Wednesday 11 March 2026

NATIONAL
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 28.6% 29.5% 25.3%
NINE 36.1% 33.3% 46.6%
10 10.8% 11.4% 8.4%
SBS 6.8% 6.8% 6.7%
ABC 17.8% 19.0% 12.9%
5 CITIES
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 26.2% 27.3% 22.2%
NINE 38.1% 35.3% 48.2%
10 10.9% 11.5% 8.7%
SBS 6.9% 6.6% 8.0%
ABC 17.9% 19.3% 13.0%
PEOPLE 25-54
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 22.6% 23.5% 20.7%
NINE 47.5% 44.4% 53.5%
10 12.2% 13.9% 9.1%
SBS 4.5% 4.2% 5.1%
ABC 13.2% 14.0% 11.6%
PEOPLE 16-39
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 19.2% 19.9% 18.2%
NINE 54.0% 50.2% 58.9%
10 11.6% 14.0% 8.5%
SBS 3.0% 2.5% 3.7%
ABC 12.2% 13.4% 10.6%

Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs

Top 30 Programs - Free-to-Air - Total People - Total TV

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 2,983,000 1,943,000 702,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,206,000 1,395,000 170,000
3 9NEWS Nine 2,009,000 1,233,000 197,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,815,000 1,099,000 196,000
5 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-WED Seven 1,653,000 833,000 156,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,457,000 1,010,000 262,000
7 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,390,000 739,000 105,000
8 NAKED CITY: HITMEN Nine 1,376,000 535,000 122,000
9 7.30-EV ABC 1,357,000 866,000 66,000
10 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,320,000 1,033,000 65,000
11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,293,000 618,000 76,000
12 SUNRISE Seven 1,001,000 432,000 62,000
13 THE FRONT BAR Seven 1,001,000 459,000 57,000
14 TODAY Nine 817,000 341,000 61,000
15 TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM-EV ABC 811,000 456,000 27,000
16 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 752,000 289,000 23,000
17 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10 708,000 329,000 65,000
18 HARD QUIZ S9 RPT ABC 693,000 359,000 19,000
19 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 685,000 354,000 46,000
20 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 659,000 536,000 31,000
21 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 649,000 341,000 41,000
22 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 621,000 137,000 14,000
23 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 592,000 267,000 39,000
24 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE -ENCORE Nine 570,000 229,000 23,000
25 10 NEWS 10 549,000 283,000 25,000
26 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 539,000 264,000 40,000
27 DOG PARK-ENCORE ABC 532,000 220,000 8,000
28 9NEWS LATE Nine 526,000 280,000 55,000
29 TIPPING POINT UK Nine 505,000 269,000 28,000
30 TODAY EXTRA Nine 489,000 181,000 36,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 1,324,000 949,000 416,000
2 9NEWS Nine 620,000 349,000 98,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 613,000 341,000 104,000
4 NAKED CITY: HITMEN Nine 588,000 233,000 71,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 580,000 327,000 81,000
6 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-WED Seven 484,000 238,000 75,000
7 HOME AND AWAY Seven 468,000 328,000 136,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 368,000 184,000 49,000
9 SUNRISE Seven 315,000 142,000 33,000
10 THE FRONT BAR Seven 304,000 150,000 29,000
11 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10 293,000 154,000 38,000
12 7.30-EV ABC 290,000 178,000 27,000
13 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 285,000 120,000 35,000
14 TODAY Nine 273,000 113,000 33,000
15 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 251,000 190,000 25,000
16 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 230,000 91,000 10,000
17 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE -ENCORE Nine 227,000 98,000 13,000
18 9NEWS LATE Nine 200,000 114,000 32,000
19 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 187,000 93,000 22,000
20 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 172,000 25,000 2,000
21 TODAY -EARLY Nine 163,000 76,000 22,000
22 TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM-EV ABC 156,000 82,000 11,000
23 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 155,000 80,000 22,000
24 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 154,000 80,000 21,000
25 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT 10 153,000 93,000 12,000
26 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 152,000 42,000 6,000
27 TODAY EXTRA Nine 148,000 63,000 19,000
28 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 145,000 83,000 19,000
29 HARD QUIZ S9 RPT ABC 144,000 64,000 7,000
30 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 141,000 112,000 12,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 707,000 517,000 271,000
2 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 312,000 148,000 57,000
3 NAKED CITY: HITMEN Nine 286,000 104,000 39,000
4 9NEWS Nine 264,000 142,000 48,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 246,000 131,000 40,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 205,000 143,000 77,000
7 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-WED Seven 186,000 94,000 37,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 150,000 65,000 24,000
9 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10 128,000 71,000 21,000
10 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 124,000 53,000 17,000
11 7.30-EV ABC 122,000 77,000 12,000
12 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 118,000 89,000 12,000
13 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE -ENCORE Nine 112,000 53,000 7,000
14 SUNRISE Seven 111,000 47,000 15,000
15 THE FRONT BAR Seven 107,000 55,000 15,000
16 TODAY Nine 98,000 38,000 15,000
17 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 85,000 32,000 5,000
18 9NEWS LATE Nine 81,000 42,000 17,000
19 ELSBETH 10 66,000 21,000 3,000
20 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 62,000 34,000 9,000
21 TODAY EXTRA Nine 61,000 22,000 9,000
22 TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM-EV ABC 61,000 33,000 5,000
23 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT 10 59,000 34,000 6,000
24 HARD QUIZ S9 RPT ABC 59,000 26,000 3,000
25 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 59,000 32,000 9,000
26 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 58,000 8,000 1,000
27 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 57,000 30,000 11,000
28 UNFILTERED Seven 57,000 33,000 7,000
29 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 52,000 12,000 3,000
30 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 52,000 28,000 10,000

