NATIONAL
TOTAL
PEOPLE
Total TV
TV
BVOD
SEVEN
34.8%
34.9%
34.0%
NINE
26.5%
26.7%
25.7%
10
11.9%
12.2%
10.5%
SBS
7.7%
7.3%
9.9%
ABC
19.1%
18.9%
19.9%
5 CITIES
TOTAL
PEOPLE
Total TV
TV
BVOD
SEVEN
33.8%
34.3%
31.7%
NINE
26.8%
27.1%
25.6%
10
11.9%
12.1%
10.9%
SBS
8.3%
7.4%
11.8%
ABC
19.2%
19.0%
20.0%
PEOPLE
25-54
Total TV
TV
BVOD
SEVEN
33.6%
33.7%
33.3%
NINE
28.4%
28.6%
28.0%
10
15.3%
16.6%
12.0%
SBS
6.5%
5.9%
8.1%
ABC
16.2%
15.3%
18.5%
PEOPLE
16-39
Total TV
TV
BVOD
SEVEN
38.0%
39.7%
35.2%
NINE
26.2%
24.8%
28.6%
10
13.9%
15.3%
11.6%
SBS
4.3%
3.1%
6.2%
ABC
17.6%
17.1%
18.4%
Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs
Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Total People - Total TV
Rank
Description
Network
Reach
Average
BVOD
1
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
2,074,000
1,368,000
171,000
2
9NEWS
Nine
1,987,000
1,264,000
203,000
3
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
1,885,000
757,000
112,000
4
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
1,506,000
783,000
123,000
5
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
1,436,000
927,000
149,000
6
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
1,407,000
601,000
126,000
7
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
1,363,000
704,000
88,000
8
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
1,225,000
922,000
64,000
9
7.30-EV
ABC
1,216,000
752,000
58,000
10
SUNRISE
Seven
971,000
456,000
64,000
11
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
962,000
735,000
213,000
12
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
903,000
451,000
65,000
13
TODAY
Nine
760,000
302,000
61,000
14
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
751,000
390,000
44,000
15
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
737,000
428,000
101,000
16
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
718,000
360,000
42,000
17
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
717,000
416,000
23,000
18
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
683,000
414,000
25,000
19
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
682,000
338,000
50,000
20
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
673,000
347,000
16,000
21
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
630,000
275,000
37,000
22
RBT
Nine
616,000
279,000
22,000
23
10 NEWS
10
609,000
299,000
27,000
24
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
608,000
228,000
26,000
25
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
Seven
517,000
176,000
15,000
26
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
514,000
293,000
44,000
27
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM
ABC
504,000
207,000
11,000
28
ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM
ABC
496,000
102,000
15,000
29
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME
Seven
495,000
237,000
35,000
30
SUNRISE -EARLY
Seven
486,000
244,000
40,000
Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 25-54 - Total TV
Rank
Description
Network
Reach
Average
BVOD
1
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
630,000
272,000
59,000
2
9NEWS
Nine
579,000
362,000
99,000
3
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
534,000
331,000
82,000
4
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
499,000
210,000
71,000
5
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
408,000
263,000
75,000
6
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
375,000
188,000
57,000
7
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
321,000
182,000
25,000
8
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
305,000
154,000
41,000
9
SUNRISE
Seven
298,000
138,000
34,000
10
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
295,000
229,000
108,000
11
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
287,000
161,000
34,000
12
TODAY
Nine
262,000
116,000
33,000
13
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
240,000
164,000
24,000
14
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
239,000
152,000
55,000
15
7.30-EV
ABC
214,000
125,000
23,000
16
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
202,000
82,000
12,000
17
RBT
Nine
183,000
92,000
11,000
18
SUNRISE -EARLY
Seven
175,000
95,000
22,000
19
THE CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN SHOW
10
174,000
47,000
4,000
20
TODAY -EARLY
Nine
169,000
73,000
21,000
21
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME
Seven
163,000
85,000
19,000
22
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
162,000
97,000
21,000
23
MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT
10
161,000
89,000
11,000
24
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
157,000
75,000
23,000
25
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT
10
156,000
28,000
2,000
26
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
155,000
86,000
23,000
27
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
154,000
68,000
19,000
28
EMERGENCY -RPT
Nine
152,000
73,000
6,000
29
10 NEWS
10
151,000
72,000
13,000
30
TODAY EXTRA
Nine
143,000
71,000
19,000
Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 16-39 - Total TV
Rank
Description
Network
Reach
Average
BVOD
1
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
314,000
137,000
37,000
2
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
234,000
103,000
42,000
3
9NEWS
Nine
217,000
129,000
47,000
4
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
206,000
134,000
40,000
5
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
152,000
73,000
28,000
6
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
149,000
