TV ratings Saturday: It was the last night of Olympic competition at Tokyo 2020 before the Closing Ceremony on Sunday evening. No Gold on Saturday, but Bronze and Silver for Australia which secured Seven another TV ratings victory.
Seven has ended the second week of Olympic competition with a winning network share of 53.0% and a primary share of 37.0%.
Seven
The primary channel, 7mate and 7TWO at different times and 7plus all the time offered many highlights across many sports on Day 15 of Olympic Games competition.
The channel’s second-biggest audience across the day was 1,340,000 watching the Seven News at 6pm
The evening highlights were the Boomers winning a Bronze medal against Slovenia. Late on Saturday night Nicola McDermott won a silver medal in the high jump. After the competition finished last night Andy Maher and Lisa Sthalekar hosted the final Shinya with Andrew Gaze who recalled the long journey Australian men’s basketball had been on to last night’s victory.
The metro numbers for the various sessions on Seven were:
Weekend Sunrise 355,000
Morning 544,000
Afternoon 730,000
Late Afternoon 840,000
Evening 973,000
Night 921,000
Late Night 957,000
Nine
The first game of the Bledisloe Cup series had 304,000 watching with a 5pm start AEST on 9Gem.
Nine News did 859,000 followed by A Current Affair on 245,000.
Saturday Night NRL screened on Nine as the season draws to a close with 266,000 watching Storm pull ahead of the Sea Eagles in the second half.
10
10 News First was the only entry in the top 20 with 308,000 at 5pm.
A Dog House repeat was next best on 224,000.
ABC
ABC News snuck into the top 10 on 605,000.
The next biggest audience was 406,000 watching the various state Coronavirus updates on Saturday morning.
In the evening The Durrells was on 292,000.
SBS
SBS World News started on 180,000 at 6.30pm and then dropped to 129,000 at 7pm.
The third week of Hemingway then did 94,000.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 6.6% (10.3%)
Seven 33.5% (56.5%)
Nine 11.0% (17.9%)
10 4.3% (10.6%)
SBS 2.6% (4.7%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Saturday July 31, 2021
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 1,340,000 |
| 2 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – EVENING | Channel 7 | 973,000 |
| 3 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – LATE NIGHT | Channel 7 | 957,000 |
| 4 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – NIGHT | Channel 7 | 921,000 |
| 5 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 859,000 |
| 6 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – LATE AFTERNOON | Channel 7 | 840,000 |
| 7 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – AFTERNOON | Channel 7 | 730,000 |
| 8 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – LATE NIGHT FEED 2 | 7mate, 7TWO | 650,000 |
| 9 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – NIGHT FEED 2 | 7mate, 7TWO | 608,000 |
| 10 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 605,000 |
| 11 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – MORNING | Channel 7 | 544,000 |
| 12 | CORONAVIRUS: PUBLIC UPDATE-AM | ABC NEWS | 406,000 |
| 13 | WEEKEND SUNRISE – SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 355,000 |
| 14 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 308,000 |
| 15 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2021 | Gem, Channel 9 | 304,000 |
| 16 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 300,000 |
| 17 | THE DURRELLS | ABC TV | 292,000 |
| 18 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – AFTERNOON FEED 2 | 7mate, 7TWO | 271,000 |
| 19 | SATURDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE | Gem, Channel 9 | 266,000 |
| 20 | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 – EVENING FEED 2 | 7mate, 7TWO | 250,000 |
Saturday Sports FTA and STV
Seven Saturday
Metro 209,000 (Sydney 59,000 Adelaide 150,000)
Fox Footy
#AFLBluesSuns 145,000
#AFLTigersNorth 156,000
#AFLSaintsSwans 140,000
#AFLCrowsPower 58,000
Nine Saturday
#NRLManlyStorm 304,000 (Metro 266,000 Regional 138,000)
Fox League
#NRLManlyStorm 269,000
#NRLRoostersPanthers 259,000
#NRLWarriorsSharks 147,000
Suncorp Super Netball
The regular season came to an end yesterday on Nine with the final series to start next weekend. The Giants claimed the 2021 minor premiership and set up an all-NSW major semi-final with a 75-73 victory over the West Coast Fever.
#SSNSwiftsLightning 57,000
#SSNFeverGIANTS 61,000
Rugby
Bledisloe Cup Game 1
Nine 395,000 (Metro 304,000 Regional 91,000)