Aussies at the Open drive Nine’s winning TV ratings: Barty in, de Minaur out
Nine’s coverage of the Australian Open tennis was a clear favourite Saturday night and dominated the TV ratings. It was a mixed night for Australians at the open: Ash Barty won through to the next round, but Alex de Minaur lost in straight sets in his third round match.
The battle for TV ratings dominance saw the tennis face off against British dramas Death in Paradise and Call the Midwife on the ABC and the Chris Hemsworth movie Thor on Seven.
10’s primary channel share dipped below 5% which is close to a record low as the channel premiered its Three Blue Ducks food program to just 137,000.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary and network
ABC 15.0% (19.5%)
Seven 17.1% (25.8%)
Nine 26.5% (35.8%)
10 4.7% (11.9%)
SBS 3.7% (6.9%)
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 866,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 836,000 |
| 3 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D6 NIGHT | Channel 9 | 764,000 |
| 4 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 620,000 |
| 5 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D6 NIGHT SESSION 2 | Channel 9 | 592,000 |
| 6 | DEATH IN PARADISE | ABC TV | 572,000 |
| 7 | CALL THE MIDWIFE | ABC TV | 435,000 |
| 8 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D6 NIGHT PRE MATCH | Channel 9 | 430,000 |
| 9 | M: THOR | Channel 7 | 348,000 |
| 10 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D6 LATE | Channel 9 | 285,000 |
| 11 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 278,000 |
| 12 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D6 DAY | Channel 9 | 268,000 |
| 13 | M- THOR: THE DARK WORLD | Channel 7 | 267,000 |
| 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 247,000 |
| 15 | WEEKEND SUNRISE LATE | Channel 7 | 240,000 |
| 16 | BLUEY | ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus | 228,000 |
| 17 | WEEKEND TODAY | Channel 9 | 209,000 |
| 18 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 204,000 |
| 19 | SBS WORLD NEWS SATURDAY | SBS | 191,000 |
| 20 | WEEKEND SUNRISE EARLY | Channel 7 | 171,000 |
Australian Open Day 6: TV ratings for breakout matches
Ash Barty v Ekaterina Alexandrova (broadcast on Nine from 19:14-20:34)
1.076 million (Metro: 804,000 / Regional: 272,000)
Alex De Minaur v Fabio Fognini (broadcast on Nine from 20:59-23:08)
789,000 (Metro: 531,000 / Regional: 258,000)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Friday February 12, 2021
STV sports
AFLW Fox Footy
St Kilda v Carlton 40,000
Melbourne v North Melbourne 28,000
GWS v Gold Coast 18,000
Test cricket Fox cricket
India v England Second test Day 1: 38,000
Visit mediaweek.com.au for daily TV ratings summaries.