# Saturday 17 October 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Television Ratings\ **Tags:** ratings\ **Created:** [October 18, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833 "2026-10-18T00:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/1 "2026-10-18T00:38:18Z")
![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/8/c/5/8c5bc7bac4857ad1906711d12c651147c9e5089c.png) ## Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs **Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Total People - Total TV** | Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 2,383,000 | 1,034,000 | 337,000 | | 2 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 1,659,000 | 996,000 | 119,000 | | 3 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 1,506,000 | 295,000 | 60,000 | | 4 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 1,465,000 | 848,000 | 129,000 | | 5 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 1,378,000 | 537,000 | 98,000 | | 6 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 1,102,000 | 428,000 | 108,000 | | 7 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 1,025,000 | 722,000 | 43,000 | | 8 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 984,000 | 577,000 | 86,000 | | 9 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 942,000 | 310,000 | 122,000 | | 10 | ELVIS | Nine | 931,000 | 174,000 | 19,000 | | 11 | BEYOND PARADISE-EV | ABC | 925,000 | 616,000 | 32,000 | | 12 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 805,000 | 305,000 | 127,000 | | 13 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 745,000 | 422,000 | 54,000 | | 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 732,000 | 435,000 | 59,000 | | 15 | LYNLEY-EV | ABC | 720,000 | 449,000 | 24,000 | | 16 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 662,000 | 184,000 | 39,000 | | 17 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 631,000 | 159,000 | 16,000 | | 18 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 630,000 | 257,000 | 42,000 | | 19 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 618,000 | 319,000 | 45,000 | | 20 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 599,000 | 345,000 | 51,000 | | 21 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 566,000 | 131,000 | 29,000 | | 22 | HARD QUIZ S3 RPT | ABC | 553,000 | 259,000 | 12,000 | | 23 | 10 NEWS SAT | 10 | 546,000 | 277,000 | 16,000 | | 24 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 481,000 | 188,000 | 27,000 | | 25 | WOMEN’S RUGBY TEST - WALLAROOS V SCOTLAND | Nine | 469,000 | 123,000 | 19,000 | | 26 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 452,000 | 236,000 | 15,000 | | 27 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY | Nine | 435,000 | 246,000 | 45,000 | | 28 | GOGGLEBOX ENCORE | 10 | 426,000 | 178,000 | 10,000 | | 29 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 420,000 | 211,000 | 40,000 | | 30 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT | 10 | 418,000 | 211,000 | 13,000 | **Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 25-54 - Total TV** | Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 890,000 | 428,000 | 194,000 | | 2 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 465,000 | 108,000 | 32,000 | | 3 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 451,000 | 212,000 | 53,000 | | 4 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 419,000 | 172,000 | 62,000 | | 5 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 417,000 | 230,000 | 57,000 | | 6 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 394,000 | 223,000 | 59,000 | | 7 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 360,000 | 124,000 | 70,000 | | 8 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 312,000 | 127,000 | 72,000 | | 9 | ELVIS | Nine | 268,000 | 48,000 | 9,000 | | 10 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 241,000 | 80,000 | 22,000 | | 11 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 237,000 | 63,000 | 17,000 | | 12 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 236,000 | 131,000 | 40,000 | | 13 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 224,000 | 93,000 | 22,000 | | 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 204,000 | 122,000 | 30,000 | | 15 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 198,000 | 110,000 | 27,000 | | 16 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 185,000 | 46,000 | 7,000 | | 17 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 180,000 | 107,000 | 27,000 | | 18 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 169,000 | 91,000 | 22,000 | | 19 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 157,000 | 