TV ratings Saturday March 20, 2021
First AFL Saturday TV ratings of 2021 push Seven further ahead
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
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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
