TV ratings: Seven
Seven again had the edge in the TV ratings on the final Saturday of the AFL home and away rounds. It was a day of amazing results starting with Richmond recovering to score an improbable draw with Hawthorn, a game exclusive to Fox Footy.
Seven got to broadcast the Brisbane v West Coast match into Brisbane and Perth with 57,000 in the Queensland capital and 126,000 watching what was the day’s most-watched program in Perth.
In the evening the game of the round was the Geelong v Melbourne clash. An audience of 488,000 saw Geelong build what looked like a game-winning lead in the second quarter and then maintain it in the third quarter. Melbourne managed to find something extra in the final quarter with captain Max Gawn slotting the game-winning goal after the final siren sounded. The winners were also Seven and Fox Footy, plus the few brave souls who might have piled onto the Demons at halftime with Sportsbet who was tempting them with 17-1 odds on a recovery.
Nine
After a Nine News audience of 959,000, the channel’s next best was the late afternoon screening of Getaway on 344,000.
A Current Affair Saturday had 289,000 watching in three markets.
The Saturday Night NRL had an audience of 237,000 watching the Eels double the Cowboy’s score with 171,000 in Sydney and 56,000 in Brisbane. For a second successive week the AFL (narrowly) outrated the NRL in Brisbane.
10
The channel had a top-five entrant with 10 News First on 371,000 at 5pm.
Repeats took over primetime – an encore screening of The Dog House did 269,000, Ambulance Australia was on 206,000 and Bondi Rescue on 155,000.
ABC
The Durrells ranked top 10 with 367,000.
ABC News channel did next best with 336,000 around 11am as it managed to just miss the start of a press conference that has started at the same time every day now for months.
Later in the night The Trial of Christine Keeler was on 260,000.
SBS
The channel enjoyed its biggest primary and network shares of the week.
It was a chart-driven Saturday TV ratings performance with Top Ten Mummies of Egypt on 154,000 and then Top Ten Treasures of Pompeii on 146,000.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 10.3% (15.4%)
Seven 24.4% (35.6%)
Nine 17.6% (26.7%)
10 6.4% (13.7%)
SBS 5.7% (8.6%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Saturday August 14, 2021
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 1,025,000 |
| 2 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 959,000 |
| 3 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 686,000 |
| 4 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 488,000 |
| 5 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 371,000 |
| 6 | THE DURRELLS | ABC TV | 367,000 |
| 7 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 344,000 |
| 8 | CORONAVIRUS: PUBLIC UPDATE | ABC NEWS | 336,000 |
| 9 | WEEKEND SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 305,000 |
| 10 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 303,000 |
| 11 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 289,000 |
| 12 | WEEKEND SUNRISE LATE | Channel 7 | 283,000 |
| 13 | SEVEN NEWS AT 5 | Channel 7 | 278,000 |
| 14 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 275,000 |
| 15 | THE DOG HOUSE (R) | Channel 10 | 269,000 |
| 16 | SURVEILLANCE OZ | 7mate, Channel 7 | 265,000 |
| 17 | THE TRIAL OF CHRISTINE KEELER | ABC TV | 260,000 |
| 18 | WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE | Channel 9 | 248,000 |
| 19 | WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 241,000 |
| 20 | LIVE: NRL SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTY | Gem, Channel 9 | 237,000 |
Saturday Sports FTA and STV
AFL
Seven Saturday Afternoon
370,000 (Metro 275,000 Regional 95,000)
Seven Saturday Night
638,000 (Metro 488,000 Regional 150,000)
Fox Footy
#AFLTigersHawks 179,000
#AFLSwansSuns 50,000
#AFLLionsEagles 206,000
#AFLCatsDees 201,000
#AFLBluesGiants 93,000
NRL
Nine Saturday
#NRLEelsCowboys 387,000 (Metro 237,000 Regional 133,000)
Fox League
#NRLEelsCowboys 210,000
#NRLBulldogsKnights 213,000
#NRLTigerSharks 172,000
Suncorp Super Netball
Nine: Preliminary Final
#SSNGIANTSFever 129,000