TV ratings: Seven
Another instalment in the Harry Potter series, this time Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was on 318,000 after Philosopher’s Stone was on 326,000 last week.
Seven had the cricket programmed for 7mate last night. Game 1 of the Australia v India Women’s T20 was washed out on Thursday, but Game 2 was a cracker for 7mate viewers with Australia securing a win in only the final over. The audience was 192,000 for the Australian innings, with 151,000 watching India build its score.
Nine
A Current Affair Saturday continued to win its timeslot with just under 600,000, slightly below last week’s 632,000.
The 2019 movie Rocketman tells the story of how Reginald Dwight morphed into Elton John. The Nine Saturday movie found an audience of 343,000 and drove Nine’s Saturday win.
Another TV ratings contributor was the doco Elton John Uncensored which followed on 252,000.
10
Making It Australia now lives at 6pm Saturday. A tough timeslot and one that delivered 121,000 viewers last night.
An episode of The Dog House followed with 288,000, then two episodes of Ambulance UK on 194,000 and 155,000.
ABC
British crime drama night used to be a powerful Saturday ratings strategy. It still does well, but not enough to push the channel into a winning position.
Grantchester episode 2, season 6 did 458,000, enough to win the timeslot, after 471,000 a week ago.
The repeat episode of Shetland then did 251,000 after 275,000 last week.
SBS
Celebrity Numbers and Letters continued in the 7.30pm slot with 174,000.
Continuing at 8.30pm was The Battle of Britain with 128,000.
Saturday TV ratings Metro primetime shares primary/network
ABC 11.0% (16.1%)
Seven 17.8% (29.7%)
Nine 19.6% (30.8%)
10 8.0% (13.8%)
SBS 5.2% (9.7%)
See also: Weekend TV ratings Saturday October 2, 2021
Saturday TV ratings Metro top 20 all people
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 838,000 |
| 2 | NINE NEWS SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 836,000 |
| 3 | ABC NEWS SATURDAY | ABC TV | 646,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 592,000 |
| 5 | GRANTCHESTER | ABC TV | 458,000 |
| 6 | M: ROCKETMAN | Channel 9 | 343,000 |
| 7 | M: HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | Channel 7 | 318,000 |
| 8 | GETAWAY | Channel 9 | 293,000 |
| 9 | THE DOG HOUSE (R) | Channel 10 | 288,000 |
| 10 | WEEKEND SUNRISE SATURDAY | Channel 7 | 271,000 |
| 11 | M; ELTON JOHN UNCENSORED | Channel 9 | 252,000 |
| 12 | SHETLAND (R) | ABC TV | 251,000 |
| 13 | 10 NEWS FIRST SATURDAY | Channel 10 | 245,000 |
| 14 | THE REPAIR SHOP (R) | ABC TV | 231,000 |
| 15 | WEEKEND SUNRISE – SATURDAY – LATE | Channel 7 | 230,000 |
| 16 | WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY | Channel 9 | 210,000 |
| 17 | WEEKEND TODAY – SATURDAY – LATE | Channel 9 | 203,000 |
| 18 | NINE NEWS: FIRST AT FIVE | Channel 9 | 200,000 |
| 19 | AMBULANCE UK | Channel 10 | 194,000 |
| 20 | SEVEN’S CRICKET: T20 INT: AUS V IND WOMEN’S-SESSION 2 | 7mate | 192,000 |
Saturday Sports FTA and STV
Cricket
Australia v India
Women’s T20 Game 7
7mate: 151,000/192,000 (Metro)
Fox Cricket: 109,000/119,000 (National)
Formula 1
Turkish Grand Prix
Fox Sports
Qualifying 69,000