69,000 | 15,000 | | 20 | NBL -SATURDAY GAME 2 | Nine | 155,000 | 36,000 | 7,000 | | 21 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 151,000 | 78,000 | 7,000 | | 22 | WOMEN’S RUGBY TEST - WALLAROOS V SCOTLAND | Nine | 148,000 | 50,000 | 10,000 | | 23 | GOGGLEBOX ENCORE | 10 | 144,000 | 66,000 | 5,000 | | 24 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 138,000 | 106,000 | 14,000 | | 25 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY | Nine | 132,000 | 74,000 | 23,000 | | 26 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 129,000 | 63,000 | 21,000 | | 27 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 129,000 | 36,000 | 17,000 | | 28 | 10 NEWS SAT | 10 | 129,000 | 63,000 | 7,000 | | 29 | TWO AND A HALF MEN RPT | 10 | 123,000 | 33,000 | 2,000 | | 30 | FRIENDS RPT | 10 | 121,000 | 25,000 | 1,000 | **Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 16-39 - Total TV** | Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 491,000 | 265,000 | 135,000 | | 2 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 226,000 | 97,000 | 40,000 | | 3 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 207,000 | 95,000 | 29,000 | | 4 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 202,000 | 44,000 | 18,000 | | 5 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 194,000 | 69,000 | 45,000 | | 6 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 179,000 | 71,000 | 51,000 | | 7 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 170,000 | 89,000 | 29,000 | | 8 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 151,000 | 82,000 | 28,000 | | 9 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 117,000 | 27,000 | 11,000 | | 10 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 113,000 | 37,000 | 13,000 | | 11 | ELVIS | Nine | 105,000 | 16,000 | 4,000 | | 12 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 102,000 | 44,000 | 12,000 | | 13 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 83,000 | 50,000 | 15,000 | | 14 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 80,000 | 49,000 | 19,000 | | 15 | WOMEN’S RUGBY TEST - WALLAROOS V SCOTLAND | Nine | 78,000 | 29,000 | 5,000 | | 16 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT MULTI | Seven | 69,000 | 43,000 | 27,000 | | 17 | NBL -SATURDAY GAME 2 | Nine | 69,000 | 15,000 | 4,000 | | 18 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 62,000 | 13,000 | 3,000 | | 19 | WOMEN’S RUGBY 7’S - AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND | Nine | 57,000 | 26,000 | 6,000 | | 20 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - POST GAME | Seven | 56,000 | 25,000 | 14,000 | | 21 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 56,000 | 43,000 | 7,000 | | 22 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 55,000 | 25,000 | 10,000 | | 23 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 54,000 | 15,000 | 10,000 | | 24 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 49,000 | 29,000 | 13,000 | | 25 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 47,000 | 20,000 | 9,000 | | 26 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT | 10 | 47,000 | 28,000 | 3,000 | | 27 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 46,000 | 24,000 | 12,000 | | 28 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 44,000 | 23,000 | 3,000 | | 29 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 42,000 | 16,000 | 7,000 | | 30 | TWO AND A HALF MEN RPT | 10 | 41,000 | 11,000 | 1,000 | **Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Grocery Shoppers - Total TV** | Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 1,838,000 | 786,000 | 259,000 | | 2 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 1,332,000 | 809,000 | 95,000 | | 3 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 1,196,000 | 238,000 | 47,000 | | 4 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 1,181,000 | 692,000 | 105,000 | | 5 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 1,088,000 | 419,000 | 78,000 | | 6 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 868,000 | 613,000 | 37,000 | | 7 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 853,000 | 332,000 | 85,000 | | 8 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 799,000 | 473,000 | 70,000 | | 9 | BEYOND PARADISE-EV | ABC | 794,000 | 534,000 | 28,000 | | 10 | ELVIS | Nine | 750,000 | 144,000 | 16,000 | | 11 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 725,000 | 239,000 | 95,000 | | 12 | LYNLEY-EV | ABC | 624,000 | 394,000 | 21,000 | | 13 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 612,000 | 231,000 | 97,000 | | 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 599,000 | 359,000 | 48,000 | | 15 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 593,000 | 344,000 | 43,000 | | 16 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 530,000 | 137,000 | 15,000 | | 17 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 525,000 | 145,000 | 31,000 | | 18 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 503,000 | 265,000 | 37,000 | | 19 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 492,000 | 203,000 | 34,000 | | 20 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 488,000 | 287,000 | 42,000 | | 21 | HARD QUIZ S3 RPT | ABC | 473,000 | 222,000 | 11,000 | | 22 | 10 NEWS SAT | 10 | 455,000 | 227,000 | 13,000 | | 23 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 416,000 | 96,000 | 23,000 | | 24 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 390,000 | 156,000 | 22,000 | | 25 | WOMEN’S RUGBY TEST - WALLAROOS V SCOTLAND | Nine | 384,000 | 102,000 | 15,000 | | 26 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 375,000 | 197,000 | 13,000 | | 27 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY | Nine | 351,000 | 200,000 | 37,000 | | 28 | GOGGLEBOX ENCORE | 10 | 351,000 | 143,000 | 8,000 | | 29 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT | 10 | 350,000 | 181,000 | 11,000 | | 30 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 339,000 | 174,000 | 33,000 | Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2026. 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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/2 "2026-10-18T00:39:00Z")
## Average audience from reordered Reach Table **Top 30 Programs** | By Average | By Reach | Description | Network | Average | BVOD | Reach | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 1,034,000 | 337,000 | 2,383,000 | | 2 | 2 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 996,000 | 119,000 | 1,659,000 | | 3 | 4 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 848,000 | 129,000 | 1,465,000 | | 4 | 7 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 722,000 | 43,000 | 1,025,000 | | 5 | 11 | BEYOND PARADISE-EV | ABC | 616,000 | 32,000 | 925,000 | | 6 | 8 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 577,000 | 86,000 | 984,000 | | 7 | 5 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 537,000 | 98,000 | 1,378,000 | | 8 | 15 | LYNLEY-EV | ABC | 449,000 | 24,000 | 720,000 | | 9 | 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 435,000 | 59,000 | 732,000 | | 10 | 6 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 428,000 | 108,000 | 1,102,000 | | 11 | 13 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 422,000 | 54,000 | 745,000 | | 12 | 20 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 345,000 | 51,000 | 599,000 | | 13 | 19 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 319,000 | 45,000 | 618,000 | | 14 | 9 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 310,000 | 122,000 | 942,000 | | 15 | 12 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 305,000 | 127,000 | 805,000 | | 16 | 3 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 295,000 | 60,000 | 1,506,000 | | 17 | 23 | 10 NEWS SAT | 10 | 277,000 | 16,000 | 546,000 | | 18 | 22 | HARD QUIZ S3 RPT | ABC | 259,000 | 12,000 | 553,000 | | 19 | 18 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 257,000 | 42,000 | 630,000 | | 20 | 27 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY | Nine | 246,000 | 45,000 | 435,000 | | 21 | 26 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 236,000 | 15,000 | 452,000 | | 22 | 29 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 211,000 | 40,000 | 420,000 | | 23 | 30 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT | 10 | 211,000 | 13,000 | 418,000 | | 24 | 24 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 188,000 | 27,000 | 481,000 | | 25 | 16 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 184,000 | 39,000 | 662,000 | | 26 | 28 | GOGGLEBOX ENCORE | 10 | 178,000 | 10,000 | 426,000 | | 27 | 10 | ELVIS | Nine | 174,000 | 19,000 | 931,000 | | 28 | 17 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 159,000 | 16,000 | 631,000 | | 29 | 21 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 131,000 | 29,000 | 566,000 | | 30 | 25 | WOMEN’S RUGBY TEST - WALLAROOS V SCOTLAND | Nine | 123,000 | 19,000 | 469,000 | **Top 30 Programs 25-54** | By Average | By Reach | Description | Network | Average | BVOD | Reach | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 428,000 | 194,000 | 890,000 | | 2 | 5 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 230,000 | 57,000 | 417,000 | | 3 | 6 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 223,000 | 59,000 | 394,000 | | 4 | 3 