SBS featured two World Cup Round of 16 games on Monday morning. From 5:30 AM Norway evicted Brazil from the tournament winning 2-1 to average 834k. Later, after a delay for rain, the second match got underway at 11:00 AM. England eliminated co-hots Mexico at home 3-2 that drew 1.659m. That is the highest result for a game not including Australia of the tournament so far and the number one program for the day.
In primetime, as the final approaches, Seven’s Farmer Wants A Wife was the top pick at 7.30pm with 946k, up from 899k last Monday. Nine’s Travel Guides visited Indonesia - Beyond Bali that averaged 891k up from 839k last week while on 10, MasterChef eliminated another contestant with 677k tuning in, up from 669k.
For ABC, Australian Story returned from a two-week break looking at Play School to average 665k up from 619k for its last episode.
Have You Been Paying Attention? was later a time slot winner steady with 706k. Four Corners continued to do well with 531k with Media Watch that followed had 514k.
The Rookie for Seven was down to 434k. Nine’s split schedule saw 100% Footy with 137k and Footy Classified with 144k while Wimbledon coverage had 303k and 268k Late. 10’s Late News make the top 30 with 262k.
SBS’s Tour De France coverage later had 174k plus a repeat of Paraguay V France just made the top 30.
At 6pm Seven News lifted over 1.6m for a big lead over Nine News that had 1.376m. At 5pm Tipping Point had won with 880k for a margin over The Chase of 130k.
At 7pm Home And Away was the top entertainment show of the day with 1.023m in a tight contest that saw A Current Affair number one with 1.112m the show’s highest rating since April while ABC News had 975k.
At breakfast, Sunrise had a comprehensive win with 409k while Today continued to underperform with 243k. while News Breakfast had 212k.
MasterChef And Have You Been Paying Attention? Serve Biggest Seasons Since 2022.
MasterChef Australia, Have You Been Paying Attention? And 10’s Late News Up Year-On-Year.
MasterChef Australia:
Reached 1.1 million national total TV viewers.
103,000 BVOD viewers, up 60% vs. same episode in 2025.
Biggest ever overnight BVOD audience for an Ep 45.
7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Monday, 29 June): Reached 1.4 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
Reaching 9.6 million national total viewers.
Biggest total national audience since 2022.
853,000 national total audience, up 12% year-on-year.
Biggest ever BVOD audience.
220,000 BVOD viewers, up 63% year-on-year.
#1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s.
Have You Been Paying Attention?:
Have Urzila Carlson, Pete Helliar, Anne Edmonds, Nath Valvo and Ed Kavalee been paying attention? Host Tom Gleisner and special guest quizmaster Brenna Kean find out.
Reached 1.2 million national total viewers.
BVOD viewers up 61% vs. same episode in 2025.
#1 in its timeslot in total people (31.6%), 25 to 54s (42.8%) and 16 to 39s (44.3%).
7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Monday, 29 June): Reached 1.5 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
Reaching 6.1 million national total viewers.
Biggest total national audience since 2022.
1 million national total audience, up 4% year-on-year.
HYBPA’s biggest ever BVOD audience.
150,000 BVOD viewers, up 35% year-on-year.
#1 in its timeslot in total people (37.5%), 25 to 54s (48.6%) and 16 to 39s (52.5%).
10’s Late News:
Reached 670,000 national total viewers.
National total audience up 96% vs. same episode in 2025.
BVOD viewers up 95% vs. same episode in 2025.
#1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
Season-To-Date:
Reaching 8.5 million viewers
National total audience up 25% vs. 2025.
BVOD viewers up 75% vs. 2025.
Network 10:
Network 10 reached 4 million total national viewers across broadcast and streaming, last night.
Network 10’s total national audience was up 3% compared to the same night in 2025, and up 9% in 25 to 54s.
9NEWS CLAIMS NO. 1 NEWS PROGRAM WITH TOTAL PEOPLE ACROSS 5-CITY METRO; ACA AND TIPPING POINT DOMINATE THEIR TIMESLOTS
Travel Guides won its timeslot with Total People across the 5-city Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.683 million, a Total TV National Audience of 891,000 and a BVOD audience of 145,000 (up 38.1% year-on-year).
9News was the No. 1 news program of the night with Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 2.159 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.376 million. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 231,000 was up a massive 53% year-on-year.
A Current Affair dominated the 7.00pm timeslot with Total People across Australia and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.711 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.112 million. On 9Now, it recorded a BVOD audience of 172,000, up 52.2% on the same night last year.
Tipping Point Australia was the No. 1 afternoon game show with Total People and all key demos across Australia and with Total People in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.660 million, a Total TV National Audience of 880,000 and a BVOD audience of 146,000 — up 69.8% on the same night last year.
Wimbledon D8 - Night registered a National Total TV Reach of 608,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 303,000. It recorded a BVOD audience of 50,000.
Wimbledon D8 - Late registered a National Total TV Reach of 614,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 268,000. It recorded a BVOD audience of 47,000.
100% Footy was the No.1 NRL program on Monday night with Total People and all key demographics across Australia. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 495,000 and a Total TV Audience of 137,000.
Today achieved a National Total TV Reach of 651,000, a Total TV National Audience of 243,000 and BVOD audience of 50,000, up 19% on the same morning last year.
The 9Network was the No. 1 network on Monday across the 5 City Metro with all demos.
Big figure for Seven News, close to the World Cup Mex v Eng number, not sure which one is more impressive.
Also one had 1.4m of theirs on broadcast, while the other had 1m on bvod/live streaming! Impressive.
News in Sydney and Melbourne for both Seven and Nine was high, the former would be pleased. Despite TP still soundly beating Chase, especially on the east coast markets.
7pm and 7:30pm programs were a battle between Seven and Nine, good to see.