The early evening news bulletins on Seven, Nine and ABC were three of the four most-watched programs in Saturday TV ratings.
There might have been AFL football on Seven for the first time this year, however ABC’s Death in Paradise had the biggest non-news audience with 599,000, ahead of the average audience watching the football on Seven.
Just two other programs made it over 400,000 in Saturday TV ratings – A Current Affair on 445,000 and Call the Midwife on 443,000.
Seven’s Weekend Sunrise managed to make the Saturday top 10 with 235,000.
Fox Footy’s coverage of the Adelaide v Geelong clash late on Saturday afternoon found its way into the metro top 20 with 192,000.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 13.9% (19.0%)
Seven 21.5% (32.6%)
Nine 16.1% (26.3%)
10 5.8% (13.2%)
SBS 5.6% (8.9%)
See also: TV ratings Saturday March 13, 2021
Saturday Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Channel 7 | 804,000 |
| 2 | NINE NEWS | Channel 9 | 696,000 |
| 3 | DEATH IN PARADISE | ABC TV | 599,000 |
| 4 | ABC NEWS | ABC TV | 581,000 |
| 5 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 484,000 |
| 6 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 445,000 |
| 7 | CALL THE MIDWIFE | ABC TV | 443,000 |
| 8 | SPACE INVADERS | Channel 9 | 309,000 |
| 9 | WEEKEND SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 235,000 |
| 10 | THE BOURNE SUPREMACY | Channel 9 | 233,000 |
| 11 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 233,000 |
| 12 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 225,000 |
| 13 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 223,000 |
| 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE LATE | Channel 7 | 205,000 |
| 15 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 204,000 |
| 16 | BLUEY | ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus | 203,000 |
| 17 | WEEKEND TODAY | Channel 9 | 197,000 |
| 18 | LIVE: AFL ADELAIDE V GEELONG | FOX FOOTY | 192,000 |
| 19 | NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE | Channel 9 | 185,000 |
| 20 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE | Channel 7 | 185,000 |
Saturday Sports FTA and STV
NRL Fox League
#NRLCowboysDragons 270,000
#NRLManlySouths 254,000
#NRLBulldogsPanthers 197,000
AFL
Seven/7mate
Saturday night 484,000
Saturday afternoon 173,000 (Adelaide & Perth)
Fox Footy
#AFLDeesFreo 115,000
#AFLCrowsCats 227,000
#AFLDonsHawks 149,000
#AFLLionsSwans 88,000
Supercars Fox Sports
Sandown 139,000
SuperRugby Wide World of Sports/9Gem
#REDvFOR 66,000
A-League #MACvWUN
ABC 42,000
Fox Sports 11,000
AFLW Fox Sports
#AFLWCatsGiants 9,000
#AFLWPiesSaints 11,000