95,000
37,000
7
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
131,000
74,000
20,000
8
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
130,000
63,000
20,000
9
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
129,000
82,000
14,000
10
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
127,000
101,000
59,000
11
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
116,000
81,000
11,000
12
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
109,000
74,000
29,000
13
7.30-EV
ABC
102,000
58,000
11,000
14
SUNRISE
Seven
93,000
39,000
15,000
15
TODAY
Nine
90,000
34,000
15,000
16
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
80,000
42,000
10,000
17
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
74,000
26,000
5,000
18
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME
Seven
74,000
43,000
10,000
19
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
63,000
28,000
11,000
20
THE CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN SHOW
10
61,000
14,000
2,000
21
RBT
Nine
60,000
22,000
5,000
22
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
57,000
34,000
4,000
23
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -POST MATCH
Nine
56,000
29,000
12,000
24
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH
Seven
55,000
30,000
12,000
25
TODAY EXTRA
Nine
55,000
27,000
9,000
26
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
54,000
33,000
12,000
27
10 NEWS
10
54,000
25,000
6,000
28
MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT
10
51,000
33,000
5,000
29
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
51,000
22,000
9,000
30
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT
10
49,000
8,000
1,000
Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Grocery Shoppers - Total TV
Rank
Description
Network
Reach
Average
BVOD
1
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
1,662,000
1,104,000
138,000
2
9NEWS
Nine
1,595,000
1,014,000
167,000
3
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
1,445,000
574,000
86,000
4
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
1,223,000
640,000
102,000
5
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
1,139,000
734,000
122,000
6
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
1,095,000
572,000
72,000
7
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
1,072,000
450,000
99,000
8
7.30-EV
ABC
1,010,000
626,000
51,000
9
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
1,002,000
761,000
56,000
10
SUNRISE
Seven
790,000
372,000
53,000
11
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
765,000
587,000
173,000
12
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
692,000
340,000
51,000
13
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
610,000
315,000
36,000
14
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
609,000
351,000
21,000
15
TODAY
Nine
608,000
245,000
51,000
16
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
570,000
350,000
22,000
17
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
570,000
284,000
34,000
18
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
563,000
323,000
82,000
19
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
558,000
282,000
42,000
20
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
554,000
289,000
14,000
21
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
515,000
223,000
30,000
22
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
514,000
196,000
23,000
23
10 NEWS
10
487,000
243,000
22,000
24
RBT
Nine
477,000
216,000
18,000
25
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
Seven
431,000
148,000
12,000
26
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
422,000
238,000
36,000
27
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM
ABC
422,000
175,000
9,000
28
ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM
ABC
421,000
86,000
13,000
29
SUNRISE -EARLY
Seven
396,000
202,000
33,000
30
TIPPING POINT UK -RPT
Nine
393,000
214,000
24,000
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Average audience from reordered Reach Table
Top 30 Programs
By Average
By Reach
Description
Network
Average
BVOD
Reach
1
1
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
1,368,000
171,000
2,074,000
2
2
9NEWS
Nine
1,264,000
203,000
1,987,000
3
5
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
927,000
149,000
1,436,000
4
8
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
922,000
64,000
1,225,000
5
4
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
783,000
123,000
1,506,000
6
3
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
757,000
112,000
1,885,000
7
9
7.30-EV
ABC
752,000
58,000
1,216,000
8
11
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
735,000
213,000
962,000
9
7
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
704,000
88,000
1,363,000
10
6
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
601,000
126,000
1,407,000
11
10
SUNRISE
Seven
456,000
64,000
971,000
12
12
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
451,000
65,000
903,000
13
15
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
428,000
101,000
737,000
14
17
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
416,000
23,000
717,000
15
18
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
414,000
25,000
683,000
16
14
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
390,000
44,000
751,000
17
16
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
360,000
42,000
718,000
18
20
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
347,000
16,000
673,000
19
19
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
338,000
50,000
682,000
