# Tuesday 22 September 2026

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**Created:** [September 23, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tuesday-22-september-2026/31708 "2026-09-23T01:32:13Z")\
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| NATIONAL | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | **TOTAL** | **PEOPLE** | |
| | **Total TV** | TV | BVOD |
| **SEVEN** | 28.9% | 28.7% | 29.8% |
| **NINE** | 29.2% | 28.6% | 31.5% |
| **10** | 13.9% | 15.0% | 9.3% |
| **SBS** | 9.1% | 8.6% | 11.3% |
| **ABC** | 18.9% | 19.1% | 18.1% |

| 5 CITIES | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | **TOTAL** | **PEOPLE** | |
| | **Total TV** | TV | BVOD |
| **SEVEN** | 25.8% | 25.5% | 26.8% |
| **NINE** | 31.2% | 31.0% | 31.9% |
| **10** | 13.8% | 14.8% | 9.7% |
| **SBS** | 9.8% | 9.0% | 13.4% |
| **ABC** | 19.4% | 19.6% | 18.2% |
| | | | |
| | **PEOPLE** | **25-54** | |
| | **Total TV** | TV | BVOD |
| **SEVEN** | 24.1% | 22.4% | 28.4% |
| **NINE** | 36.4% | 36.9% | 35.3% |
| **10** | 17.0% | 19.8% | 10.3% |
| **SBS** | 7.8% | 6.7% | 10.5% |
| **ABC** | 14.7% | 14.3% | 15.5% |
| | | | |
| | **PEOPLE** | **16-39** | |
| | **Total TV** | TV | BVOD |
| **SEVEN** | 24.8% | 22.4% | 28.9% |
| **NINE** | 38.2% | 39.5% | 35.9% |
| **10** | 15.9% | 19.4% | 10.0% |
| **SBS** | 6.8% | 5.6% | 8.9% |
| **ABC** | 14.3% | 13.1% | 16.3% |

## 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 | 2,298,000 | 1,451,000 | 180,000 |
| 2 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 1,939,000 | 1,103,000 | 265,000 |
| 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 1,899,000 | 1,203,000 | 209,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 1,588,000 | 1,045,000 | 177,000 |
| 5 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 1,459,000 | 789,000 | 128,000 |
| 6 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 1,362,000 | 992,000 | 238,000 |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 1,349,000 | 685,000 | 86,000 |
| 8 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 1,239,000 | 938,000 | 64,000 |
| 9 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 1,206,000 | 765,000 | 59,000 |
| 10 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 1,163,000 | 496,000 | 88,000 |
| 11 | SUNRISE | Seven | 1,014,000 | 480,000 | 68,000 |
| 12 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 804,000 | 379,000 | 18,000 |
| 13 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 779,000 | 420,000 | 19,000 |
| 14 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 765,000 | 326,000 | 66,000 |
| 15 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 738,000 | 214,000 | 36,000 |
| 16 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 709,000 | 404,000 | 25,000 |
| 17 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 701,000 | 290,000 | 46,000 |
| 18 | TODAY | Nine | 688,000 | 280,000 | 57,000 |
| 19 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 670,000 | 492,000 | 45,000 |
| 20 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 663,000 | 370,000 | 51,000 |
| 21 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 652,000 | 281,000 | 40,000 |
| 22 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 638,000 | 314,000 | 41,000 |
| 23 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 610,000 | 345,000 | 30,000 |
| 24 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 586,000 | 289,000 | 46,000 |
| 25 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 577,000 | 304,000 | 24,000 |
| 26 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 574,000 | 205,000 | 24,000 |
| 27 | TIPPING POINT UK -RPT | Nine | 553,000 | 315,000 | 30,000 |
| 28 | INSIGHT | SBS | 518,000 | 204,000 | 9,000 |
| 29 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 484,000 | 230,000 | 21,000 |
| 30 | ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM | ABC | 453,000 | 98,000 | 13,000 |

**Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 25-54 - Total TV**

 

| Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 699,000 | 464,000 | 146,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven | 584,000 | 321,000 | 86,000 |
| 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 527,000 | 322,000 | 100,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 462,000 | 260,000 | 88,000 |
| 5 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 423,000 | 307,000 | 121,000 |
| 6 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 403,000 | 175,000 | 47,000 |
| 7 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 348,000 | 176,000 | 57,000 |
| 8 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 305,000 | 147,000 | 40,000 |
| 9 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 301,000 | 91,000 | 19,000 |
| 10 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 286,000 | 184,000 | 10,000 |
| 11 | SUNRISE | Seven | 280,000 | 134,000 | 35,000 |
| 12 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 279,000 | 121,000 | 35,000 |
| 13 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 255,000 | 152,000 | 22,000 |
| 14 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 255,000 | 118,000 | 9,000 |
| 15 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 255,000 | 184,000 | 23,000 |
| 16 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 234,000 | 108,000 | 25,000 |
| 17 | TODAY | Nine | 229,000 | 107,000 | 29,000 |
| 18 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 200,000 | 93,000 | 24,000 |
| 19 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 169,000 | 82,000 | 21,000 |
| 20 | 10’S LATE NEWS | 10 | 169,000 | 76,000 | 4,000 |
| 21 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 152,000 | 54,000 | 11,000 |
| 22 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 150,000 | 73,000 | 11,000 |
| 23 | THE BLOCK -MON -ENCORE | Nine | 147,000 | 69,000 | 10,000 |
| 24 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 145,000 | 80,000 | 19,000 |
| 25 | MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT | 10 | 143,000 | 93,000 | 11,000 |
| 26 | 9NEWS LATE | Nine | 140,000 | 80,000 | 22,000 |
| 27 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 139,000 | 79,000 | 23,000 |
| 28 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 137,000 | 73,000 | 8,000 |
| 29 | TODAY -EARLY | Nine | 135,000 | 69,000 | 20,000 |
| 30 | HOUSE OF WELLNESS | Seven | 133,000 | 43,000 | 9,000 |

**Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - 16-39 - Total TV**

 

| Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 296,000 | 204,000 | 78,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven | 223,000 | 119,000 | 42,000 |
| 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 210,000 | 123,000 | 47,000 |
| 4 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 194,000 | 144,000 | 66,000 |
| 5 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 186,000 | 85,000 | 24,000 |
| 6 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 162,000 | 85,000 | 43,000 |
| 7 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 138,000 | 65,000 | 27,000 |
| 8 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 122,000 | 56,000 | 19,000 |
| 9 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 115,000 | 49,000 | 17,000 |
| 10 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 113,000 | 34,000 | 9,000 |
| 11 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 103,000 | 53,000 | 13,000 |
| 12 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 96,000 | 69,000 | 10,000 |
| 13 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 89,000 | 51,000 | 10,000 |
| 14 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 86,000 | 59,000 | 4,000 |
| 15 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 85,000 | 32,000 | 4,000 |
| 16 | SUNRISE | Seven | 85,000 | 35,000 | 16,000 |
| 17 | TODAY | Nine | 80,000 | 40,000 | 13,000 |
| 18 | THE BLOCK -MON -ENCORE | Nine | 71,000 | 31,000 | 5,000 |
| 19 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 57,000 | 25,000 | 10,000 |
| 20 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 56,000 | 29,000 | 10,000 |
| 21 | 10’S LATE NEWS | 10 | 55,000 | 27,000 | 2,000 |
| 22 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 52,000 | 29,000 | 4,000 |
| 23 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 52,000 | 25,000 | 10,000 |
| 24 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 50,000 | 30,000 | 11,000 |
| 25 | TODAY EXTRA | Nine | 48,000 | 22,000 | 8,000 |
| 26 | HOUSE OF WELLNESS | Seven | 48,000 | 21,000 | 5,000 |
| 27 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 45,000 | 19,000 | 5,000 |
| 28 | 9NEWS LATE | Nine | 44,000 | 25,000 | 11,000 |
| 29 | TWO AND A HALF MEN RPT | 10 | 43,000 | 7,000 | 1,000 |
| 30 | FRIENDS RPT | 10 | 43,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |

**Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Grocery Shoppers - Total TV**

 

| Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven | 1,832,000 | 1,176,000 | 146,000 |
| 2 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 1,542,000 | 877,000 | 218,000 |
| 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 1,518,000 | 965,000 | 172,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 1,284,000 | 842,000 | 146,000 |
| 5 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 1,200,000 | 650,000 | 106,000 |
| 6 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 1,087,000 | 559,000 | 70,000 |
| 7 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 1,073,000 | 781,000 | 193,000 |
| 8 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 1,033,000 | 787,000 | 56,000 |
| 9 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 1,016,000 | 647,000 | 52,000 |
| 10 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 903,000 | 384,000 | 72,000 |
| 11 | SUNRISE | Seven | 831,000 | 399,000 | 56,000 |
| 12 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 639,000 | 299,000 | 15,000 |
| 13 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 633,000 | 340,000 | 16,000 |
| 14 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 608,000 | 175,000 | 30,000 |
| 15 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 605,000 | 258,000 | 54,000 |
| 16 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 602,000 | 344,000 | 22,000 |
| 17 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 574,000 | 424,000 | 39,000 |
| 18 | TODAY | Nine | 558,000 | 229,000 | 47,000 |
| 19 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 544,000 | 306,000 | 43,000 |
| 20 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 543,000 | 228,000 | 37,000 |
| 21 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 527,000 | 231,000 | 33,000 |
| 22 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 523,000 | 259,000 | 33,000 |
| 23 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 517,000 | 299,000 | 26,000 |
| 24 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 490,000 | 241,000 | 38,000 |
| 25 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 484,000 | 177,000 | 22,000 |
| 26 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 476,000 | 253,000 | 20,000 |
| 27 | TIPPING POINT UK -RPT | Nine | 464,000 | 265,000 | 25,000 |
| 28 | INSIGHT | SBS | 446,000 | 177,000 | 7,000 |
| 29 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 405,000 | 200,000 | 18,000 |
| 30 | ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM | ABC | 381,000 | 81,000 | 11,000 |

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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 | 1,451,000 | 180,000 | 2,298,000 |
| 2 | 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 1,203,000 | 209,000 | 1,899,000 |
| 3 | 2 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 1,103,000 | 265,000 | 1,939,000 |
| 4 | 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 1,045,000 | 177,000 | 1,588,000 |
| 5 | 6 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 992,000 | 238,000 | 1,362,000 |
| 6 | 8 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 938,000 | 64,000 | 1,239,000 |
| 7 | 5 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 789,000 | 128,000 | 1,459,000 |
| 8 | 9 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 765,000 | 59,000 | 1,206,000 |
| 9 | 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 685,000 | 86,000 | 1,349,000 |
| 10 | 10 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 496,000 | 88,000 | 1,163,000 |
| 11 | 19 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 492,000 | 45,000 | 670,000 |
| 12 | 11 | SUNRISE | Seven | 480,000 | 68,000 | 1,014,000 |
| 13 | 13 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 420,000 | 19,000 | 779,000 |
| 14 | 16 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 404,000 | 25,000 | 709,000 |
| 15 | 12 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 379,000 | 18,000 | 804,000 |
| 16 | 20 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 370,000 | 51,000 | 663,000 |
| 17 | 23 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 345,000 | 30,000 | 610,000 |
| 18 | 14 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 326,000 | 66,000 | 765,000 |
| 19 | 27 | TIPPING POINT UK -RPT | Nine | 315,000 | 30,000 | 553,000 |
| 20 | 22 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 314,000 | 41,000 | 638,000 |
| 21 | 25 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 304,000 | 24,000 | 577,000 |
| 22 | 17 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 290,000 | 46,000 | 701,000 |
| 23 | 24 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 289,000 | 46,000 | 586,000 |
| 24 | 21 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 281,000 | 40,000 | 652,000 |
| 25 | 18 | TODAY | Nine | 280,000 | 57,000 | 688,000 |
| 26 | 29 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 230,000 | 21,000 | 484,000 |
| 27 | 15 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 214,000 | 36,000 | 738,000 |
| 28 | 26 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 205,000 | 24,000 | 574,000 |
| 29 | 28 | INSIGHT | SBS | 204,000 | 9,000 | 518,000 |
| 30 | 30 | ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM | ABC | 98,000 | 13,000 | 453,000 |

