Seven’s Saturday night football audience didn’t make it to half a million this week, but the audience of 429,000 was enough push the primary channel and the combined network share well ahead of all other broadcasters to win the TV ratings.
Seven
Seven News Saturday pushed above 800,000 to win the timeslot.
Port Adelaide and Western Bulldogs clashed in the Saturday night broadcast AFL match. It had the chance of a close finish at one stage during the last quarter, but the Bulldogs ended up clear winners much to the disappointment of the home crowd watching live and on TV. That TV audience was 429,000 with 213,000 in Melbourne and 93,000 in Adelaide.
Nine
Nine News Saturday trailed Seven News across the five metro markets, yet the bulletins in Sydney and Melbourne won their timeslots.
A Current Affair screened in three markets with 221,000 watching.
Filling the space from 7pm in Sydney and Brisbane was Saturday night NRL. With no Thursday Night Football, Nine got the chance to broadcast a Saturday night clash. Roosters played Cowboys as part of the Magic Round with 220,000 watching.
10
The Dog House managed to grow its audience week-on-week, edging higher to 278,000 to be well positioned in the Saturday TV ratings in the top 10.
ABC
The Durrells was again just over 250,000 in the 7.30pm timeslot.
Sanditon was new for the channel as the second UK drama for the night. The series launched with 259,000.
SBS
A repeat episode of World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys was the #1 program on the channel with 141,000. The first 30 minutes of SBS World News was on 136,000.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 8.4% (13.0%)
Seven 23.8% (37.4%)
Nine 16.1% (24.8%)
10 7.8% (16.0%)
SBS 4.4% (8.8%)
See also: TV ratings Saturday May 8, 2021
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 812,000 |
| 2 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 753,000 |
| 3 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 487,000 |
| 4 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 429,000 |
| 5 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 338,000 |
| 6 | THE DOG HOUSE | Channel 10 | 278,000 |
| 7 | WEEKEND SUNRISE SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 277,000 |
| 8 | SANDITON | ABC TV | 259,000 |
| 9 | THE DURRELLS | ABC TV | 259,000 |
| 10 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 259,000 |
| 11 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 251,000 |
| 12 | WEEKEND SUNRISE SATURDAY LATE | Channel 7 | 251,000 |
| 13 | BORDER PATROL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 234,000 |
| 14 | M- THOR | 7mate, Channel 7 | 225,000 |
| 15 | A CURRENT AFFAIR SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 221,000 |
| 16 | SATURDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE | GO!, Channel 9 | 220,000 |
| 17 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 217,000 |
| 18 | WEEKEND TODAY SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 214,000 |
| 19 | LIVE: NRL: SHARKS V RABBITOHS | FOX LEAGUE | 204,000 |
| 20 | NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE | Channel 9 | 204,000 |
Saturday Sports FTA and STV
NRL Fox League/Nine
#NRLRoostersCowboys
Nine 352,000 (Metro 220,000 Regional 132,000)
Fox League 263,000
#NRLSharksSouths 316,000
#NRLBulldogsRaiders 204,000
AFL
Seven Saturday night 579,000 (Metro 429,000 Regional 150,000)
Seven Saturday afternoon 97,000 (Metro Sydney 59,000, Brisbane 39,000)
Fox Footy
#AFLTigersGiants 120,000
#AFLPowerDogs 108,000
#AFLSunsLions 145,000
#AFLHawksNorth 101,000
#AFLSwansPies 159,000
A-League Fox Sports
#NEWvCCM 5,000
#WUNvSYD 5,000
SuperRugby Trans Tasman 9Gem
#REBvBLU 43,000 (Metro)
Suncorp Super Netball
#SSNMagpiesThunderbirds Nine 83,000 (Metro)