20
13
TODAY
Nine
302,000
61,000
760,000
21
23
10 NEWS
10
299,000
27,000
609,000
22
26
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
293,000
44,000
514,000
23
22
RBT
Nine
279,000
22,000
616,000
24
21
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
275,000
37,000
630,000
25
30
SUNRISE -EARLY
Seven
244,000
40,000
486,000
26
29
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME
Seven
237,000
35,000
495,000
27
24
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
228,000
26,000
608,000
28
27
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM
ABC
207,000
11,000
504,000
29
25
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
Seven
176,000
15,000
517,000
30
28
ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM
ABC
102,000
15,000
496,000
Top 30 Programs 25-54
By Average
By Reach
Description
Network
Average
BVOD
Reach
1
2
9NEWS
Nine
362,000
99,000
579,000
2
3
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
331,000
82,000
534,000
3
1
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
272,000
59,000
630,000
4
5
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
263,000
75,000
408,000
5
10
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
229,000
108,000
295,000
6
4
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
210,000
71,000
499,000
7
6
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
188,000
57,000
375,000
8
7
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
182,000
25,000
321,000
9
13
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
164,000
24,000
240,000
10
11
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
161,000
34,000
287,000
11
8
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
154,000
41,000
305,000
12
14
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
152,000
55,000
239,000
13
9
SUNRISE
Seven
138,000
34,000
298,000
14
15
7.30-EV
ABC
125,000
23,000
214,000
15
12
TODAY
Nine
116,000
33,000
262,000
16
22
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
97,000
21,000
162,000
17
18
SUNRISE -EARLY
Seven
95,000
22,000
175,000
18
17
RBT
Nine
92,000
11,000
183,000
19
23
MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT
10
89,000
11,000
161,000
20
26
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
86,000
23,000
155,000
21
21
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME
Seven
85,000
19,000
163,000
22
16
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
82,000
12,000
202,000
23
24
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
75,000
23,000
157,000
24
20
TODAY -EARLY
Nine
73,000
21,000
169,000
25
28
EMERGENCY -RPT
Nine
73,000
6,000
152,000
26
29
10 NEWS
10
72,000
13,000
151,000
27
30
TODAY EXTRA
Nine
71,000
19,000
143,000
28
27
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
68,000
19,000
154,000
29
19
THE CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN SHOW
10
47,000
4,000
174,000
30
25
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT
10
28,000
2,000
156,000
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Round 9 of AFL got underway in Thursday Night Football where Fremantle won at home against Hawthorn. The game was seen on Seven’s main channel in three markets including Perth where it saw Seven News start at 5.30pm. The average rating was down 10k from last week to 757k.
Earlier on Seven, Home And Away took a hit without Perth’s main channel contribution dropping to 735k.In other markets it was Highway Patrol with 293k and Britain’s Got Talent with 176k on the main channel.
Over on Nine, NRL Thursday Night Footy Round 10 saw the Dolphins overcome a sluggish start to easily beat the Bulldogs to 601k national viewers, down 20k on the last Thursday club game. RBT with 279k was seen in southern states.
On 10, Taskmaster Australia premiered its fifth season to 360k. That compares to the season 4 opener that had 402k at 8.30pm following Gogglebox last year. The Claudia Winkleman Show, later missed the top 30 for the first time dropping to 129k.
ABC’s Back Roads was up 20k to 416k for its Mid-Season Final while Grand Designs Revisited followed with 347k.
At 6pm Seven News had another win with 1.368m while Nine News had 1.264m. Earlier, Tipping Point with 783k stayed ahead of The Chase on 704k. A Current Affair was back at number one at 7pm narrowly ahead of ABC News by 5k.
Sunrise with 456k easily accounted for Today on 302k and News Breakfast down to 228k.
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May 8, 2026, 1:52am
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That’s a significant win / margin at 4pm
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TV.Cynic:
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 757,000
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 601,000
No surprise.
Weak lead-in led to weak lead-out. SBS’ American Prince probably had more viewers.
Seven’s massive Thursday: 7NEWS #1 . AFL #1 sport, up 35%. 7plus #1 in BVOD
Seven #1 nationally in total TV
Seven dominates in all demos
National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 47.5%
National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 47.3%
7plus: #1 in BVOD, jumps 47% year-on-year
7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.48 million, up year-on-year
AFL Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, reaches 1.89 million, up 35% year-on-year
The Chase Australia: reaches 1.36 million, up 10% year-on-year
Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 51% more viewers than Today
Seven Network reaches 6.01 million Australians nationally. Total TV reach up 2% year-on-year.
