Nine again had the #1 primary and network shares in Saturday TV ratings. Highlight of the day for many sports fans was the return of Supercars on Seven with close to 300,000 metro watching Race 1 from Bathurst which catapulted the event into the Saturday top 10 TV ratings.
In other FTA TV ratings from the sporting field, the A-League and the AFLW both had close to 50,000 metro, while week 2 of the Super Rugby on Gem had 84,000 watching.
7TWO and 10Bold shared the biggest multichannel shares with each on 4.2%.
Nine’s primary share was its second smallest of the week, but big enough to win. ABC’s Death in Paradise and Call the Midwife were again the biggest non-news shows as the ABC had a second successive night over 15%, its biggest two shares of the week.
10 was close to 5% on Saturday for another week as it was outrated in primary share all people by SBS which had its best night of the week in TV ratings on 5.9%. A (k)night of mythical British history helped SBS with King Arthur’s Britain followed by Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 15.0% (20.5%)
Seven 17.4% (27.0%)
Nine 19.2% (29.6%)
10 5.2% (13.3%)
SBS 5.9% (9.6%)
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 754,000 |
| 2 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 679,000 |
| 3 | DEATH IN PARADISE | ABC TV | 622,000 |
| 4 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 555,000 |
| 5 | A CURRENT AFFAIR SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 482,000 |
| 6 | CALL THE MIDWIFE | ABC TV | 450,000 |
| 7 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE | Channel 7 | 432,000 |
| 8 | SPACE INVADERS | Channel 9 | 359,000 |
| 9 | YESTERDAY | Channel 9 | 289,000 |
| 10 | SUPERCARS: MT PANARAMA 500 SAT RACE 1 | Channel 7 | 286,000 |
| 11 | M: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Channel 7 | 271,000 |
| 12 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 270,000 |
| 13 | WEEKEND SUNRISE SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 259,000 |
| 14 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 225,000 |
| 15 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 223,000 |
| 16 | SUPERCARS: MT PANARAMA 500 SAT PODIUM | Channel 7 | 221,000 |
| 17 | SEVEN NEWS AT 5 | Channel 7 | 217,000 |
| 18 | WEEKEND SUNRISE – SATURDAY – LATE | Channel 7 | 201,000 |
| 19 | SUPERCARS: MT PANARAMA 500 SAT RACE 1 BUILD UP | Channel 7 | 198,000 |
| 20 | SBS WORLD NEWS | SBS | 187,000 |
Saturday ratings: Sport FTA & STV
Supercars Race 1 TV ratings
Seven 286,000 metro (See Top 20 chart above)
Seven regional 234,000
Fox Sports 144,000
NRL Fox League
Charity Shield Rabbitohs v Dragons 132,000
SuperRugbyAU Gem
Brumbies v Waratahs 84,000
AFLW FTA & Sub TV ratings
North Melbourne v Carlton
7mate 55,000
Fox Footy 37,000
Fremantle v Brisbane 32,000
Western Bulldogs v GWS 23,000
A-League FTA and Sub TV ratings
WSW v Adelaide
ABC 48,000
Foxsports 12,000
Melbourne Victory v Western United Fox Sports 27,000
Cricket Fox Sports
Sheffield Shield Victoria v NSW 17,000
Basketball NBL ESPN
Melbourne United v Kings 10,000