**Top 30 Programs 25-54**

 

| By Average | By Reach | Description | Network | Average | BVOD | Reach |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 464,000 | 146,000 | 699,000 |
| 2 | 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 322,000 | 100,000 | 527,000 |
| 3 | 2 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven | 321,000 | 86,000 | 584,000 |
| 4 | 5 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 307,000 | 121,000 | 423,000 |
| 5 | 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 260,000 | 88,000 | 462,000 |
| 6 | 10 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 184,000 | 10,000 | 286,000 |
| 7 | 15 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 184,000 | 23,000 | 255,000 |
| 8 | 7 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 176,000 | 57,000 | 348,000 |
| 9 | 6 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 175,000 | 47,000 | 403,000 |
| 10 | 13 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 152,000 | 22,000 | 255,000 |
| 11 | 8 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 147,000 | 40,000 | 305,000 |
| 12 | 11 | SUNRISE | Seven | 134,000 | 35,000 | 280,000 |
| 13 | 12 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 121,000 | 35,000 | 279,000 |
| 14 | 14 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 118,000 | 9,000 | 255,000 |
| 15 | 16 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 108,000 | 25,000 | 234,000 |
| 16 | 17 | TODAY | Nine | 107,000 | 29,000 | 229,000 |
| 17 | 18 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 93,000 | 24,000 | 200,000 |
| 18 | 25 | MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT | 10 | 93,000 | 11,000 | 143,000 |
| 19 | 9 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 91,000 | 19,000 | 301,000 |
| 20 | 19 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 82,000 | 21,000 | 169,000 |
| 21 | 24 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 80,000 | 19,000 | 145,000 |
| 22 | 26 | 9NEWS LATE | Nine | 80,000 | 22,000 | 140,000 |
| 23 | 27 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 79,000 | 23,000 | 139,000 |
| 24 | 20 | 10’S LATE NEWS | 10 | 76,000 | 4,000 | 169,000 |
| 25 | 22 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 73,000 | 11,000 | 150,000 |
| 26 | 28 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 73,000 | 8,000 | 137,000 |
| 27 | 23 | THE BLOCK -MON -ENCORE | Nine | 69,000 | 10,000 | 147,000 |
| 28 | 29 | TODAY -EARLY | Nine | 69,000 | 20,000 | 135,000 |
| 29 | 21 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 54,000 | 11,000 | 152,000 |
| 30 | 30 | HOUSE OF WELLNESS | Seven | 43,000 | 9,000 | 133,000 |

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The Block did not face a lot of competition last night and secured a national audience of 1.103m, up slightly from the previous Tuesday’s episode that had 1.094m.

Seven’s schedule saw the final First Dates Australia episode of the season averaging 496k which was up 40k of a week earlier. The broadcast that was actually the sixth production episode capped off a fairly successful run for the show that saw the season average over 500k.

Meanwhile, on 10, the second episode of Sydney Harbour Cops saw a lift from the premiere episode, up 25k to 379k after debuting a week earlier to 352k. Over on ABC at 8pm, Foreign Correspondent had 492k to drop from 555k. Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey season two final featuring Tony Armstrong had 230k for SBS.

A Grand Final Special of The Agenda Setters followed on Seven with a disappointing 290k. Nine ran a split schedule with Footy Classified in AFL territory scoring 214k and a Travel Guides repeat in NRL markets on 326k. That saw The Cheap Seats up 25k to 420k for 10.

ABC premiered The Tony Blair Story: Who Are You? to 345k while Insight on SBS had 204k. 10’s Late News just missed the top 30 with 186k while House Of Wellness had just 117k.

Seven News was 250k ahead at 6pm with 1.451m while Nine News had 1.203m. A Current Affair scored another win in the competitive 7pm slot with 1.045k to be ahead of Home and Away with 992k and ABC News with 938k. Earlier, Tipping Point had a 100k win at 5pm.

Sunrise surged to 480k – an eight-week Tuesday high and 200k ahead of Today that had 280k and News Breakfast that had 205k.

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**Seven on top, 7NEWS #1 program, 7plus #1, The Chase jumps 11%**

- **Seven #1 nationally in total TV.**
- **Seven wins in all people and grocery shoppers.**
- **National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 42.7%.**
- **National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 40.2%.**
- **7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 5% year-on-year.**
- **7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.3 million, up 6% year-on-year.**
- **Home and Away: #1 drama, reaches 1.36 million, up 9% year-on-year.**
- **The Chase Australia: reaches 1.35 million.**
- **Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, up10% year-on-year, 71% more viewers than Today.**

Seven Network reaches 5.6 million Australians nationally.

**6.00am to midnight:**

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 42.7% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 42.8% share.

[7plus](https://7plus.com.au/): #1 in BVOD with a 45.5% share; reach up 5% year-on-year.

**7NEWS** Tuesday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.3 million, national audience 1.45 million.

Up 6% year-on-year in total TV, up 29% on 7plus.

Up 3% week-on-week in total TV.

**Home and Away** Tuesday: #1 drama. National reach 1.36 million, national audience 992,000.

Up 9% year-on-year in total TV, up 31% on 7plus.

Up 8% week-on-week in total TV.

**The Chase Australia** Tuesday: National reach 1.35 million, national audience 685,000.

Up 11% year-on-year in total TV, up 34% on 7plus.

**First Dates Australia** : National reach 1.16 million, national audience 496,000.

Up 9% week-on-week in total TV.

**Sunrise** Tuesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.01 million, national audience 480,000.

200,000, or 71%, more viewers than Today.

Up 10% year-on-year in total TV, up 32% on 7plus.

Up 4% week-on-week in total TV.