6.00pm to midnight:
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 47.5% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 44.5% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 47.7% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 47.5% share.
6.00am to midnight:
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 47.3% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 45.3% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 46.4% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 47.2% share.
7plus : #1 in BVOD with a 48.6% commercial share. Reach up 47% year-on-year.
7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers . National reach 2.07 million, national audience 1.37 million.
Up 4% year-on-year in total TV, up 91% on 7plus.
Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football : #1 sport , #1 program in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s . National reach 1.89 million, national audience 757,000.
Up 35% year-on-year in total TV, up 179% on 7plus.
The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.36 million, national audience 704,000.
Up 10% year-on-year in total TV, up 96% on 7plus.
Up 3% week-on-week in total TV, up 3% on 7plus.
Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program . National reach 971,000, national audience 456,000.
51% more viewers than Today .
Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama . National reach 962,000, national audience 735,000.
Up 59% year-on-year on 7plus.
Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football Pre Match : National reach 903,000, national audience 451,000.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
47.5
44.5
47.5
Nine Network
36.2
36.1
35.9
Network Ten
16.3
19.4
16.6
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
47.3
45.3
47.2
Nine Network
36.7
36.7
36.7
Network Ten
16.1
18.0
16.1
Ranking by average audience
Top 30 Programs
Rank
Program
Ntwk
Average Total TV
Average Broadcast
Average BVOD
1
SEVEN NEWS
SEVEN
1,368,000
1,198,000
171,000
2
9NEWS
NINE
1,264,000
1,060,000
203,000
3
A CURRENT AFFAIR
NINE
927,000
778,000
149,000
4
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
922,000
858,000
64,000
5
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
NINE
783,000
659,000
123,000
6
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
SEVEN
757,000
646,000
112,000
7
7.30-EV
ABC
752,000
694,000
58,000
8
HOME AND AWAY
SEVEN
735,000
522,000
213,000
9
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
SEVEN
704,000
616,000
88,000
10
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
NINE
601,000
476,000
126,000
11
SUNRISE
SEVEN
456,000
392,000
64,000
12
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE MATCH
SEVEN
451,000
386,000
65,000
13
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
NINE
428,000
327,000
101,000
14
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
416,000
393,000
23,000
15
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
414,000
390,000
25,000
16
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
SEVEN
390,000
346,000
44,000
17
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
TEN
360,000
319,000
42,000
18
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
347,000
331,000
16,000
19
9NEWS AFTERNOON
NINE
338,000
288,000
50,000
20
TODAY
NINE
302,000
240,000
61,000
21
10 NEWS
TEN
299,000
272,000
27,000
22
HIGHWAY PATROL
SEVEN
293,000
249,000
44,000
23
RBT
NINE
279,000
257,000
22,000
24
MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT
TEN
276,000
254,000
22,000
25
THE MORNING SHOW
SEVEN
275,000
238,000
37,000
26
THE CHASE-UK
SEVEN
273,000
248,000
25,000
27
TIPPING POINT UK -RPT
NINE
254,000
226,000
28,000
28
SUNRISE -EARLY
SEVEN
244,000
204,000
40,000
29
EMERGENCY -RPT
NINE
242,000
230,000
13,000
30
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE GAME
SEVEN
237,000
202,000
35,000
Top 30 Programs 25-54
Rank
Program
Ntwk
Average Total TV
Average Broadcast
Average BVOD
1
9NEWS
NINE
362,000
262,000
99,000
2
SEVEN NEWS
SEVEN
331,000
249,000
82,000
3
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
SEVEN
272,000
212,000
59,000
4
A CURRENT AFFAIR
NINE
263,000
189,000
75,000
5
HOME AND AWAY
SEVEN
229,000
121,000
108,000
6
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
NINE
210,000
139,000
71,000
7
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
NINE
188,000
131,000
57,000
8
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
TEN
182,000
157,000
25,000
9
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
164,000
140,000
24,000
10
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE MATCH
SEVEN
161,000
127,000
34,000
11
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
SEVEN
154,000
113,000
41,000
12
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
NINE
152,000
98,000
55,000
13
SUNRISE
SEVEN
138,000
104,000
34,000
14
7.30-EV
ABC
125,000
102,000
23,000
15
TODAY
NINE
116,000
82,000
33,000
16
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
SEVEN
97,000
76,000
21,000
17
SUNRISE -EARLY
SEVEN
95,000
73,000
22,000
18
RBT
NINE
92,000
81,000
11,000
19
MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT
TEN
89,000
78,000
11,000
20
HIGHWAY PATROL
SEVEN
86,000
63,000
23,000
21
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE GAME
SEVEN
85,000
66,000
19,000
22
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
82,000
70,000
12,000
23
9NEWS AFTERNOON
NINE
75,000
51,000
23,000
24
TODAY -EARLY
NINE
73,000
52,000
21,000
25
EMERGENCY -RPT
NINE
73,000
67,000
6,000
26
10 NEWS
TEN
72,000
59,000
13,000
27
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - POST MAT…
SEVEN
72,000
51,000
21,000
28
TODAY EXTRA
NINE
71,000
52,000
19,000
29
THE MORNING SHOW
SEVEN
68,000
49,000
19,000
30
THE CHASE-UK
SEVEN
68,000
56,000
12,000
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The new season premiere of Taskmaster was crunched by live sport.