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

Rank Description Network Reach Average BVOD
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 2,391,000 1,585,000 568,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,775,000 1,132,000 139,000
3 9NEWS Nine 1,603,000 1,000,000 162,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,459,000 890,000 160,000
5 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-WED Seven 1,310,000 667,000 128,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,170,000 814,000 213,000
7 7.30-EV ABC 1,131,000 722,000 59,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,129,000 612,000 87,000
9 NAKED CITY: HITMEN Nine 1,110,000 441,000 99,000
10 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,096,000 860,000 57,000
11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,043,000 498,000 62,000
12 SUNRISE Seven 801,000 355,000 51,000
13 THE FRONT BAR Seven 799,000 364,000 46,000
14 TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM-EV ABC 669,000 383,000 24,000
15 TODAY Nine 655,000 278,000 51,000
16 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 628,000 244,000 20,000
17 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 578,000 297,000 38,000
18 HARD QUIZ S9 RPT ABC 574,000 302,000 17,000
19 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10 562,000 266,000 54,000
20 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 552,000 453,000 27,000
21 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 524,000 276,000 33,000
22 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 524,000 116,000 12,000
23 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 491,000 219,000 32,000
24 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE -ENCORE Nine 471,000 187,000 19,000
25 DOG PARK-ENCORE ABC 452,000 186,000 7,000
26 10 NEWS 10 450,000 235,000 21,000
27 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 437,000 215,000 33,000
28 9NEWS LATE Nine 429,000 227,000 45,000
29 TIPPING POINT UK Nine 421,000 228,000 23,000
30 TODAY EXTRA Nine 405,000 150,000 30,000

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Average audience from reordered Reach Table

Top 30 Programs

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 1,943,000 702,000 2,983,000
2 2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,395,000 170,000 2,206,000
3 3 9NEWS Nine 1,233,000 197,000 2,009,000
4 4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,099,000 196,000 1,815,000
5 10 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,033,000 65,000 1,320,000
6 6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,010,000 262,000 1,457,000
7 9 7.30-EV ABC 866,000 66,000 1,357,000
8 5 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-WED Seven 833,000 156,000 1,653,000
9 7 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 739,000 105,000 1,390,000
10 11 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 618,000 76,000 1,293,000
11 20 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 536,000 31,000 659,000
12 8 NAKED CITY: HITMEN Nine 535,000 122,000 1,376,000
13 13 THE FRONT BAR Seven 459,000 57,000 1,001,000
14 15 TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM-EV ABC 456,000 27,000 811,000
15 12 SUNRISE Seven 432,000 62,000 1,001,000
16 18 HARD QUIZ S9 RPT ABC 359,000 19,000 693,000
17 19 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 354,000 46,000 685,000
18 14 TODAY Nine 341,000 61,000 817,000
19 21 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 341,000 41,000 649,000
20 17 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10 329,000 65,000 708,000
21 16 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 289,000 23,000 752,000
22 25 10 NEWS 10 283,000 25,000 549,000
23 28 9NEWS LATE Nine 280,000 55,000 526,000
24 29 TIPPING POINT UK Nine 269,000 28,000 505,000
25 23 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 267,000 39,000 592,000
26 26 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 264,000 40,000 539,000
27 24 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE -ENCORE Nine 229,000 23,000 570,000
28 27 DOG PARK-ENCORE ABC 220,000 8,000 532,000
29 30 TODAY EXTRA Nine 181,000 36,000 489,000
30 22 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 137,000 14,000 621,000