**The Agenda Setters** : National reach 701,000, national audience 290,000.

**NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):**

| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seven Network | 42.7 | 39.4 | 42.8 |
| Nine Network | 40.1 | 41.4 | 40.2 |
| Network Ten | 17.2 | 19.3 | 17.1 |

**NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):**

| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seven Network | 40.2 | 35.3 | 40.2 |
| Nine Network | 40.5 | 42.3 | 40.5 |
| Network Ten | 19.4 | 22.4 | 19.3 |

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### THE BLOCK AUSTRALIA’S NO.1 POWERHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM WITH TOTAL PEOPLE & ALL KEY DEMOS

- **The Block** was the No.1 Entertainment program across Australia, the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth with Total People and all key demos. It was also the overall No.1 program on Tuesday across Australia, the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide with People 25-54 and 16-39.

- **The Block** secured a National Total TV Reach of **1.939 million** , a Total TV National Audience of **1.103 million** and a BVOD Audience of **265,000**. It increased its Tuesday night audience week-on-week across Total TV nationally and in Melbourne and Adelaide.

- **9News** was the overall No.1 program on Tuesday with Total People and Shoppers 18+ in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It was also the winning news with Total People and all key demos in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and with People 25-54 in Adelaide.

- **9News** recorded a National Total TV Reach of **1.899 million** and a Total TV National Audience of **1.203 million**. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of **209,000** was up 25.9% year-on-year.

- **A Current Affair** dominated the 7.00pm timeslot with Total People across Australia and in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of **1.588 million** and a Total TV National Audience of **1.045 million**. On 9Now, it recorded a BVOD audience of **177,000** , up 24.6% 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, the 5 City Metro, and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide and with Shoppers 18+ and Total People in Perth. It secured a National Total TV Reach of **1.459 million** , a Total TV National Audience of **789,000** and a BVOD audience of **128,000** - up an impressive 39.1% on the same night last year.

- **Footy Classified** was a timeslot winner with Total People, People 25-54 and Shoppers 18+ in Adelaide. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of **738,000** and a Total TV National Audience of **214,000**. On 9Now it recorded a BVOD Audience of **36,000**.

- **Travel Guides (repeat)** recorded a National Total TV Reach of **765,000** and a Total TV National Audience of **326,000**. On 9Now it recoded a BVOD Audience of **66,000**.

- **Today** won the breakfast slot in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with People 16-39 and Sydney and Melbourne with People 25-54 also. It registered a National Total TV Reach of **688,000** , a Total TV National Audience of **280,000** and BVOD audience of **57,000** - up 11.8% year-on-year.

- The **9Network** was the No.1 network on Tuesday across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demos.

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## Ranking by average audience

**Top 30 Programs**

 

| Rank | Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV | Average  
Broadcast | Average   
BVOD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | SEVEN | 1,451,000 | 1,271,000 | 180,000 |
| 2 | 9NEWS | NINE | 1,203,000 | 994,000 | 209,000 |
| 3 | THE BLOCK -TUE | NINE | 1,103,000 | 838,000 | 265,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | NINE | 1,045,000 | 868,000 | 177,000 |
| 5 | HOME AND AWAY | SEVEN | 992,000 | 754,000 | 238,000 |
| 6 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 938,000 | 874,000 | 64,000 |
| 7 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | NINE | 789,000 | 661,000 | 128,000 |
| 8 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 765,000 | 706,000 | 59,000 |
| 9 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 685,000 | 599,000 | 86,000 |
| 10 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 496,000 | 407,000 | 88,000 |
| 11 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 492,000 | 447,000 | 45,000 |
| 12 | SUNRISE | SEVEN | 480,000 | 412,000 | 68,000 |
| 13 | THE CHEAP SEATS | TEN | 420,000 | 401,000 | 19,000 |
| 14 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 404,000 | 380,000 | 25,000 |
| 15 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | TEN | 379,000 | 360,000 | 18,000 |
| 16 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | NINE | 370,000 | 319,000 | 51,000 |
| 17 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 345,000 | 316,000 | 30,000 |
| 18 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | NINE | 326,000 | 260,000 | 66,000 |
| 19 | TIPPING POINT UK -RPT | NINE | 315,000 | 285,000 | 30,000 |
| 20 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | SEVEN | 314,000 | 272,000 | 41,000 |
| 21 | 10 NEWS | TEN | 304,000 | 280,000 | 24,000 |
| 22 | MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT | TEN | 293,000 | 270,000 | 23,000 |
| 23 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | SEVEN | 290,000 | 243,000 | 46,000 |
| 24 | SUNRISE -EARLY | SEVEN | 289,000 | 243,000 | 46,000 |
| 25 | THE MORNING SHOW | SEVEN | 281,000 | 240,000 | 40,000 |
| 26 | TODAY | NINE | 280,000 | 224,000 | 57,000 |
| 27 | THE CHASE-UK | SEVEN | 234,000 | 209,000 | 25,000 |
| 28 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 230,000 | 209,000 | 21,000 |
| 29 | 9NEWS LATE | NINE | 217,000 | 174,000 | 43,000 |
| 30 | SBS WORLD NEWS | SBS | 217,000 | 200,000 | 17,000 |