Taskmaster Premieres To Biggest Ever Streaming Audience.
BVOD Up 135% Year-On-Year.
Taskmaster Australia:
Reached 718,000 national total viewers.
Biggest ever BVOD audience.
BVOD up 135% vs. same episode in 2025.
10:
Yesterday, 10 reached 4.46 million Australians across Network 10 and 10 Streaming.
Last night’s national BVOD viewing was up 38% on same night last year.
5 cities
Nine News was back on top again with Seven Perth’s audience suffering a big drop due to the early start to one of the bulletin’s lowest ratings for the year. Note that in Perth The Chase was at 4.30pm and 7 News at 4 was 30 minutes only.
Tipping Point again won all markets with the margin in Sydney was down to 2,000.
A big 50,000 win for Sunrise, though Today was ahead in two markets.
Seven News had a win at 4pm helped by a big Perth audience for their 30 minute bulletin.
5 City
Syd
Mel
Bri
Ade
Per
Seven News
859,000
216,000
280,000
148,000
114,000
102,000
Nine News
920,000
225,000
295,000
217,000
92,000
90,000
10 News
223,000
55,000
70,000
47,000
24,000
28,000
ABC News
622,000
168,000
233,000
103,000
57,000
60,000
5 City
Syd
Mel
Bri
Ade
Per
Chase Aus
405,000
114,000
128,000
67,000
51,000
45,000
Tipping Aus
540,000
116,000
176,000
137,000
57,000
54,000
5 City
Syd
Mel
Bri
Ade
Per
Sunrise
250,000
64,000
59,000
57,000
23,000
48,000
Today
200,000
66,000
47,000
62,000
11,000
14,000
News Breakf
127,000
29,000
39,000
29,000
14,000
16,000
5 City
Syd
Mel
Bri
Ade
Per
Seven at 4
238,000
48,000
84,000
37,000
25,000
44,000
9 Afternoon
214,000
51,000
67,000
50,000
20,000
27,000
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Outside the real top 30 included LAW AND ORDER: SVU on 10 Drama
Program
Ntwk
Average Total TV
EMERGENCY -RPT
NINE
242,000
MOTORWAY PATROL
SEVEN
215,000
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE GAME
SEVEN
212,000
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
TEN
207,000
SBS WORLD NEWS
SBS
206,000
BEAT THE CHASERS UK
SEVEN
192,000
DEAL OR NO DEAL
TEN
188,000
TODAY -EARLY
NINE
180,000
SEVEN’S NATIONAL NEWS AT NOON
SEVEN
180,000
TODAY EXTRA
NINE
177,000
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
SEVEN
176,000
10 NEWS+
TEN
174,000
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -POST MATCH
NINE
162,000
RICK STEIN’S AUSTRALIA
SBS
160,000
SBS WORLD NEWS 7PM
SBS
146,000
9NEWS MORNING
NINE
141,000
THE ASSEMBLY-ENCORE
ABC
130,000
THE CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN SHOW
TEN
129,000
A&E: CRASH SCENE EMERGENCY
NINE
123,000
9NEWS LATE
NINE
121,000
MASTERMIND
SBS
120,000
KICK ONS
SEVEN
108,000
10’S LATE NEWS
TEN
92,000
LAW AND ORDER: SVU
TEN
89,000
THE CHEAP SEATS ENCORE
TEN
76,000
AMERICAN PRINCE: JFK JNR RPT
SBS
73,000
LETTERS AND NUMBERS RPT
SBS
73,000
PAWN STARS-PM
SEVEN
71,000
10 NEWS+ ENCORE
TEN
70,000
ABC LATE NEWS-LE
ABC
57,000
SAS: AUS V ENG (R)
SEVEN
49,000
CHICAGO MED
NINE
48,000
THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
TEN
47,000
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For anyone who needed more ratings today.
