AFTERNOON | Channel 7 | 805,000 |
| 8 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – MORNING | Channel 7 | 630,000 |
| 9 | ABC NEWS | ABC TV | 587,000 |
| 10 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 538,000 |
| 11 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – LATE AFTERNOON FEED 2 | 7mate, 7TWO | 498,000 |
| 12 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL | 7mate | 493,000 |
| 13 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – EVENING FEED 2 | 7mate, 7TWO | 470,000 |
| 14 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – NIGHT FEED 2 | 7mate, 7TWO | 457,000 |
| 15 | WEEKEND SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 397,000 |
| 16 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 372,000 |
| 17 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – AFTERNOON FEED 2 | 7mate | 340,000 |
| 18 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 319,000 |
| 19 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 – EVENING MULTI | 7TWO | 315,000 |
| 20 | DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE IN COLOUR | Channel 9 | 297,000 |
Saturday Sports FTA and STV
Seven Saturday
600,000 (Metro 493,000 Regional 107,000)
Fox Footy AFL
#AFLBluesNorth 155,000
#AFLLionsSuns 77,000
#AFLEaglesSaints 113,000
#AFLDeesDogs 132,000
#AFLCrowsHawks 66,000
Fox League NRL
#NRLManlyTigers 239,000
#NRLPanthersBroncos 250,000
#NRLSouthsWarriors 147,000
Suncorp Super Netball
Competition postponed this weekend