Saturday TV ratings: Seven does the double in Perth
The Seven Network did an unusual double in Perth on Saturday, with two of its channels in the top two commercial slots.
7Mate was the top commercial channel in Perth with a metro audience share of 14.2%, while the main Seven channel had a share of 13.1%.
7Mate’s big share was driven by the airing of the West Coast Eagles versus St Kilda AFL game. The game attracted 120,000 Perth viewers to 7Mate. A further 40,000 watched it on Fox Sports.
Nine’s share of the Perth audience was just 8% while Ten took 6.8%.
However, the most watched channel in Perth overall was the non-commercial player, with ABC taking a share of 15.7%.
Local games created several split schedules across the major TV markets throughout the country on Saturday.
The Saturday AFL match of Brisbane versus Essendon brought Seven 288,000 viewers in Melbourne and 81,000 in Adelaide. A further 64,000 watched on Seven affiliates in regional Victoria and 35,000 in Tasmania. it total, Seven’s national audience for the game was 468,000.
Across the five metro cities, a further 162,000 watched the game on Fox Footy.
Meanwhile, the most watched non-news program in Adelaide was the afternoon Hawthorn vs Adelaide AFL game which rated 136,000 in the city. A further 48,000 Adelaide viewers watched the game on Fox Sports, which saw a total of 205,000 viewers for the game across the five city metro.
However, there was little local interest in the East Coast AFL clash between the greater Western Sydney Giants and the Gold Coast Suns. The Fox Footy broadcast pulled in just 16,000 Sydney viewers and 9,000 in Brisbane.
And, in the three NRL games on Fox League, Melbourne Storm vs Penrith Panthers was the top rating game with 169,000 metro viewers, ahead of Canberra Raiders versus Parramatta Eels which rated 163,000.
Fox League’s Cronulla Sharks versus Newcastle Knights was the least attractive NRL clash to Fox League viewers, bringing in just 109,000 metro viewers – and delivering a rare zero audience rating in Adelaide.
Meanwhile, the top rating show was Seven News, with a metro audience of 824,000, rising to 1.227m including regional affiliates.
ABC’s top performer nationally was ABC News with 1.178m national viewers including a metro audience of 755,000.
Nine News Saturday rated a metro audience of 731,000.
Ten’s best rating show was its Eyewitness News bulletin, which rated just 250,000.
Seven’s metro share for Saturday night was 20.6%, ahead of ABC’s 16.9% and Nine’s 13.4%. Ten’s share was 7.6%
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