AFL on the main channel i Perth was very successful with a 46% share network share.
Seven
Nine
Syd
23.0
32.2
Mel
40.2
20.6
Bri
24.0
37.9
Ade
41.7
21.3
Per
46.2
21.5
Sydney
Rank
Program
Ntwk
Average Total TV
1
9NEWS
NINE
225,000
2
SEVEN NEWS
SEVEN
216,000
3
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
NINE
189,000
4
A CURRENT AFFAIR
NINE
170,000
5
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
168,000
6
7.30-EV
ABC
144,000
7
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
NINE
132,000
8
HOME AND AWAY
SEVEN
128,000
9
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
NINE
116,000
10
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
SEVEN
114,000
11
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
TEN
87,000
12
HIGHWAY PATROL
SEVEN
83,000
13
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
80,000
14
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
75,000
19
MOTORWAY PATROL
SEVEN
59,000
30
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
SEVEN
36,000
39
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
SEVEN
26,000
Melbourne
Rank
Program
Ntwk
Average Total TV
1
9NEWS
NINE
295,000
2
SEVEN NEWS
SEVEN
280,000
3
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
SEVEN
254,000
4
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
233,000
5
7.30-EV
ABC
201,000
6
A CURRENT AFFAIR
NINE
201,000
7
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
NINE
176,000
8
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE MATCH
SEVEN
158,000
9
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
SEVEN
128,000
10
HOME AND AWAY
SEVEN
118,000
11
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE GAME
SEVEN
110,000
12
RBT
NINE
106,000
13
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
85,000
16
EMERGENCY -RPT
NINE
78,000
17
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
TEN
77,000
20
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
61,000
29
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - POST MATCH
SEVEN
46,000
Brisbane
Rank
Program
Ntwk
Average Total TV
1
9NEWS
NINE
217,000
2
SEVEN NEWS
SEVEN
148,000
3
A CURRENT AFFAIR
NINE
144,000
4
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
NINE
143,000
5
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
NINE
137,000
6
HOME AND AWAY
SEVEN
105,000
7
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
103,000
8
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
NINE
94,000
9
7.30-EV
ABC
87,000
10
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
SEVEN
67,000
11
TODAY
NINE
62,000
15
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
41,000
16
HIGHWAY PATROL
SEVEN
38,000
20
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
37,000
22
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
TEN
34,000
24
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -POST MATCH
NINE
31,000
30
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
SEVEN
27,000
32
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
SEVEN
23,000
33
MOTORWAY PATROL
SEVEN
23,000
Adelaide
Rank
Program
Ntwk
Average Total TV
1
SEVEN NEWS
SEVEN
114,000
2
9NEWS
NINE
92,000
3
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
SEVEN
80,000
4
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE MATCH
SEVEN
58,000
5
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
NINE
57,000
6
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
57,000
7
A CURRENT AFFAIR
NINE
55,000
8
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
SEVEN
51,000
9
HOME AND AWAY
SEVEN
42,000
10
7.30-EV
ABC
39,000
11
RBT
NINE
34,000
12
EMERGENCY -RPT
NINE
31,000
13
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
31,000
14
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - POST MATCH
SEVEN
27,000
16
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
25,000
19
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
TEN
23,000
31
A&E: CRASH SCENE EMERGENCY
NINE
12,000
Rank
Program
Ntwk
Average Total TV
1
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
SEVEN
152,000
2
SEVEN NEWS
SEVEN
102,000
3
9NEWS
NINE
90,000
4
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - POST MAT…
SEVEN
68,000
5
SEVEN NEWS AT 5.30
SEVEN
68,000
6
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
60,000
7
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
NINE
54,000
8
A CURRENT AFFAIR
NINE
50,000
9
SUNRISE
SEVEN
48,000
10
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
SEVEN
45,000
11
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
SEVEN
44,000
12
7.30-EV
ABC
41,000
13
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE MATCH
SEVEN
36,000
14
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
36,000
15
KICK ONS
SEVEN
35,000
16
SUNRISE -EARLY
SEVEN
33,000
17
RBT
NINE
32,000
18
HOME AND AWAY
SEVEN
30,000
23
EMERGENCY -RPT
NINE
26,000
24
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
25,000
25
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
24,000
26
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
TEN
22,000
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This has to be one of the biggest non derby and non finals match on 7WA. Especially for a Freo game given they are not as popular as the Eagles
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If we’re being honest, it probably came down to Fremantle riding high in the ladder so would gather significant casual interest.
