(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)
1. Nine News – Saturday – Nine – 1.168
2. Seven News – Saturday – Seven – 1.086
3. ABC News – Saturday – ABC1 – 0.861
4. Bed of Roses – ABC1 – 0.767
5. Spooks – ABC1 – 0.754
6. The Ashes: Second Test – Australia v England – Nine – 0.741
7. Australia’s Funniest Home Videos – Summer Edition – Nine – 0.740
8. No Leave No Life – Seven – 0.620
9. The Cricket Show – Nine – 0.555
10. Gardening Australia – ABC1 – 0.554
11. The Celebrity Singing Bee – Nine – 0.521
12. Anne of Green Gables (Movie) – Seven – 0.489
13. Ten News at Five – Saturday – Ten – 0.486
14. Field Of Dreams (Movie) – Ten – 0.403
15. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Nine – 0.402
The Untouchables – Ten – 0.367
Weekend Sunrise (Sat) – Seven – 0.327
Weekend Today (Sat) – Nine – 0.238
Channel 9’s News – Saturday benefits from a good lead in from a big day of Cricket. A solid performance for Ch7’s No Leave No Life hosted by James Tobin – a smart return for summer programming. Anne Of Green Gables aired and twitter melted – and people like Ben Pobjie should be blamed accordingly (a hashtag for the show was the top trending topic on Saturday night). The ABC’s Saturday night line up of Bed of Roses & Spooks is likely indicative of the demographic as much as it being Christmas season and there are a lot of parties on.