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 212,000 | 53,000 | 451,000 | | 5 | 4 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 172,000 | 62,000 | 419,000 | | 6 | 12 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 131,000 | 40,000 | 236,000 | | 7 | 8 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 127,000 | 72,000 | 312,000 | | 8 | 7 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 124,000 | 70,000 | 360,000 | | 9 | 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 122,000 | 30,000 | 204,000 | | 10 | 15 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 110,000 | 27,000 | 198,000 | | 11 | 2 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 108,000 | 32,000 | 465,000 | | 12 | 17 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 107,000 | 27,000 | 180,000 | | 13 | 24 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 106,000 | 14,000 | 138,000 | | 14 | 13 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 93,000 | 22,000 | 224,000 | | 15 | 18 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 91,000 | 22,000 | 169,000 | | 16 | 10 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 80,000 | 22,000 | 241,000 | | 17 | 21 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 78,000 | 7,000 | 151,000 | | 18 | 25 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY | Nine | 74,000 | 23,000 | 132,000 | | 19 | 19 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 69,000 | 15,000 | 157,000 | | 20 | 23 | GOGGLEBOX ENCORE | 10 | 66,000 | 5,000 | 144,000 | | 21 | 11 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 63,000 | 17,000 | 237,000 | | 22 | 26 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 63,000 | 21,000 | 129,000 | | 23 | 28 | 10 NEWS SAT | 10 | 63,000 | 7,000 | 129,000 | | 24 | 22 | WOMEN’S RUGBY TEST - WALLAROOS V SCOTLAND | Nine | 50,000 | 10,000 | 148,000 | | 25 | 9 | ELVIS | Nine | 48,000 | 9,000 | 268,000 | | 26 | 16 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 46,000 | 7,000 | 185,000 | | 27 | 20 | NBL -SATURDAY GAME 2 | Nine | 36,000 | 7,000 | 155,000 | | 28 | 27 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 36,000 | 17,000 | 129,000 | | 29 | 29 | TWO AND A HALF MEN RPT | 10 | 33,000 | 2,000 | 123,000 | | 30 | 30 | FRIENDS RPT | 10 | 25,000 | 1,000 | 121,000 | Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2025. 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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/3 "2026-10-18T00:41:07Z")
Seven’s Rugby League World Cup coverage continued with the night session at the top of the day’s ratings. That featured Tonga’s 30-12 victory over England and attracted a national audience of 1.034m. Later on Seven, the 2026 Telethon commenced in Perth including live main channel coverage across the network to average 428k and 184k. Earlier, coverage of game two of the Bledisloe Cup that saw another All Blacks victory saw 537k tuned in on Nine’s main channel across the network. That was down from Game one that was partly on 9Gem and had 614k a week ago. Nine’s prime time movie was Elvis that had 174k in four markets with NBL a late schedule amendment for Sydney. Earlier A Current Affair had 577k at 7pm. The third episode of the new season of Beyond Paradise continued to do well for ABC with 616k after the first two episode had 697k and 651k. Following was Lynley’s second episode that had 449k down from the premiere that had 518k. The two shows were easily the top entertainments titles of the day. 10’s audience was made up of Selling Houses Australia that was back after a week’s break with 236k though down from the last episode that had 317k. A repeat episode of the show that followed then had 211k while earlier a Gogglebox Australia Encore managed 178k. There was plenty of afternoon sport including the Rugby World Cup with the twilight Women’s Game England v Wales averaging 310k and the afternoon’s Men’s Papua New Guinea v Lebanon on 305k. Seven’s Horse Racing had just under 300k. Also, over on Nine, the Women’s Rugby Test - Wallaroos V Scotland – just made the top 30 with 123k. News numbers were down on recent results with Seven News on 996k ahead of Nine’s bulletin that had 848k. Weekend Sunrise was number one at breakfast averaging 435k to make the top 10, with an easy 190k win over Weekend Today with 246k and Weekend Breakfast with 159k. ---
**Author:** ![oethesaint](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/e495f1/32.png) [@oethesaint](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/oethesaint)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/4 "2026-10-18T00:58:55Z")
Strong ratings for a non Australian game. ---
