Saturday TV Ratings Australia – Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football Finals is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Grantchester on ABC wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (2 September, 2023) and Overnight (9 September, 2023) ratings.

Total TV Ratings

Seven

#1 Seven News – Saturday – 1,007 000 (+3%)

#7 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (R) – 393 000 (+3%)

#9 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – 368 000 (+5%)

#11 M – Ghostbusters – Afterlife – 310 000 (+5%)

#13 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – Late – 282 000 (+5%)

#15 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – Early – 266 000 (+5%)

#24 Seven News at 5 – 200 000 (+3%)

Nine

#2 Nine News Saturday – 952 000 (+5%)

#6 Getaway – 467 000 (+6%)

#8 Saturday Night NRL Live – 378 000 (+9%)

#10 A Current Affair – Saturday – 339 000 (+6%)

#12 Riverfire – 292 000 (+5%)

#14 Nine News: First at Five – 274 000 (+4%)

#16 Weekend Today – Saturday – 258 000 (+8%)

#19 M – War with Grandpa – 239 000 (+3%)

#22 Weekend Today – Saturday – Late – 216 000 (+9%)

#23 Weekend Today – Saturday – Early – 207 000 (+7%)

#26 Saturday Night NRL Live – Post Match – 198 000 (+8%)

#27 Saturday Night NRL Live – Pre Match – 195 000 (+9%)

10

#17 10 News First Saturday – 248 000 (+2%)

#20 Thank God You’re Here – Encore – 236 000 (+62%)

#29 Location, Location, Location Australia – Encore – 160 000 (+16%)

ABC

#3 ABC News – Saturday – 691 000 (+3%)

#4 Grantchester – 680 000 (+17%)

#5 Vera (R) – 625 000 (+16%)

#18 Bay of FIres – Encore – 245 000 (+90%)

#25 Kitchen Cabinet – Encore – 198 000 (+15%)

#28 Weekend Breakfast – 181 000 (+5%)

SBS

#21 SBS World News – 227 000 (+3%)

#30 SBS World News 7pm – 160 000 (+3%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#3 M – Ghostbusters – Afterlife – 147 000 (+5%)

#4 Thank God You’re Here – Encore – 131 000 (+79%)

#5 Saturday Night NRL Live – 118 000 (+19%)

#6 Getaway – 118 000 (+12%)

#7 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (R) – 105 000 (+6%)

#10 Riverfire – 82 000 (+12%)

#17 M – War with Grandpa – 67 000 (+6%)

#18 Grantchester – 63 000 (+75%)

#22 Location, Location, Location Australia – Encore – 58 000 (+18%)

#24 Women’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – 54 000 (+6%)

#25 Bondi Rescue (R) – 51 000 (+11%)

#26 Luxury Escapes – 49 000 (+7%)

#28 M – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – 48 000 (+2%)

#29 Vera (R) – 46 000 (+28%)

#30 Bay of Fires – Encore – 46 000 (+171%)

Overnight Ratings

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Saturday was #1 with wins in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – Pre Match was #4 with 526 000 across 7 and 7mate. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football was #3 with 613 000 across 7 and 7mate. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – Post Match was #13 with 184 000 across 7 and 7mate.

Nine

Nine News Saturday was #2 with wins in Sydney and Brisbane. A Current Affair – Saturday was on 73 000 with the program airing only in Adelaide and Perth, with Nine not even bothering to air the show elsewhere on a multi channel. Rugby League Final Series EF1 was #8 with 334 000 across 9 and 9Gem. Rugby League Final Series EF1 – Pre Match was #10 with 272 000 across 9 and 9Gem.

10

A new episode of Luxury Escapes was on 91 000. A repeat of Bondi Rescue was on 87 000. A repeat of The Dog House Australia was #19 with 159 000. An encore of Thank God You’re Here was on 113 000. The movie, Ghost in the Shell was on 48 000.

ABC

ABC News was #6 for the night. Grantchester was #7 with 334 000. A repeat of Vera was #9 with 288 000. An encore of the season final of Bay of Fires was on 63 000.

16-39

1. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football Finals
2. Seven News – Saturday
3. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Afternoon Football Finals
4. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football Finals – Pre Match
5. Nine News Saturday

25-54

1. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football Finals
2. Seven News – Saturday
3. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football Finals – Pre Match
4. Nine News Saturday
5. Seven’s AFL: Saturday Afternoon Football Finals

Multi Channels

Winner: 7mate (4.2%)

Second: 9GO! (2.9%)

7mate was the #1 multi channel thanks to the Perth market airing Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football Finals (#13 with 67 000).

9GO! was the #2 multi channel thanks to the movie – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (54 000).

VOZ Ratings

Note: This post will be updated with VOZ ratings each afternoon

How the Networks Analysed their Own Performance
Note: N/A means the network has not sent out a report today

NINE

N/A

SEVEN

N/A

TEN

N/A

OzTam Information

Ratings

You can find all the latest ratings HERE

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