Top 30 Programs 25-54

By Average By Reach Description Network Average BVOD Reach
1 1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED Nine 949,000 416,000 1,324,000
2 2 9NEWS Nine 349,000 98,000 620,000
3 3 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 341,000 104,000 613,000
4 7 HOME AND AWAY Seven 328,000 136,000 468,000
5 5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 327,000 81,000 580,000
6 6 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-WED Seven 238,000 75,000 484,000
7 4 NAKED CITY: HITMEN Nine 233,000 71,000 588,000
8 15 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 190,000 25,000 251,000
9 8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 184,000 49,000 368,000
10 12 7.30-EV ABC 178,000 27,000 290,000
11 11 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED 10 154,000 38,000 293,000
12 10 THE FRONT BAR Seven 150,000 29,000 304,000
13 9 SUNRISE Seven 142,000 33,000 315,000
14 13 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 120,000 35,000 285,000
15 18 9NEWS LATE Nine 114,000 32,000 200,000
16 14 TODAY Nine 113,000 33,000 273,000
17 30 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 112,000 12,000 141,000
18 17 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE -ENCORE Nine 98,000 13,000 227,000
19 19 SUNRISE -EARLY Seven 93,000 22,000 187,000
20 25 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT 10 93,000 12,000 153,000
21 16 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 91,000 10,000 230,000
22 28 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 Seven 83,000 19,000 145,000
23 22 TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM-EV ABC 82,000 11,000 156,000
24 23 9NEWS AFTERNOON Nine 80,000 22,000 155,000
25 24 THE MORNING SHOW Seven 80,000 21,000 154,000
26 21 TODAY -EARLY Nine 76,000 22,000 163,000
27 29 HARD QUIZ S9 RPT ABC 64,000 7,000 144,000
28 27 TODAY EXTRA Nine 63,000 19,000 148,000
29 26 ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM ABC 42,000 6,000 152,000
30 20 THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT 10 25,000 2,000 172,000

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It was another dramatic dinner party on Married At First Sight with 1.94m tuning in compared to just over 1.92 million a week ago helping Nine to an easy win.

Australian Idol picked its top 12 with the show on a Wednesday for the first time this season. That rating of 833k was a 35k uptick on last week’s The 1% Club but down on Tuesday’s result of 898k.

Meanwhile Australian Survivor dropped to 329k compared to 365k last week and 360k and Tuesday. At 8pm on ABC, Tonight At The Museum edged higher with 456k after premiering the previous week to 447k while Sandi Toksvig’s Great Riviera Rail on SBS at 7.30pm had 162k.

The Front Bar’s second episode of the season was down 125k from the season opener to 459k. The result was behind episode two of Naked City: Hitmen that dropped 60k to 535k while The Weekly With Charlie Pickering was up up 50k to 536k. A bit later, a Dog Park encore had 220k for ABC.

After The Front Bar, Unfiltered premiered its second season to 233k after the inaugural season opened with 246k a year ago.

Seven News won its third consecutive night at 6pm after Tipping Point had a 120k win at 5pm. Home and Away’s good week continued at 7pm topping 1 million viewers for just the second time this year. A Current Affair was the timeslot winner with 1.099m ahead of ABC News with 1.033k. Millionaire Hot Seat had 280k.

Breakfast TV saw Sunrise on 432k well ahead of Today’s 341k and News Breakfast with 289k. All shows were up week-on-week.

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Very tight between ACA, Home and Away, and ABC News at 7pm.

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MAFS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE AS No.1 PROGRAM ACROSS AUSTRALIA

  • Married at First Sight was the No. 1 program with Total People and all key demographics across Australia and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 2.983 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.943 million (up 5.7% year-on-year) and a BVOD audience of 702,000 – up 37.4% compared to the same day last year.

  • 9News was the No. 1 news bulletin with Total People 25-54 and 16-39 across Australia and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The combined national bulletins registered a National Total TV Reach of 2.009 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.233 million . On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 197,000 was up 68.4% year-on-year.

  • A Current Affair won the 7.00pm timeslot with Total People across Australia and in Sydney and Brisbane. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.815 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.099 million . On 9Now, it recorded a BVOD audience of 196,000 , up 53.1% on the same night last year.

  • Naked City: Hitmen dominated its timeslot with Total People and all key demographics across Australia and in Sydney and Brisbane. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.376 million , a Total TV National Audience of 535,000 and a BVOD audience of 122,000 .