If that team is anywhere near the bottom, the main channel would have got 7News.
Is there a similar precedent for a VIC team? No, because it never happens. The schedule is designed to avoid that.
Not really. If anything, this proves that 7 needs to find a way to put all WA teams on the main channel. Even the Eagles (who are awful) rate huge in Perth.
Pretty good numbers for the AFL.
Pretty average numbers for the return of 10’s Taskmaster. While The Claudia Winkleman Show that followed did badly too.
JBar
May 8, 2026, 6:28am
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You have to wonder why 10 can’t cross-promote their own shows like Taskmaster like they do for shows on other networks.
Anne Edmonds and Kitty Flanagan were on Have You Been Paying Attention spruiking Bad Company and Glen Robbins was on The Cheap Seats spruiking Celebrity Intervention.
Couldn’t 10 have had Celia, Rove, Blake, Anisa, Joel or the two Toms on any of these shows?
They don’t have The Project to promote upcoming stuff either so they should at least use what they’ve got.
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BJT2
May 8, 2026, 11:00am
19
Seven News seems to be improving in both Melbourne and Sydney. Not a bad effort by both newsrooms. Especially, with an average lead in.
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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
9NEWS
Nine
1,997,000
1,266,000
205,000
2
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
1,931,000
1,239,000
154,000
3
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
1,867,000
778,000
114,000
4
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
1,520,000
798,000
129,000
5
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
1,448,000
937,000
151,000
6
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
1,384,000
632,000
134,000
7
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
1,371,000
711,000
88,000
8
7.30-EV
ABC
1,263,000
751,000
62,000
9
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
1,230,000
925,000
64,000
10
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
1,174,000
939,000
355,000
11
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
991,000
572,000
113,000
12
SUNRISE
Seven
971,000
456,000
64,000
13
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
926,000
460,000
72,000
14
TODAY
Nine
762,000
302,000
61,000
15
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
753,000
390,000
44,000
16
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
737,000
428,000
101,000
17
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
690,000
338,000
50,000
18
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
688,000
418,000
25,000
19
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -POST MATCH
Nine
637,000
206,000
46,000
20
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
634,000
275,000
37,000
21
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
627,000
368,000
22,000
22
RBT
Nine
627,000
286,000
22,000
23
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
620,000
435,000
26,000
24
10 NEWS
10
615,000
300,000
27,000
25
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
608,000
228,000
26,000
26
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH
Seven
581,000
208,000
37,000
27
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
Seven
572,000
209,000
27,000
28
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
527,000
300,000
44,000
29
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM
ABC
506,000
208,000
11,000
30
ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM
ABC
496,000
102,000
15,000
Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 25-54
Rank
Description
Network
Reach
Average
BVOD
1
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
622,000
278,000
61,000
2
9NEWS
Nine
581,000
363,000
100,000
3
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
493,000
293,000
74,000
4
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
492,000
320,000
70,000
5
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
486,000
218,000
75,000
6
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
411,000
265,000
76,000
7
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
398,000
330,000
182,000
8
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
382,000
193,000
60,000
9
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
310,000
158,000
41,000
10
SUNRISE
Seven
299,000
138,000
34,000
11
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
298,000
165,000
38,000
12
TODAY
Nine
264,000
116,000
33,000
13
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
242,000
166,000
24,000
14
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
239,000
153,000
55,000
15
7.30-EV
ABC
226,000
127,000
24,000
16
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -POST MATCH
Nine
219,000
77,000
26,000
17
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
202,000
82,000
12,000
18
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH
Seven
201,000
72,000
20,000
19
THE CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN SHOW
