TV ratings: Seven
Seven’s narrow TV ratings lead as the #1 Saturday primary TV channel is thanks to the Harry Potter franchise with the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first of the movies released in 2001. The movie had an audience of 326,000.
Nine
Nine had a narrow network lead at 6pm with Nine News on 904,000 which was followed by A Current Affair Saturday on 632,000.
Nine’s Saturday movie was the sixth instalment in the Transformer film franchise, Bumblebee, with 257,000 watching.
Nine’s #1 network share was helped by the Wallabies v Argentina clash which started late afternoon with the second half running well into primetime. The metro audience for the game was 264,000, perhaps surprisingly marginally down on the 269,000 watching a week ago when game one was up against the AFL Grand Final.
10
10 News First continued as the channel’s most-watched Saturday show with 288,000.
Two episodes of The Dog House were the next best with audiences of 250,000 and 231,000.
ABC
The Durrells has finally run its course with the channel finding a new franchise the 7.30pm slot. That show is another British-made period drama in Grantchester. The start of season six saw 471,000 watching, a big increase on what The Durrells has been managing for some time. Grantchester was not up against any live football though.
The crime drama Shetland then returned too with body parts on the beach making for a gruesome start for the audience of 275,000.
SBS
The new episode of Celebrity Letters and Numbers drew the biggest crowd with 209,000 watching at 7.30pm.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 11.6% (17.2%)
Seven 17.2% (28.2%)
Nine 16.6% (30.0%)
10 7.9% (14.9%)
SBS 5.8% (9.7%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Saturday September 25, 2021
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 904,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 890,000 |
| 3 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 725,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 632,000 |
| 5 | GRANTCHESTER | ABC TV | 471,000 |
| 6 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 352,000 |
| 7 | M: HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE | Channel 7 | 326,000 |
| 8 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 288,000 |
| 9 | WEEKEND SUNRISE SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 282,000 |
| 10 | SHETLAND | ABC TV | 275,000 |
| 11 | THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 ARG V AUS | Gem, Channel 9 | 264,000 |
| 12 | M: BUMBLEBEE | Channel 9 | 257,000 |
| 13 | WEEKEND TODAY SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 253,000 |
| 14 | THE DOG HOUSE (R) | Channel 10 | 250,000 |
| 15 | WEEKEND TODAY SATURDAY – LATE | Channel 9 | 238,000 |
| 16 | THE DOG HOUSE EP 2 (R) | Channel 10 | 231,000 |
| 17 | BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Channel 7 | 230,000 |
| 18 | THE REPAIR SHOP (R) | ABC TV | 224,000 |
| 19 | NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE | Channel 9 | 222,000 |
| 20 | WEEKEND SUNRISE SATURDAY – LATE | Channel 7 | 215,000 |
Saturday Sports FTA and STV
Rugby Union
Australia v Argentina
Game 2 9Gem
363,000 (Metro 264,000 Regional 99,000)
Cricket
Australia v India
First Test, Day 3
7mate 149,000 (Metro 86,000 Regional 63,000) (Session 2)
Fox Cricket 46,000
Horse Racing
Sky Racing
Raceday Saturday 45,000