Nine has had one of the most dominant wins in years with an astounding 61.8% primary share and 68.1% network share, as the broadcaster has well and truly blown away its competition. And it’s all thanks to the Australian Open.
Ash Barty winning a historic Australian Open women’s title brought in an average of 2.581m viewers, which was eclipsed further by the presentation of her trophy which had 2.838m tuning in. These would have registered as the second and fourth highest-ranking segments of 2021 with only the AFL grand final bringing in more viewers.
See more: By the Numbers: The most watched programs of 2021
The Australian Open wasn’t done with headline acts, however, as the men’s doubles final had 1.725m viewers as Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell.
It was a quiet night for the rest of the broadcasters, as the gravity of Nine’s huge share created some weird results (see SBS having a bigger primary share than 10).
Seven aired the Women’s Ashes during the day with the first Test’s third day having a high segment of 150,000 viewers, which came at lunch. In primetime Seven aired Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (375,000), before Fast & Furious 6 had 138,000 viewers.
On 10, the A-League had 42,000 viewers as Western United took on Melbourne City. Western United won 1-0.
On the ABC, Death in Paradise had 368,000 viewers before All Creatures Great and Small had 282,000.
The top non-news program on SBS was Tony Robinson’s Forgotten War Stories with 84,000 viewers.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 6.9% (9.1%)
Seven 9.0% (13.3%)
Nine 61.8% (68.1%)
10 2.2% (5.3%)
SBS 2.4% (4.3%)
#1 Multi 9Gem 2.4%
See also: Weekend TV ratings Saturday January 22, 2022
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | 2022 Australian Open D13 -Women’s Final -Presentation | Nine Network | 2,838,000 |
| 2 | 2022 Australian Open D13 -Women’s Final -Barty V Collins | Nine Network | 2,581,000 |
| 3 | 2022 Australian Open D13 -Men’s Doubles Final | Nine Network | 1,725,000 |
| 4 | 2022 Australian Open D13 -Post | Nine Network | 1,174,000 |
| 5 | 2022 Australian Open D13 -Women’s Final -Pre Match | Nine Network | 1,169,000 |
| 6 | Nine News Saturday | Nine Network | 891,000 |
| 7 | Seven News – Sat | Seven Network | 808,000 |
| 8 | ABC News-Sa | ABC TV | 467,000 |
| 9 | Border Security – Australia’s Front Line | Seven Network | 375,000 |
| 10 | Death In Paradise-Ev | ABC TV | 368,000 |
| 11 | Country House Hunters Australia | Nine Network | 329,000 |
| 12 | Nine News: First At Five | Nine Network | 284,000 |
| 13 | All Creatures Great And Small-Ev | ABC TV | 282,000 |
| 14 | Weekend Sunrise – Sat | Seven Network | 270,000 |
| 15 | Border Security – Australia’s Front Line (R) | Seven Network | 236,000 |
| 16 | New Amsterdam -Rpt | Nine Network | 234,000 |
| 17 | 10 News First Sat | Network 10 | 222,000 |
| 18 | 2022 Australian Open D13 -Pre Match | Nine Network | 220,000 |
| 19 | Weekend Today – Saturday | Nine Network | 204,000 |
| 20 | Weekend Today – Saturday – Late | Nine Network | 202,000 |