**Author:** ![Apple75](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Apple75](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Apple75)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/5 "2026-10-18T01:50:49Z")
England game that’s why. Even with FIFA, the England games tended to be the highest rating behind Aus games ---
**Author:** ![oethesaint](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/e495f1/32.png) [@oethesaint](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/oethesaint)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/6 "2026-10-18T01:56:21Z")
I think it’s more to do with the NRL talent on both teams. ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_sock](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/34f0e0/32.png) [@yellow\_sock](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/yellow_sock)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/7 "2026-10-18T02:17:06Z")
A lot to get through for a Saturday. The Rugby League World Cup did very well for the night match. Mainly thanks to England playing. The Afternoon and Twilight matches did well too for a 7Mate airing. The Bledisloe Cup on Nine did well too - for the afternoon slot. Not bad numbers for Seven’s Horse Racing. Was coded as one entry - for its 6 hours coverage. The Telethon on 7 did well too - for the two coded segments - Grand Opening and Opening. Will be interesting to see the ratings for today, and how Seven split them up. ---
**Author:** ![cmo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@cmo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/cmo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/8 "2026-10-18T02:44:56Z")
I really can’t believe the ratings for the World Cup. It hasn’t even really been a marquee tournament or event but alas anything seven airs people will watch. Given its exclusive the ratings aren’t diluted with a simulcast sees it getting high numbers. ---
**Author:** ![OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/onair/32/88553_2.png) [@OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/OnAir)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/9 "2026-10-18T03:01:42Z")
Relatively quiet time of the sporting year plus the spread of talent and Polynesian players being a lot of the world’s best and now playing for those nations has helped. ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/10 "2026-10-18T04:04:01Z")
Beloved Adam Sandler classic _Happy Gilmore_ did very well on 7mate too, further adding network share, no doubt 25-54s. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Jong](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tim_jong/32/508696_2.png) [@Tim\_Jong](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Tim_Jong)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/11 "2026-10-18T05:48:15Z")
Would a variety show do ok looking at Telethon’s ratings? ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_sock](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/34f0e0/32.png) [@yellow\_sock](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/yellow_sock)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/12 "2026-10-18T06:49:31Z")
Sadly, I don’t think a weekly variety show would work on a Saturday night these days. They’re more suited to a Monday to Wednesday (like have You Been Paying Attention, The Cheap Seats, The Front Bar, etc). But I feel like Saturday nights should have more “variety specials” instead. Like the Telethon. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-17-october-2026/31833/16 "2026-10-25T01:41:08Z")
![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/9/3/3/93313b2e5cf3ad4769d400f83bdf459d86bf60d8.png) ## Total TV Consolidated 7 Days **Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs Total People** | Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 2,447,000 | 1,076,000 | 363,000 | | 2 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 1,667,000 | 1,002,000 | 121,000 | | 3 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 1,511,000 | 295,000 | 60,000 | | 4 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 1,483,000 | 852,000 | 130,000 | | 5 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 1,386,000 | 543,000 | 98,000 | | 6 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 1,114,000 | 432,000 | 110,000 | | 7 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 1,037,000 | 727,000 | 44,000 | | 8 | BEYOND PARADISE-EV | ABC | 1,019,000 | 711,000 | 61,000 | | 9 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 998,000 | 587,000 | 88,000 | | 10 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 932,000 | 313,000 | 125,000 | | 11 | ELVIS | Nine | 916,000 | 179,000 | 19,000 | | 12 | LYNLEY-EV | ABC | 841,000 | 547,000 | 83,000 | | 13 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 819,000 | 329,000 | 144,000 | | 14 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 758,000 | 426,000 | 54,000 | | 15 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 732,000 | 435,000 | 59,000 | | 16 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 679,000 | 182,000 | 38,000 | | 17 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 635,000 | 160,000 | 16,000 | | 18 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 631,000 | 258,000 | 42,000 | | 19 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 622,000 | 320,000 | 45,000 | | 20 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 599,000 | 346,000 | 52,000 | | 21 | HARD QUIZ S3 RPT | ABC | 564,000 | 264,000 | 12,000 | | 22 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 563,000 | 131,000 | 29,000 | | 23 | 10 NEWS SAT | 10 | 547,000 | 277,000 | 16,000 | | 24 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 487,000 | 247,000 | 18,000 | | 25 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 482,000 | 188,000 | 27,000 | | 26 | GOGGLEBOX ENCORE | 10 | 474,000 | 213,000 | 10,000 | | 27 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY | Nine | 437,000 | 246,000 | 45,000 | | 28 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT | 10 | 427,000 | 217,000 | 13,000 | | 29 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 421,000 | 211,000 | 40,000 | | 30 | WEEKEND TODAY - EARLY SATURDAY | Nine | 417,000 | 201,000 | 34,000 | **Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 25-54** | Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 918,000 | 447,000 | 208,000 | | 2 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 467,000 | 108,000 | 32,000 | | 3 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 457,000 | 214,000 | 54,000 | | 4 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 422,000 | 172,000 | 63,000 | | 5 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 421,000 | 234,000 | 58,000 | | 6 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 399,000 | 224,000 | 60,000 | | 7 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 355,000 | 126,000 | 71,000 | | 8 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 325,000 | 140,000 | 81,000 | | 9 | ELVIS | Nine | 265,000 | 49,000 | 9,000 | | 10 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 243,000 | 79,000 | 21,000 | | 11 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 240,000 | 132,000 | 41,000 | | 12 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 235,000 | 63,000 | 17,000 | | 13 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 224,000 | 93,000 | 22,000 | | 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 204,000 | 122,000 | 30,000 | | 15 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 200,000 | 111,000 | 27,000 | | 16 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 190,000 | 46,000 | 7,000 | | 17 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 181,000 | 107,000 | 27,000 | | 18 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 173,000 | 92,000 | 22,000 | | 19 | GOGGLEBOX ENCORE | 10 | 171,000 | 88,000 | 5,000 | | 20 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 166,000 | 81,000 | 8,000 | | 21 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 157,000 | 69,000 | 15,000 | | 22 | NBL -SATURDAY GAME 2 | Nine | 152,000 | 41,000 | 8,000 | | 23 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 145,000 | 39,000 | 19,000 | | 24 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 143,000 | 109,000 | 14,000 | | 25 | WOMEN’S RUGBY TEST - WALLAROOS V SCOTLAND | Nine | 138,000 | 52,000 | 10,000 | | 26 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY | Nine | 133,000 | 74,000 | 23,000 | | 27 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 130,000 | 63,000 | 21,000 | | 28 | 10 NEWS SAT | 10 | 129,000 | 64,000 | 7,000 | | 29 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT | 10 | 124,000 | 66,000 | 6,000 | | 30 | TWO AND A HALF MEN RPT | 10 | 123,000 | 33,000 | 2,000 | **Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 16-39** | Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 509,000 | 277,000 | 143,000 | | 2 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 227,000 | 97,000 | 41,000 | | 3 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 207,000 | 95,000 | 29,000 | | 4 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 204,000 | 45,000 | 18,000 | | 5 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 191,000 | 70,000 | 46,000 | | 6 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 186,000 | 79,000 | 57,000 | | 7 