The Nine and Seven 6pm news hours both made it just over 700,000 to lead Saturday TV ratings. The next best for Nine was A Current Affair at 7pm on 498,000. Seven’s Saturday night AFL coverage featured Melbourne v St Kilda in most markets with 462,000.
After the NRL featured some entertainment heavyweights in the stand Friday night, the AFL did its bit last night too. Celebrities at Marvel Stadium included Ed Sheeran supporting Michael Gudinski’s AFL team St Kilda. Also watching on were St Kilda supporters Shane Warne and Eric Bana. The game was named after former St Kilda great Danny Frawley. As Frawley’s employer Fox Sports noted yesterday:
Spud’s Game: Time 2 Talk is a celebration of the life and memory of the late Danny Frawley, as well as an opportunity to promote a national conversation that can help lead to early intervention and fight the prevalence of mental ill-health in the community.
The most-watched non-sports shows were ABC’s Death in Paradise on 604,000 and then Call the Midwife on 423,000.
Nine’s movie Space Invaders was on 310,000 and Seven’s Weekend Sunrise made the top 10 with 256,000.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 14.1% (19.1%)
Seven 19.6% (30.4%)
Nine 17.1% (27.3%)
10 5.9% (14.0%)
SBS 5.5% (9.1%)
See also: TV ratings Saturday March 20, 2021
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | NINE NEWS | Channel 9 | 733,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS | Channel 7 | 702,000 |
| 3 | DEATH IN PARADISE | ABC TV | 604,000 |
| 4 | ABC NEWS | ABC TV | 550,000 |
| 5 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Channel 9 | 498,000 |
| 6 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 7mate, Channel 7 | 462,000 |
| 7 | CALL THE MIDWIFE | ABC TV | 423,000 |
| 8 | M: SPACE INVADERS | Channel 9 | 310,000 |
| 9 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 263,000 |
| 10 | WEEKEND SUNRISE | Channel 7 | 256,000 |
| 11 | SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH | 7mate, Channel 7 | 235,000 |
| 12 | 10 NEWS FIRST | Channel 10 | 220,000 |
| 13 | THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM | Channel 9 | 216,000 |
| 14 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 212,000 |
| 15 | WEEKEND SUNRISE LATE | Channel 7 | 206,000 |
| 16 | WEEKEND TODAY LATE | Channel 9 | 202,000 |
| 17 | M: A DOG’S WAY HOME | 7mate, Channel 7 | 196,000 |
| 18 | WEEKEND SUNRISE EARLY | Channel 7 | 190,000 |
| 19 | WEEKEND TODAY | Channel 9 | 189,000 |
| 20 | NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE | Channel 9 | 183,000 |
Saturday sports FTA and STV
NRL Fox League
#NRLEelsSharks 263,000
#NRLBroncosBulldogs 240,000
#NRLRaidersWarriors 160,000
AFL
Seven
Saturday night 462,000
Saturday afternoon 118,000 (Sydney & Adelaide)
Fox Footy
#AFLSaintsDees 154,000
#AFLSunsRoos 48,000
#AFLPowerDons 174,000
#AFLSwansCrows 141,000
SuperRugby Wide World of Sports/9Gem
#WARvRED 91,000
Formula 1 Fox Sports
Bahrain Practice 42,000
A-League
#CCMvMVC 25,000
#PERvNEW 9,000
AFLW Fox Sports
#AFLWSunsCats 8,000
#AFLWDeesLions 13,000
#AFLWNorthFreo 6,000