**Top 30 Programs 25-54**

 

| Rank | Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV | Average  
Broadcast | Average   
BVOD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | THE BLOCK -TUE | NINE | 464,000 | 318,000 | 146,000 |
| 2 | 9NEWS | NINE | 322,000 | 222,000 | 100,000 |
| 3 | SEVEN NEWS | SEVEN | 321,000 | 235,000 | 86,000 |
| 4 | HOME AND AWAY | SEVEN | 307,000 | 186,000 | 121,000 |
| 5 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | NINE | 260,000 | 172,000 | 88,000 |
| 6 | THE CHEAP SEATS | TEN | 184,000 | 174,000 | 10,000 |
| 7 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 184,000 | 161,000 | 23,000 |
| 8 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | NINE | 176,000 | 119,000 | 57,000 |
| 9 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 175,000 | 129,000 | 47,000 |
| 10 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 152,000 | 129,000 | 22,000 |
| 11 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 147,000 | 108,000 | 40,000 |
| 12 | SUNRISE | SEVEN | 134,000 | 99,000 | 35,000 |
| 13 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | NINE | 121,000 | 86,000 | 35,000 |
| 14 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | TEN | 118,000 | 109,000 | 9,000 |
| 15 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | SEVEN | 108,000 | 83,000 | 25,000 |
| 16 | TODAY | NINE | 107,000 | 78,000 | 29,000 |
| 17 | SUNRISE -EARLY | SEVEN | 93,000 | 69,000 | 24,000 |
| 18 | MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT | TEN | 93,000 | 82,000 | 11,000 |
| 19 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | NINE | 91,000 | 72,000 | 19,000 |
| 20 | THE MORNING SHOW | SEVEN | 82,000 | 61,000 | 21,000 |
| 21 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | SEVEN | 80,000 | 61,000 | 19,000 |
| 22 | 9NEWS LATE | NINE | 80,000 | 57,000 | 22,000 |
| 23 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | NINE | 79,000 | 56,000 | 23,000 |
| 24 | 10’S LATE NEWS | TEN | 76,000 | 71,000 | 4,000 |
| 25 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 75,000 | 58,000 | 17,000 |
| 26 | 10 NEWS | TEN | 73,000 | 62,000 | 11,000 |
| 27 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 73,000 | 65,000 | 8,000 |
| 28 | DEAL OR NO DEAL | TEN | 72,000 | 61,000 | 11,000 |
| 29 | THE BLOCK -MON -ENCORE | NINE | 69,000 | 59,000 | 10,000 |
| 30 | TODAY -EARLY | NINE | 69,000 | 49,000 | 20,000 |

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Outside the real top 30 included

 

| Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV |
| --- | --- | --- |
| THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | TEN | 205,000 |
| INSIGHT | SBS | 204,000 |
| DEAL OR NO DEAL | TEN | 199,000 |
| SEVEN’S NATIONAL NEWS AT NOON | SEVEN | 197,000 |
| ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM | ABC | 192,000 |
| QI-EV | ABC | 190,000 |
| 10’S LATE NEWS | TEN | 186,000 |
| TODAY -EARLY | NINE | 183,000 |
| BRIDGE OF LIES (R) | SEVEN | 183,000 |
| THE BLOCK -MON -ENCORE | NINE | 177,000 |
| 10 NEWS 6PM | TEN | 172,000 |
| BRIDGE OF LIES: CELEBRITY SPECIALS (R) | SEVEN | 163,000 |
| ABC NEWS AT NOON-PM | ABC | 161,000 |
| I WAS ACTUALLY THERE RPT | ABC | 160,000 |
| TODAY EXTRA | NINE | 154,000 |
| SBS WORLD NEWS 7PM | SBS | 148,000 |
| 9NEWS MORNING | NINE | 140,000 |
| HOUSE OF WELLNESS | SEVEN | 117,000 |
| MASTERMIND RPT | SBS | 115,000 |
| DATELINE | SBS | 95,000 |
| PLAYERS | NINE | 84,000 |
| THE FINISH LINE RPT | TEN | 82,000 |
| KYLIE VS BEE GEES (R) | SEVEN | 75,000 |
| SBS WORLD NEWS LATE | SBS | 72,000 |
| LETTERS AND NUMBERS RPT | SBS | 67,000 |
| LINGO RPT | TEN | 66,000 |
| ABC LATE NEWS-LE | ABC | 65,000 |

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**The Cheap Seats Hasn’t Had It This Good Since 2022.**

**Biggest National Total TV Audience Since 2022, Biggest Ever Streaming Audience.**

**The Cheap Seats:**

- Reached 779,000 national total viewers.
- #2 in its timeslot in total people, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- **7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Tuesday, 15 September):** Reached 849,000 national Total TV viewers.

**Season-To-Date:**

- Reaching 7.4 million national Total TV viewers.
- **Biggest national Total TV audience since 2022.**
- 548,000 national Total TV viewers, up 2% year-on-year.
- #1 in its timeslot in total people (27.4%), 25 to 54s (40.0%) and 16 to 39s (41.8%).
- **Biggest streaming audience ever.**
- Streaming viewers up 33% year-on-year.

**Sydney Harbour Cops:**

- Reached 804,000 national Total TV viewers.
- Lifts 10’s timeslot 2% vs. same night last year.
- Live stream viewers up 14% vs. same timeslot last year.
- **7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Tuesday, 15 September):** Reached 863,000 national Total TV viewers.

**Season-To-Date:**

- Reaching 1.3 million national total viewers.
- 10’s biggest observational documentary (Ob Doc) series since _Ambulance Australia_ in 2024.
- Bigger audience than _Airport 24/7_, _Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia_, and _Bondi Rescue_ in 2024/25.
- 421,000 national Total TV viewers, up 35% vs. _Ambulance Australia_ in 2024.
- Streaming viewers up 36% vs. _Ambulance Australia_ in 2024.

**10’s Late News:**

- Reached 442,000 national Total TV viewers.
- National Total TV audience up 127% vs. same episode in 2025.
- #2 in its timeslot in total people, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- Streaming viewers up 295% vs. same episode in 2025.

**Year-To-Date:**

- Reaching 10 million viewers.
- National Total TV audience up 32% vs. 2025.
- Streaming viewers up 77% vs. 2025.

**10 News:**

- **10 News:** National Total TV audience up 6% vs. same night in 2025.
- **10 News 6pm:** Lifts 10’s timeslot 24% nationally vs. same night in 2025.

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## 5 cities

Nine won the east coast markets with Seven winning Adelaide and Perth.

Seven News had a rare metro win. Nine Perth was third behind ABC.

Tipping POint had another all-market win.