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 171,000 | 89,000 | 29,000 | | 8 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 155,000 | 82,000 | 28,000 | | 9 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 117,000 | 27,000 | 11,000 | | 10 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 114,000 | 37,000 | 13,000 | | 11 | ELVIS | Nine | 105,000 | 17,000 | 4,000 | | 12 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 101,000 | 44,000 | 11,000 | | 13 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 83,000 | 50,000 | 15,000 | | 14 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 80,000 | 49,000 | 19,000 | | 15 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT MULTI | Seven | 76,000 | 46,000 | 30,000 | | 16 | WOMEN’S RUGBY TEST - WALLAROOS V SCOTLAND | Nine | 73,000 | 31,000 | 5,000 | | 17 | RAGE CHARTS-AM | ABC | 67,000 | 10,000 | 0 | | 18 | NBL -SATURDAY GAME 2 | Nine | 65,000 | 16,000 | 4,000 | | 19 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 65,000 | 17,000 | 12,000 | | 20 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 63,000 | 13,000 | 3,000 | | 21 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 59,000 | 25,000 | 10,000 | | 22 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 56,000 | 43,000 | 7,000 | | 23 | WOMEN’S RUGBY 7’S - AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND | Nine | 54,000 | 26,000 | 6,000 | | 24 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 49,000 | 29,000 | 13,000 | | 25 | BEYOND PARADISE-EV | ABC | 48,000 | 23,000 | 9,000 | | 26 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - POST GAME | Seven | 48,000 | 21,000 | 12,000 | | 27 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 47,000 | 20,000 | 9,000 | | 28 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT | 10 | 47,000 | 28,000 | 3,000 | | 29 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 46,000 | 24,000 | 12,000 | | 30 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 45,000 | 23,000 | 4,000 | **Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs Grocery Shoppers** | Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT | Seven | 1,885,000 | 819,000 | 279,000 | | 2 | SEVEN NEWS - SAT | Seven | 1,338,000 | 813,000 | 97,000 | | 3 | SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 | Seven | 1,201,000 | 239,000 | 47,000 | | 4 | 9NEWS SATURDAY | Nine | 1,197,000 | 696,000 | 106,000 | | 5 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 | Nine | 1,095,000 | 424,000 | 78,000 | | 6 | ABC NEWS-SA | ABC | 880,000 | 619,000 | 38,000 | | 7 | BEYOND PARADISE-EV | ABC | 873,000 | 617,000 | 53,000 | | 8 | TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING | Seven | 862,000 | 336,000 | 86,000 | | 9 | A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT | Nine | 810,000 | 482,000 | 72,000 | | 10 | ELVIS | Nine | 738,000 | 149,000 | 16,000 | | 11 | LYNLEY-EV | ABC | 729,000 | 480,000 | 73,000 | | 12 | SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT | Seven | 718,000 | 241,000 | 97,000 | | 13 | SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON | Seven | 623,000 | 249,000 | 110,000 | | 14 | BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE (R) | Seven | 604,000 | 348,000 | 43,000 | | 15 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT | Seven | 599,000 | 359,000 | 48,000 | | 16 | TELETHON 2026-OPENING | Seven | 540,000 | 144,000 | 30,000 | | 17 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 534,000 | 137,000 | 15,000 | | 18 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - EARLY | Seven | 506,000 | 265,000 | 37,000 | | 19 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 -PRE MATCH | Nine | 494,000 | 204,000 | 33,000 | | 20 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SAT - LATE | Seven | 488,000 | 287,000 | 42,000 | | 21 | HARD QUIZ S3 RPT | ABC | 482,000 | 227,000 | 11,000 | | 22 | 10 NEWS SAT | 10 | 455,000 | 227,000 | 13,000 | | 23 | M- HAPPY GILMORE-PM (R) | Seven | 414,000 | 96,000 | 23,000 | | 24 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA | 10 | 404,000 | 207,000 | 15,000 | | 25 | THE MORNING SHOW - WEEKEND | Seven | 390,000 | 156,000 | 22,000 | | 26 | GOGGLEBOX ENCORE | 10 | 387,000 | 171,000 | 8,000 | | 27 | SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA RPT | 10 | 359,000 | 187,000 | 11,000 | | 28 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY | Nine | 352,000 | 200,000 | 37,000 | | 29 | WEEKEND TODAY - SATURDAY - LATE | Nine | 340,000 | 174,000 | 33,000 | | 30 | WEEKEND TODAY - EARLY SATURDAY | Nine | 340,000 | 164,000 | 28,000 | Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2026. 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