Overnight TV ratings: Seven
Seven’s Saturday 6pm news is trailing currently because of the boost Nine is getting in TV ratings from its 5.30pm lead-in.
Seven’s first night ever of Supercars in primetime attracted a crowd of 188,000.
Seven’s Saturday movie was the next Harry Potter instalment The Order of the Phoenix with 220,000 watching. That was an hour later than previous instalments screened and was down on 287,000 watching The Goblet of Fire a week ago.
Nine
The primary channel and the network again won the night and the week.
Nine News was a 6pm winner again thanks in part to the lead-in from Getaway at 5.30pm.
A Current Affair was on 522,000, down on close to 600,000 a week ago.
Nine had the biggest movie audience with Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again with 278,000 after Mamma Mia! did 274,000 a week ago.
10
The channel’s biggest audience was 159,000 for an encore screening of The Dog House Australia.
A repeat of Ambulance UK then did 139,000.
ABC
The UK drama Grantchester was again a timeslot winner with 460,000 after 7.30pm, down from 492,000 a week ago.
A repeat of Shetland then did 247,000.
SBS
Dam Busters with Dan Snow was the channel’s best with 138,000.
Celebrity Letters and Numbers hit a new low earlier in the night with 124,000.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 11.8% (16.6%)
Seven 15.4% (26.8%)
Nine 19.5% (33.6%)
10 7.2% (14.3%)
SBS 5.6% (8.6%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Saturday October 23, 2021
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 761,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 718,000 |
| 3 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 575,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 522,000 |
| 5 | GRANTCHESTER | ABC TV | 460,000 |
| 6 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 353,000 |
| 7 | MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN | Channel 9 | 278,000 |
| 8 | WEEKEND SUNRISE SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 258,000 |
| 9 | SHETLAND (R) | ABC TV | 247,000 |
| 10 | NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE | Channel 9 | 244,000 |
| 11 | M: HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | Channel 7 | 220,000 |
| 12 | WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 214,000 |
| 13 | WEEKEND SUNRISE – SATURDAY – LATE | Channel 7 | 206,000 |
| 14 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 188,000 |
| 15 | M: PITCH PERFECT 3 | Channel 9 | 188,000 |
| 16 | SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: SYDNEY SUPERNIGHT SAT RACE 20 | 7mate, Channel 7 | 188,000 |
| 17 | WEEKEND SUNRISE – SATURDAY – EARLY | Channel 7 | 178,000 |
| 18 | WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE | Channel 9 | 172,000 |
| 19 | THE DOG HOUSE AUSTRALIA ENCORE | Channel 10 | 159,000 |
| 20 | SEVEN NEWS AT 5 | Channel 7 | 154,000 |
Saturday Sports FTA and STV
Supercars Championship: Sydney Supernight
Race 20
Seven/7mate 399,000 (Metro 188,000 Regional 211,000)
Fox Sports 149,000
Seven Horseracing
Golden Eagle 133,000 metro
Melbourne Cup Carnival on 10
Victoria Derby Race Day
104,000 metro
ICC T20 World Cup
South Africa v Sri Lanka
Fox Cricket 85,000/85,000