10
200,000
51,000
5,000
20
RBT
Nine
185,000
94,000
11,000
21
MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT
10
180,000
93,000
13,000
22
SUNRISE -EARLY
Seven
175,000
95,000
22,000
23
TODAY -EARLY
Nine
169,000
74,000
21,000
24
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
164,000
75,000
24,000
25
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
164,000
97,000
21,000
26
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME
Seven
163,000
85,000
19,000
27
THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT
10
156,000
28,000
2,000
28
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
155,000
86,000
23,000
29
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
154,000
68,000
19,000
30
10 NEWS
10
154,000
73,000
13,000
Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 16-39
Rank
Description
Network
Reach
Average
BVOD
1
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
313,000
140,000
38,000
2
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
230,000
108,000
45,000
3
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
227,000
159,000
40,000
4
9NEWS
Nine
219,000
130,000
48,000
5
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
191,000
120,000
36,000
6
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
189,000
159,000
103,000
7
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
160,000
75,000
29,000
8
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
151,000
95,000
37,000
9
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
137,000
76,000
22,000
10
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
132,000
64,000
20,000
11
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
117,000
81,000
11,000
12
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
110,000
74,000
29,000
13
7.30-EV
ABC
105,000
58,000
11,000
14
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -POST MATCH
Nine
102,000
36,000
15,000
15
SUNRISE
Seven
93,000
39,000
15,000
16
TODAY
Nine
90,000
34,000
15,000
17
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH
Seven
88,000
30,000
12,000
18
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
80,000
42,000
10,000
19
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
74,000
26,000
5,000
20
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME
Seven
74,000
43,000
10,000
21
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
70,000
28,000
11,000
22
MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT
10
65,000
36,000
6,000
23
THE CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN SHOW
10
64,000
15,000
2,000
24
RBT
Nine
61,000
23,000
5,000
25
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
57,000
34,000
4,000
26
TODAY EXTRA
Nine
56,000
27,000
9,000
27
10 NEWS
10
56,000
25,000
6,000
28
SPIDEY AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS-EV
ABC
55,000
54,000
26,000
29
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
54,000
33,000
12,000
30
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
51,000
22,000
9,000
Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs Grocery Shoppers
Rank
Description
Network
Reach
Average
BVOD
1
9NEWS
Nine
1,604,000
1,016,000
168,000
2
SEVEN NEWS
Seven
1,546,000
1,000,000
125,000
3
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Seven
1,430,000
590,000
88,000
4
TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA
Nine
1,235,000
652,000
107,000
5
A CURRENT AFFAIR
Nine
1,150,000
743,000
124,000
6
THE CHASE AUSTRALIA
Seven
1,102,000
577,000
72,000
7
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE
Nine
1,054,000
472,000
106,000
8
7.30-EV
ABC
1,050,000
626,000
55,000
9
ABC NEWS-EV
ABC
1,005,000
764,000
56,000
10
HOME AND AWAY
Seven
936,000
753,000
288,000
11
SUNRISE
Seven
790,000
372,000
53,000
12
TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA
10
773,000
449,000
92,000
13
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE MATCH
Seven
710,000
347,000
57,000
14
SEVEN NEWS AT 4
Seven
612,000
316,000
36,000
15
TODAY
Nine
609,000
245,000
51,000
16
HARD QUIZ S8 RPT
ABC
572,000
352,000
22,000
17
9NEWS AFTERNOON
Nine
565,000
282,000
42,000
18
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH
Nine
563,000
324,000
82,000
19
BACK ROADS S12-EV
ABC
523,000
365,000
23,000
20
THE MORNING SHOW
Seven
518,000
223,000
30,000
21
GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED-EV
ABC
516,000
307,000
19,000
22
NEWS BREAKFAST-AM
ABC
514,000
196,000
23,000
23
10 NEWS
10
492,000
243,000
23,000
24
RBT
Nine
485,000
221,000
18,000
25
THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -POST MATCH
Nine
484,000
162,000
37,000
26
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
Seven
473,000
174,000
22,000
27
SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – POST MATCH
Seven
456,000
161,000
29,000
28
HIGHWAY PATROL
Seven
433,000
244,000
36,000
29
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM
ABC
423,000
176,000
9,000
30
ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM
ABC
421,000
86,000
13,000
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