Another huge Sunrise audience with Today unable to average 200,000 for four weeks staright.

| | 5 City | Syd | Mel | Bri | Ade | Per |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seven News | 897,000 | 229,000 | 257,000 | 163,000 | 104,000 | 143,000 |
| Nine News | 873,000 | 247,000 | 282,000 | 186,000 | 76,000 | 82,000 |
| 10 News | 227,000 | 59,000 | 61,000 | 45,000 | 31,000 | 31,000 |
| ABC News | 620,000 | 157,000 | 225,000 | 86,000 | 52,000 | 101,000 |

| | 5 City | Syd | Mel | Bri | Ade | Per |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chase Aus | 397,000 | 117,000 | 115,000 | 72,000 | 46,000 | 47,000 |
| Tipping Aus | 531,000 | 147,000 | 153,000 | 122,000 | 53,000 | 55,000 |

| | 5 City | Syd | Mel | Bri | Ade | Per |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sunrise | 278,000 | 78,000 | 60,000 | 61,000 | 25,000 | 54,000 |
| Today | 190,000 | 65,000 | 53,000 | 48,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| News Breakf | 123,000 | 29,000 | 36,000 | 33,000 | 14,000 | 11,000 |

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## Market rankings

Significant differences across markets (Nine was a split schedule).

 

| | 5 cities | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rank | Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV |
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | SEVEN | 897,000 |
| 2 | 9NEWS | NINE | 873,000 |
| 3 | THE BLOCK -TUE | NINE | 750,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | NINE | 674,000 |
| 5 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 620,000 |
| 6 | HOME AND AWAY | SEVEN | 555,000 |
| 7 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | NINE | 531,000 |
| 8 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 513,000 |
| 9 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 397,000 |
| 10 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 335,000 |
| 11 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 290,000 |
| 12 | SUNRISE | SEVEN | 278,000 |
| 13 | THE CHEAP SEATS | TEN | 278,000 |
| 14 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 242,000 |
| 15 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 234,000 |
| 16 | 10 NEWS | TEN | 227,000 |
| 17 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | NINE | 225,000 |
| 18 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | TEN | 201,000 |
| 19 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | SEVEN | 192,000 |
| 20 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | NINE | 191,000 |

| | Sydney | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rank | Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV |
| 1 | 9NEWS | NINE | 247,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS | SEVEN | 229,000 |
| 3 | THE BLOCK -TUE | NINE | 198,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | NINE | 189,000 |
| 5 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 157,000 |
| 6 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | NINE | 147,000 |
| 7 | HOME AND AWAY | SEVEN | 140,000 |
| 8 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 134,000 |
| 9 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | NINE | 118,000 |
| 10 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 117,000 |
| 11 | THE CHEAP SEATS | TEN | 99,000 |
| 12 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 97,000 |
| 13 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 81,000 |
| 14 | SUNRISE | SEVEN | 78,000 |
| 15 | 9NEWS LATE | NINE | 75,000 |
| 16 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | TEN | 73,000 |
| 17 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 72,000 |
| 18 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | NINE | 72,000 |
| 19 | TODAY | NINE | 65,000 |
| 20 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 62,000 |

| | Melbourne | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rank | Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV |
| 1 | 9NEWS | NINE | 282,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS | SEVEN | 257,000 |
| 3 | THE BLOCK -TUE | NINE | 230,000 |
| 4 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 225,000 |
| 5 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | NINE | 208,000 |
| 6 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 183,000 |
| 7 | HOME AND AWAY | SEVEN | 173,000 |
| 8 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | NINE | 153,000 |
| 9 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 119,000 |
| 10 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 115,000 |
| 11 | THE CHEAP SEATS | TEN | 107,000 |
| 12 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 90,000 |
| 13 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | NINE | 78,000 |
| 14 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 75,000 |
| 15 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 74,000 |
| 16 | TIPPING POINT UK -RPT | NINE | 69,000 |
| 17 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | SEVEN | 68,000 |
| 18 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | TEN | 63,000 |
| 19 | 10 NEWS | TEN | 61,000 |
| 20 | SUNRISE | SEVEN | 60,000 |

| | Brisbane | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rank | Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV |
| 1 | 9NEWS | NINE | 186,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS | SEVEN | 163,000 |
| 3 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | NINE | 150,000 |
| 4 | THE BLOCK -TUE | NINE | 148,000 |
| 5 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | NINE | 122,000 |
| 6 | HOME AND AWAY | SEVEN | 101,000 |
| 7 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 86,000 |
| 8 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 86,000 |
| 9 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | NINE | 72,000 |
| 10 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 72,000 |
| 11 | SUNRISE | SEVEN | 61,000 |
| 12 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 58,000 |
| 13 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 54,000 |
| 14 | TODAY | NINE | 48,000 |
| 15 | SUNRISE -EARLY | SEVEN | 48,000 |
| 16 | 10 NEWS | TEN | 45,000 |
| 21 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 37,000 |
| 22 | 9NEWS LATE | NINE | 34,000 |
| 23 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 34,000 |
| 26 | THE CHEAP SEATS | TEN | 33,000 |
| 29 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | TEN | 32,000 |

| | Adelaide | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rank | Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV |
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | SEVEN | 104,000 |
| 2 | THE BLOCK -TUE | NINE | 93,000 |
| 3 | 9NEWS | NINE | 76,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | NINE | 72,000 |
| 5 | HOME AND AWAY | SEVEN | 60,000 |
| 6 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | NINE | 53,000 |
| 7 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 52,000 |
| 8 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 46,000 |
| 9 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 36,000 |
| 10 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | NINE | 35,000 |
| 11 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 35,000 |
| 12 | 10 NEWS | TEN | 31,000 |
| 13 | MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT | TEN | 28,000 |
| 14 | THE CHEAP SEATS | TEN | 27,000 |
| 15 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | SEVEN | 27,000 |
| 16 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | SEVEN | 26,000 |
| 17 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | NINE | 26,000 |
| 18 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 26,000 |
| 20 | DEAL OR NO DEAL | TEN | 24,000 |
| 21 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | TEN | 23,000 |
| 22 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 22,000 |

