Weekend TV ratings Friday March 5, 2021
ABC #1 primary channel with gardening & crime on final footy-free Friday
ABC held a narrow primary channel lead last night on the final footy-free Friday TV ratings before the NRL starts in a week and then the AFL another week later.
The ABC audience magnets were Gardening Australia and then a repeat episode of Vera with audiences over half a million for both.
On Nine Deborah Knight was hosting A Current Affair which was also over half a million.
10 Bold again ranked #1 multichannel while the most-watched multichannel shows were Bluey on ABC and NCIS on 10 Bold.
Friday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary and network
ABC 17.7% (23.4%)
Seven 16.2% (25.9%)
Nine 17.4% (26.6%)
10 8.6% (16.2%)
SBS 4.7% (7.9%)
See also: Friday February 26 TV ratings
Friday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Channel 7 | 726,000 |
| 2 | NINE NEWS | Channel 9 | 709,000 |
| 3 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Channel 9 | 706,000 |
| 4 | SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 | Channel 7 | 701,000 |
| 5 | ABC NEWS | ABC TV | 623,000 |
| 6 | VERA (R) | ABC TV | 553,000 |
| 7 | GARDENING AUSTRALIA | ABC TV | 534,000 |
| 8 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 529,000 |
| 9 | BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS | Channel 7 | 391,000 |
| 10 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Channel 7 | 390,000 |
| 11 | HOT SEAT | Channel 9 | 321,000 |
| 12 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 302,000 |
| 13 | ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU | Channel 9 | 286,000 |
| 14 | THE PROJECT 7PM | Channel 10 | 262,000 |
| 15 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA 5PM | Channel 7 | 258,000 |
| 16 | COMING TO AMERICA | Channel 9 | 240,000 |
| 17 | SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 238,000 |
| 18 | NINE'S AFTERNOON NEWS | Channel 9 | 220,000 |
| 19 | THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW | Channel 10 | 202,000 |
| 20 | THE PROJECT 6.30PM | Channel 10 | 199,000 |
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Friday Sports FTA and STV
Cricket: International T20 Fox Cricket
New Zealand v Australia Game 4
1st Session 97,000
2nd Session 126,000
Test Cricket Fox Cricket
India v England 4th Test Day 2 63,000
Women’s International T20 Fox Cricket
New Zealand v England 16,000
AFLW Fox Footy
Richmond v North Melbourne 18,000
A-League Fox Sports
Adelaide v Newcastle 12,000
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