Saturday TV Ratings Australia – Grantchester on ABC is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and wins in Total TV

TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV (26 August, 2023) and Overnight (2 September, 2023) ratings.

Total TV Ratings

Seven

#1 Seven News – Saturday – 1,012 000 (+3%)

#5 Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – 565 000 (+1%)

#9 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – 399 000 (+4%)

#10 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – Late – 324 000 (+5%)

#12 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line – 301 000 (+3%)

#13 Weekend Sunrise – Saturday – Early – 288 000 (+5%)

#16 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (R) – 270 000 (+2%)

#17 Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – Pre Match – 265 000 (+0%)

#23 Seven News at 5 – 226 000 (+2%)

#30 Movie – Ghostbusters II – 175 000 (+5%)

Nine

#2 Nine News Saturday – 834 000 (+5%)

#7 Saturday Night NRL Live – 427 000 (+13%)

#8 Getaway – 417 000 (+6%)

#11 Saturday Night NRL Live – Pre Match – 303 000 (+8%)

#14 Weekend Today – Saturday – 278 000 (+8%)

#18 A Current Affair – Saturday – 255 000 (+6%)

#20 Weekend Today – Saturday – Late – 242 000 (+8%)

#22 Nine News: First at Five – 226 000 (+5%)

#25 Saturday Night NRL Live – Post Match – 209 000 (+11%)

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

10

#15 Thank God You’re Here – Encore – 271 000 (+60%)

#19 10 News First Saturday – 252 000 (+2%)

#21 The Dog House Australia (R) – 227 000 (+7%)

ABC

#3 ABC News – Saturday – 659 000 (+3%)

#4 Grantchester – 636 000 (+25%)

#6 Vera (R) – 545 000 (+14%)

#27 Bay of Fires – 204 000 (+76%)

#28 Kitchen Cabinet – Encore – 196 000 (+26%)

#29 Weekend Breakfast – 179 000 (+5%)

SBS

#24 SBS World News – 212 000 (+4%)

TOTAL TV – 25-54

#2 Seven’s AFL: Saturday Night Football – 215 000 (+1%)

#4 Thank God You’re Here – Encore – 150 000 (+92%)

#5 Saturday Night NRL Live – 135 000 (+25%)

#7 Getaway – 102 000 (+11%)

#13 M – Ghostbusters II – 84 000 (+6%)

#18 The Dog House Australia (R) – 71 000 (+15%)

#22 Yesterday – 58 000 (+4%)

#24 M – Baywatch (R) – 56 000 (+4%)

#28 Grantchester – 52 000 (+108%)

#29 Location, Location, Location Australia – Encore – 52 000 (+11%)

Overnight Ratings

Analysis

Seven

Seven News – Saturday was #2 with wins in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. A repeat of Border Security: Australia’s Front Line aired in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth and was #8 with 262 000. The premiere movie, Ghostbusters: Afterlife aired in the same markets on the main channel and on 7mate in Melbourne for a total audience of 208 000.

Nine

Nine News Saturday was #1 with wins in Melbourne and Brisbane. A Current Affair – Saturday was #7 with 267 000 and aired in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Nine didn’t bother airing the program in other markets on a multi channel. Riverfire aired at 7pm in Brisbane only but had a massive crowd of 247 000, which placed it #9 for the night. Saturday Night NRL Live was #12 with 206 000 across 9 and 9Gem. The movie, War with Grandpa was #14 with 172 000 across 9 and 9Gem.

10

Luxury Escapes began a new season on 10 with 84 000 watching. A repeat of Bondi Rescue was on 86 000. An encore of Location, Location, Location Australia was on 97 000. An encore of Thank God You’re Here was on 110 000. The movie, XXX: The Return of Xander Cage was on 53 000.

ABC

ABC News was #3 for the night. Grantchester was #4 for the night but #1 in its slot and #1 non news program of the night in primetime with 381 000. A repeat of Vera was #5 with 349 000. An encore of Bay of Fires was on 86 000.

16-39

1. Nine News Saturday
2. Seven News – Saturday
3. Saturday Night NRL Live
4. Getaway
5. Riverfire

25-54

1. Nine News Saturday
2. Seven News – Saturday
3. M – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
4. Getaway
5. Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (R)

Multi Channels

Winner: 9GO! (3.4%)

Second: ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus (3.2%)

9GO! was the #1 multi channel thanks to the movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (#16 with 66 000).

ABC Kids / ABC TV Plus was the #2 multi channel thanks to Spicks and Specks (#5 with 93 000), Bluey (#14 with 68 000) and Shaun the Sheep (#18 with 64 000).

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

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TEN

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OzTam Information

Ratings

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