Nine’s combo of Saturday A Current Affair, Christmas with Delta and then another repeat of the 2003 Christmas movie Love Actually secured a win for Nine in primary and network shares on Saturday night.
Seven managed the biggest single early evening non-news audience though with the first session of the Renegades v Scorchers Big Bash League game the only non-news programming to crack 400,000.
TV ratings Saturday FTA metro shares
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 696,000 |
| 2 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 625,000 |
| 3 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC | 550,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 465,000 |
| 5 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – MELB REN V PERTH S1 | 7mate, Channel 7 | 426,000 |
| 6 | CHRISTMAS WITH DELTA | Channel 9 | 380,000 |
| 7 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – MELB REN V PERTH S2 | 7mate, Channel 7 | 355,000 |
| 8 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – MELB REN V PERTH INN BRK | 7mate, Channel 7 | 352,000 |
| 9 | M: LOVE ACTUALLY | Channel 9 | 326,000 |
| 10 | ENDEAVOUR (R) | ABC | 302,000 |
| 11 | MIDSOMER MURDERS (R) | ABC | 254,000 |
| 12 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE – MELB REN V PERTH PRE GAME | 7mate, Channel 7 | 242,000 |
| 13 | RBT | Channel 9 | 230,000 |
| 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 228,000 |
| 15 | BLUEY | ABCKIDS/COMEDY | 201,000 |
| 16 | WEEKEND SUNRISE EARLY | Channel 7 | 200,000 |
| 17 | WEEKEND TODAY | Channel 9 | 195,000 |
| 18 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 194,000 |
| 19 | WEEKEND SUNRISE LATE | Channel 7 | 181,000 |
| 20 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 173,000 |
Saturday Sports
Big Bash League Saturday double-header
Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers
Seven
Session 1: 667,000 (Metro 426,000 Regional 241,000)
Session 2: 574,000 (Metro 355,000 Regional 219,000)
Fox Cricket
Sessions 1: 199,000
Sessions 2: 160,000
Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder
Fox Cricket
Session 1: 164,000
Session 2: 176,000
New Zealand v West Indies
Fox Cricket
Second Test, Day 2
33,000
Australia A v India
Fox Cricket
Day 2
23,000
Formula 1
Fox Sports
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Qualifying 52,000
