Sunday 18 January 2026

TV Ratings Television Ratings
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You’re really constantly talking Nine up these days and dismissing the good performances by other networks.

Ten smashed the tennis and cricket with I’m A Celebrity and it was probably a surprise to many, especially for a show in its 12th season. I think 10 did the right thing to start it in this week of the year, compared to past seasons.

The Reach numbers inflate the ratings results for the networks but advertisers are not stupid. Many know that Average numbers are more important and it’s those figures they rely on when choosing where to advertise.

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Exactly, there are so many on here “pushing” the 7, 9 barrow. I get stupid comments every time I support something on 10 even though I’m not really a “supporter” of any commercial channel. In fact I detest 10’s new ownership (Paramount Sundance Corp) and think they made a big mistake getting rid of The Project for the 10News+ garbage but really like their reality shows and pleased to see I’m a Celebrity do so well. Shows that the pre-recorded isn’t bothering the GP like it’s bothers some in here. I thought the editing was very good on the opening show.

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data .. data .. and data

Reach numbers may inflate numbers, but at the same time, Average is also misleading. What would be a good comparison would be the numbers for each program (Celebrity, BBL and AO) over the same time period. Averages of the BBL and AO across 3 - 4 hours will be lower than 2 hours of Celebrity

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Re the tennis yesterday and its various codings:
Day: 444K average. Pretty good numbers, considering it’s for the 7 hour slot (11am-6pm aedt)

Night Pre-Match: 459k avg. Which cities had a pre-match? I’m confused with this coding.

I am not surprised that Nine coded the Night Matches into three (again!). Night - Session 1, Night - Session 2 and Late.

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I think it is the 6pm AEDT hour that was on Nine in Brisbane, Adelaide (a bit) and Perth, and 9Go! in Sydney and Melbourne.

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9GO had a separate entry, going by this (which was the 6-7pm in Sydney and Melbourne):

You could be right re Brisbane Adelaide and Perth that may have had a pre-match segment in the schedule somewhere.

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Wait, hang on.

Now that I thought about it, it may have referred to the changeover between the end of Sabalenka match and the start of Alcaraz.

That little 20-minute period.

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All markets except Perth had pre-match. It would be between the night matches.

BTW Celebrity was 10’s highest rated program since the F1.

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Yes I actually don’t think the GP will Give a toss and in fact, as mentioned, it allows ten to promote better each night, schedule cliffhangers and tease/pre promote big moments to maximize their value like when a celeb tells a newsworthy story. Might actually be a very smart play by them in maintaining momentum for the whole series.

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Not at all, never said 10’s I’m A Celebrity launch wasn’t great last night. I “liked” TVCynic’s dataset and opening post at the outset, meaning I liked and agreed with what he’d analysed.

My post(s) about Nine’s Australian Open were in addition to that. Discussing and analysing something I felt often gets missed, overlooked or misinterpreted, in relation to this specific event and which I think you’ve also just exactly done.

That’s how I usually comment in a ratings thread, rather than simply re-hash what Cynic or others have already noted. And if noted, I’ll often mention that as well.

Exactly.

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Beating out Big Brother is impressive as well given how hyped that was

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Total TV Consolidated 7 Days

Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs Total People

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY Nine 2,576,000 445,000 76,000
2 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS Seven 2,282,000 792,000 98,000
3 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 2,146,000 1,271,000 181,000
4 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! – LAUNCH 10 2,093,000 1,185,000 281,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,975,000 1,210,000 127,000
6 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT Nine 1,934,000 661,000 130,000
7 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,619,000 614,000 126,000
8 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 1,186,000 852,000 54,000
9 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -LATE Nine 1,008,000 305,000 62,000
10 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 990,000 420,000 55,000
11 MUSTER DOGS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW-EV ABC 937,000 520,000 33,000
12 NCIS: SYDNEY 10 837,000 311,000 25,000
13 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS – POST MATCH Seven 813,000 338,000 39,000
14 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 791,000 308,000 45,000
15 GOOLAGONG-EV ABC 775,000 527,000 90,000
16 10 NEWS SUN 10 766,000 284,000 20,000
17 NFL-GAME 2 Seven 753,000 156,000 17,000
18 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 732,000 192,000 22,000
19 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY -GEM Nine 722,000 85,000 11,000
20 GRAND DESIGNS TRANSFORMATIONS-EV ABC 717,000 228,000 10,000
21 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT PRE MATCH Nine 715,000 459,000 91,000
22 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT -GEM Nine 635,000 116,000 18,000
23 THE MORNING SHOW SUMMER SERIES Seven 595,000 222,000 31,000
24 SEVEN NEWS AT 5 Seven 582,000 356,000 32,000
25 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 552,000 270,000 37,000
26 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -PRE MATCH Nine 530,000 236,000 43,000
27 10 NEWS+ 10 519,000 189,000 21,000
28 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT SUMMER Seven 498,000 209,000 23,000
29 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 488,000 181,000 25,000
30 ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPACE SBS 445,000 84,000 5,000

Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 25-54

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY Nine 915,000 163,000 39,000
2 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! – LAUNCH 10 860,000 519,000 155,000
3 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS Seven 748,000 269,000 52,000
4 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT Nine 682,000 257,000 72,000
5 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 660,000 365,000 89,000
6 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 588,000 242,000 71,000
7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 483,000 271,000 59,000
8 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -LATE Nine 340,000 110,000 35,000
9 NCIS: SYDNEY 10 315,000 103,000 13,000
10 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 306,000 127,000 27,000
11 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS – POST MATCH Seven 296,000 129,000 22,000
12 NFL-GAME 2 Seven 288,000 73,000 10,000
13 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY -GEM Nine 268,000 28,000 6,000
14 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 242,000 92,000 23,000
15 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT PRE MATCH Nine 230,000 156,000 48,000
16 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT -GEM Nine 228,000 44,000 10,000
17 10 NEWS SUN 10 206,000 73,000 10,000
18 10 NEWS+ 10 202,000 72,000 11,000
19 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 198,000 51,000 10,000
20 THE MORNING SHOW SUMMER SERIES Seven 189,000 83,000 16,000
21 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -PRE MATCH Nine 176,000 90,000 23,000
22 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 174,000 117,000 19,000
23 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT SUMMER Seven 155,000 62,000 12,000
24 THE BATMAN Nine 148,000 31,000 2,000
25 NFL-GAME 1 Seven 144,000 43,000 7,000
26 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 142,000 77,000 18,000
27 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 138,000 27,000 2,000
28 SEVEN NEWS AT 5 Seven 137,000 78,000 15,000
29 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 133,000 52,000 13,000
30 MUSTER DOGS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW-EV ABC 132,000 60,000 12,000

Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 16-39

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY Nine 453,000 73,000 22,000
2 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! – LAUNCH 10 388,000 231,000 81,000
3 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT Nine 360,000 145,000 41,000
4 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS Seven 337,000 125,000 31,000
5 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 324,000 160,000 44,000
6 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 306,000 131,000 43,000
7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 180,000 99,000 28,000
8 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -LATE Nine 154,000 48,000 21,000
9 NFL-GAME 2 Seven 142,000 40,000 5,000
10 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS – POST MATCH Seven 132,000 57,000 12,000
11 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY -GEM Nine 130,000 14,000 4,000
12 NCIS: SYDNEY 10 122,000 39,000 6,000
13 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT PRE MATCH Nine 118,000 79,000 25,000
14 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT -GEM Nine 118,000 24,000 6,000
15 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 91,000 35,000 11,000
16 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 89,000 31,000 11,000
17 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -PRE MATCH Nine 85,000 39,000 11,000
18 10 NEWS+ 10 80,000 26,000 5,000
19 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 77,000 46,000 9,000
20 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 73,000 18,000 4,000
21 10 NEWS SUN 10 68,000 24,000 4,000
22 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY -GO! Nine 62,000 26,000 10,000
23 SEVEN NEWS AT 5 Seven 62,000 36,000 8,000
24 NFL-GAME 1 Seven 58,000 19,000 4,000
25 THE MORNING SHOW SUMMER SERIES Seven 57,000 24,000 7,000
26 MUSTER DOGS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW-EV ABC 54,000 26,000 6,000
27 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT SUMMER Seven 50,000 23,000 6,000
28 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS MULTI Seven 47,000 22,000 7,000
29 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 44,000 17,000 6,000
30 GOOLAGONG-EV ABC 44,000 25,000 15,000

Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs Grocery Shoppers

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY Nine 2,039,000 361,000 61,000
2 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS Seven 1,730,000 593,000 76,000
3 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,694,000 1,020,000 147,000
4 I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE! – LAUNCH 10 1,604,000 909,000 232,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,559,000 966,000 102,000
6 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT Nine 1,541,000 525,000 104,000
7 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT SESSION 2 Nine 1,281,000 488,000 100,000
8 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 996,000 727,000 47,000
9 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -LATE Nine 803,000 241,000 49,000
10 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN Seven 798,000 342,000 45,000
11 MUSTER DOGS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW-EV ABC 786,000 442,000 29,000
12 GOOLAGONG-EV ABC 660,000 455,000 79,000
13 NCIS: SYDNEY 10 658,000 251,000 21,000
14 WEEKEND TODAY – SUNDAY Nine 629,000 250,000 37,000
15 10 NEWS SUN 10 625,000 233,000 17,000
16 WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM ABC 610,000 164,000 20,000
17 SEVEN’S CRICKET: BBL – BRISBANE V SYDNEY SIXERS – POST MATCH Seven 608,000 255,000 30,000
18 GRAND DESIGNS TRANSFORMATIONS-EV ABC 601,000 193,000 9,000
19 NFL-GAME 2 Seven 587,000 121,000 13,000
20 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -DAY -GEM Nine 578,000 69,000 9,000
21 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT PRE MATCH Nine 556,000 360,000 73,000
22 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -NIGHT -GEM Nine 513,000 96,000 14,000
23 SEVEN NEWS AT 5 Seven 465,000 284,000 26,000
24 THE MORNING SHOW SUMMER SERIES Seven 461,000 181,000 26,000
25 WEEKEND SUNRISE – SUN – EARLY Seven 455,000 226,000 30,000
26 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN D1 -PRE MATCH Nine 429,000 189,000 35,000
27 WEEKEND TODAY – EARLY SUNDAY Nine 397,000 149,000 21,000
28 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT SUMMER Seven 391,000 169,000 18,000
29 10 NEWS+ 10 389,000 145,000 17,000
30 THE JETTY-EV ABC 376,000 188,000 33,000

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A good consolidated result - up 100k on last year and a great BVOD number.

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