| | Perth | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rank | Program | Ntwk | Average   
Total TV |
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | SEVEN | 143,000 |
| 2 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 101,000 |
| 3 | HOME AND AWAY | SEVEN | 82,000 |
| 4 | 9NEWS | NINE | 82,000 |
| 5 | THE BLOCK -TUE | NINE | 81,000 |
| 6 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 73,000 |
| 7 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | NINE | 55,000 |
| 8 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | NINE | 55,000 |
| 9 | SUNRISE | SEVEN | 54,000 |
| 10 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 48,000 |
| 11 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 47,000 |
| 12 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | SEVEN | 40,000 |
| 13 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | SEVEN | 39,000 |
| 14 | SUNRISE -EARLY | SEVEN | 39,000 |
| 15 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 35,000 |
| 16 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | NINE | 32,000 |
| 17 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | SEVEN | 32,000 |
| 18 | 10 NEWS | TEN | 31,000 |
| 22 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 25,000 |
| 34 | HOUSE OF WELLNESS | SEVEN | 14,000 |
| 35 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 14,000 |
| 41 | THE CHEAP SEATS | TEN | 12,000 |
| 44 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | TEN | 11,000 |

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Sydney Harbour Cops came fourth in the timeslot in the home city.

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Is that Rating Numbers for The Finish Line Rpt & Lingo Rpt for the 2:30pm & 3:30pm or the 9am & 8am Repeats respectively??

How do they indicate which is which? If not, then what is the Rating for the 8am Lingo & the 9am The Finish Line.??

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**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tuesday-22-september-2026/31708/14 "2026-09-23T21:54:15Z")

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> [@TV.Cynic](#):
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> A Grand Final Special of The Agenda Setters followed on Seven with a disappointing 290k.

Was this figure for the AFL version nationally or did the NRL version run in Sydney/Brisbane?

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**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:** [September 23, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tuesday-22-september-2026/31708/15 "2026-09-23T22:28:58Z")

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The Rugby League version is next week. As their Grand Final is the following week.

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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:** [September 23, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tuesday-22-september-2026/31708/16 "2026-09-23T22:42:12Z")

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> [@Ay\_Jay](#):
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> Is that Rating Numbers for The Finish Line Rpt & Lingo Rpt for the 2:30pm & 3:30pm

They are the afternoon number as also posted on a regular basis here:

> [@Winning Arvo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/winning-arvo/29499/629):
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> Afternoon Monday 14 September 2026 Seven’s afternoon line-up continued to be well ahead of Nine’s up until 3pm when Nine closed the gap and narrowly won 3pm and 4pm then easily won 5pm. B and B numbers have been up slightly - making the real top 30 yesterday. Seven 11:30 AM The Morning Show Extra 180,000 12:00 PM Seven’s National News At Noon 208,000 01:00 PM Beat The Chasers UK 190,000 02:00 PM Bridge Of Lies 189,000 03:00 PM The Chase 249,000 04:00 PM Seven News At 4 342…

The _Finish Line Encore_ at 9am had 42,000 yesterday. Don’t know about Lingo.

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**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/tuesday-22-september-2026/31708/17 "2026-09-30T01:51:26Z")

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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 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven | 2,318,000 | 1,456,000 | 182,000 |
| 2 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 2,037,000 | 1,322,000 | 407,000 |
| 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 1,909,000 | 1,208,000 | 210,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 1,740,000 | 1,068,000 | 182,000 |
| 5 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 1,542,000 | 1,159,000 | 341,000 |
| 6 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 1,477,000 | 802,000 | 132,000 |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 1,351,000 | 686,000 | 87,000 |
| 8 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 1,255,000 | 567,000 | 123,000 |
| 9 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 1,241,000 | 941,000 | 65,000 |
| 10 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 1,237,000 | 776,000 | 62,000 |
| 11 | SUNRISE | Seven | 1,015,000 | 480,000 | 68,000 |
| 12 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 891,000 | 438,000 | 35,000 |
| 13 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 870,000 | 490,000 | 42,000 |
| 14 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 758,000 | 545,000 | 91,000 |
| 15 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 736,000 | 313,000 | 58,000 |
| 16 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 715,000 | 409,000 | 25,000 |
| 17 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 702,000 | 217,000 | 36,000 |
| 18 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 697,000 | 330,000 | 63,000 |
| 19 | TODAY | Nine | 690,000 | 280,000 | 57,000 |
| 20 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 669,000 | 370,000 | 51,000 |
| 21 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 661,000 | 400,000 | 67,000 |
| 22 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 653,000 | 281,000 | 41,000 |
| 23 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 645,000 | 315,000 | 42,000 |
| 24 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 590,000 | 289,000 | 46,000 |
| 25 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 584,000 | 305,000 | 24,000 |
| 26 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 574,000 | 205,000 | 24,000 |
| 27 | TIPPING POINT UK -RPT | Nine | 557,000 | 316,000 | 30,000 |
| 28 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 555,000 | 303,000 | 47,000 |
| 29 | INSIGHT | SBS | 518,000 | 242,000 | 27,000 |
| 30 | 10’S LATE NEWS | 10 | 480,000 | 197,000 | 9,000 |

**Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 25-54**

 

| Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 812,000 | 587,000 | 230,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven | 593,000 | 324,000 | 87,000 |
| 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 532,000 | 325,000 | 100,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 527,000 | 272,000 | 90,000 |
| 5 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 513,000 | 388,000 | 176,000 |
| 6 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 449,000 | 211,000 | 66,000 |
| 7 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 354,000 | 180,000 | 59,000 |
| 8 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 327,000 | 216,000 | 22,000 |
| 9 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 306,000 | 148,000 | 41,000 |
| 10 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 280,000 | 136,000 | 17,000 |
| 11 | SUNRISE | Seven | 280,000 | 134,000 | 35,000 |
| 12 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 277,000 | 91,000 | 19,000 |
| 13 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 274,000 | 157,000 | 23,000 |
| 14 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 255,000 | 184,000 | 23,000 |
| 15 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 250,000 | 119,000 | 30,000 |
| 16 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 245,000 | 118,000 | 34,000 |
| 17 | TODAY | Nine | 229,000 | 107,000 | 29,000 |
| 18 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 200,000 | 93,000 | 24,000 |
| 19 | 10’S LATE NEWS | 10 | 186,000 | 81,000 | 5,000 |
| 20 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 169,000 | 82,000 | 21,000 |
| 21 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 153,000 | 74,000 | 11,000 |
| 22 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 152,000 | 54,000 | 11,000 |
| 23 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 148,000 | 81,000 | 20,000 |
| 24 | THE BLOCK -MON -ENCORE | Nine | 145,000 | 69,000 | 10,000 |
| 25 | MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT | 10 | 143,000 | 93,000 | 11,000 |
| 26 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 141,000 | 76,000 | 8,000 |
| 27 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 140,000 | 79,000 | 23,000 |
| 28 | TODAY -EARLY | Nine | 135,000 | 69,000 | 20,000 |
| 29 | HOUSE OF WELLNESS | Seven | 134,000 | 44,000 | 10,000 |
| 30 | 9NEWS LATE | Nine | 132,000 | 75,000 | 21,000 |

**Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs 16-39**

 

| Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 366,000 | 269,000 | 124,000 |
| 2 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 243,000 | 187,000 | 98,000 |
| 3 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven | 228,000 | 121,000 | 42,000 |
| 4 | 9NEWS | Nine | 210,000 | 124,000 | 47,000 |
| 5 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 209,000 | 101,000 | 34,000 |
| 6 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 198,000 | 92,000 | 44,000 |
| 7 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 143,000 | 69,000 | 28,000 |
| 8 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 123,000 | 56,000 | 20,000 |
| 9 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 108,000 | 57,000 | 16,000 |
| 10 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 106,000 | 70,000 | 10,000 |
| 11 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 102,000 | 47,000 | 16,000 |
| 12 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 100,000 | 42,000 | 8,000 |
| 13 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 100,000 | 33,000 | 9,000 |
| 14 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 98,000 | 54,000 | 11,000 |
| 15 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 96,000 | 69,000 | 11,000 |
| 16 | SUNRISE | Seven | 85,000 | 35,000 | 16,000 |
| 17 | TODAY | Nine | 80,000 | 40,000 | 13,000 |
| 18 | THE BLOCK -MON -ENCORE | Nine | 71,000 | 31,000 | 5,000 |
| 19 | 10’S LATE NEWS | 10 | 62,000 | 28,000 | 2,000 |
| 20 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 57,000 | 29,000 | 10,000 |
| 21 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 57,000 | 25,000 | 10,000 |
| 22 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 53,000 | 30,000 | 11,000 |
| 23 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 52,000 | 25,000 | 10,000 |
| 24 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 52,000 | 29,000 | 4,000 |
| 25 | TODAY EXTRA | Nine | 48,000 | 22,000 | 8,000 |
| 26 | HOUSE OF WELLNESS | Seven | 48,000 | 21,000 | 5,000 |
| 27 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 48,000 | 30,000 | 15,000 |
| 28 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 47,000 | 19,000 | 5,000 |
| 29 | TWO AND A HALF MEN RPT | 10 | 45,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
| 30 | FRIENDS RPT | 10 | 43,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |

**Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs Grocery Shoppers**

 

| Rank | Description | Network | Reach | Average | BVOD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven | 1,849,000 | 1,180,000 | 147,000 |
| 2 | THE BLOCK -TUE | Nine | 1,614,000 | 1,056,000 | 335,000 |
| 3 | 9NEWS | Nine | 1,526,000 | 969,000 | 173,000 |
| 4 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine | 1,406,000 | 860,000 | 149,000 |
| 5 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven | 1,218,000 | 917,000 | 276,000 |
| 6 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | Nine | 1,211,000 | 659,000 | 109,000 |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven | 1,088,000 | 560,000 | 71,000 |
| 8 | 7.30-EV | ABC | 1,038,000 | 655,000 | 54,000 |
| 9 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC | 1,036,000 | 789,000 | 56,000 |
| 10 | FIRST DATES AUSTRALIA | Seven | 978,000 | 444,000 | 100,000 |
| 11 | SUNRISE | Seven | 831,000 | 399,000 | 56,000 |
| 12 | THE CHEAP SEATS | 10 | 703,000 | 398,000 | 34,000 |
| 13 | SYDNEY HARBOUR COPS | 10 | 703,000 | 345,000 | 29,000 |
| 14 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV | ABC | 648,000 | 470,000 | 79,000 |
| 15 | HARD QUIZ S10 RPT | ABC | 607,000 | 347,000 | 22,000 |
| 16 | THE AGENDA SETTERS | Seven | 572,000 | 246,000 | 46,000 |
| 17 | FOOTY CLASSIFIED -TUE | Nine | 567,000 | 177,000 | 29,000 |
| 18 | THE TONY BLAIR STORY-EV | ABC | 561,000 | 347,000 | 59,000 |
| 19 | TODAY | Nine | 560,000 | 229,000 | 47,000 |
| 20 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | Nine | 546,000 | 306,000 | 43,000 |
| 21 | TRAVEL GUIDES -RPT | Nine | 545,000 | 262,000 | 52,000 |
| 22 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | Seven | 529,000 | 261,000 | 34,000 |
| 23 | THE MORNING SHOW | Seven | 527,000 | 232,000 | 33,000 |
| 24 | SUNRISE -EARLY | Seven | 493,000 | 242,000 | 38,000 |
| 25 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | ABC | 485,000 | 177,000 | 22,000 |
| 26 | 10 NEWS | 10 | 483,000 | 254,000 | 20,000 |
| 27 | SHAUN MICALLEF’S ORIGIN ODYSSEY | SBS | 470,000 | 264,000 | 40,000 |
| 28 | TIPPING POINT UK -RPT | Nine | 468,000 | 267,000 | 25,000 |
| 29 | INSIGHT | SBS | 446,000 | 209,000 | 23,000 |
| 30 | 10’S LATE NEWS | 10 | 388,000 | 159,000 | 8,000 |

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