  • Tipping Point Australia was the No. 1 afternoon game show with Total People across Australia and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.390 million and a Total TV National Audience of 739,000 . It secured a BVOD audience of 105,000 , lifting the timeslot by 72.1% compared to the same day last year.

  • Today was the No.1 breakfast program with Total People in Melbourne and Brisbane. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 817,000 , a Total TV National Audience of 341,000 and BVOD audience of 61,000 , up 84.8% on the same morning last year.

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

  • 9Now was the No.1 CFTA BVOD Platform on Wednesday across Australia with Total People and all key demos.

Is 329k a new low for Australian Survivor? That almost puts it out of the Top 20 shows for the night. I don’t care if it gets ~200k odd additional viewers in 7-days consolidated figures, that is still a very weak total number compared to everything else.

The lowest overnight figure ever, yes.

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Even lower than the lowest rated METRO ratings episode (that was probably up against stiff competition too).

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Metro-low episode. Table considers direct competitors at 7.30 only.

Seven: #1 in news, #1 at breakfast, #1 drama

  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 40.2%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 37.9%
  • 7plus: surges 50% year-on-year
  • 7NEWS: #1 news program, reaches 2.21 million
  • Australian Idol: reaches 1.65 million
  • Home and Away: #1 drama, reaches 1.46 million
  • Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 38% more viewers than Today

Seven Network reaches 5.69 million Australians nationally.

7plus: 35.8% commercial BVOD share; reach up 50% year-on-year.

7NEWS Wednesday: #1 news program. National reach 2.21 million, national audience 1.4 million.

Australian Idol Wednesday: National reach 1.65 million, national audience 833,000. Up 5% week-on-week.

Home and Away Wednesday: #1 drama. National reach 1.46 million, national audience 1.01 million. Up 9% week-on-week. Second biggest episode ever on 7plus.

The Chase Australia Wednesday: National reach 1.29 million, national audience 618,000.

The Front Bar: National reach 1 million, national audience 459,000.

Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1 million, national audience 432,000. 27% more viewers than Today.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 40.2 34.6 40.1
Nine Network 45.5 51.0 45.7
Network Ten 14.2 14.4 14.2

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 37.9 30.2 37.8
Nine Network 47.8 54.5 48.0
Network Ten 14.3 15.3 14.2

Ranking by average audience

Top 30 Programs

Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
Average
Broadcast
Average
BVOD
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED NINE 1,943,000 1,241,000 702,000
2 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 1,395,000 1,225,000 170,000
3 9NEWS NINE 1,233,000 1,036,000 197,000
4 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 1,099,000 903,000 196,000
5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,033,000 968,000 65,000
6 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 1,010,000 748,000 262,000
7 7.30-EV ABC 866,000 800,000 66,000
8 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-WED SEVEN 833,000 677,000 156,000
9 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 739,000 633,000 105,000
10 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 618,000 542,000 76,000
11 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 536,000 505,000 31,000
12 NAKED CITY: HITMEN NINE 535,000 413,000 122,000
13 THE FRONT BAR SEVEN 459,000 402,000 57,000
14 TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM-EV ABC 456,000 429,000 27,000
15 SUNRISE SEVEN 432,000 370,000 62,000
16 HARD QUIZ S9 RPT ABC 359,000 340,000 19,000
17 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 354,000 308,000 46,000
18 TODAY NINE 341,000 280,000 61,000
19 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 SEVEN 341,000 301,000 41,000
20 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED TEN 329,000 264,000 65,000
21 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 289,000 266,000 23,000
22 10 NEWS TEN 283,000 258,000 25,000
23 9NEWS LATE NINE 280,000 225,000 55,000
24 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT TEN 280,000 256,000 23,000
25 TIPPING POINT UK NINE 269,000 241,000 28,000
26 THE MORNING SHOW SEVEN 267,000 228,000 39,000
27 SUNRISE -EARLY SEVEN 264,000 225,000 40,000
28 THE CHASE-UK SEVEN 249,000 225,000 24,000
29 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE -ENCORE NINE 229,000 206,000 23,000
30 UNFILTERED SEVEN 223,000 196,000 27,000

Top 30 Programs 25-54

Rank Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
Average
Broadcast
Average
BVOD
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -WED NINE 949,000 534,000 416,000
2 9NEWS NINE 349,000 251,000 98,000
3 A CURRENT AFFAIR NINE 341,000 237,000 104,000
4 HOME AND AWAY SEVEN 328,000 193,000 136,000
5 SEVEN NEWS SEVEN 327,000 246,000 81,000
6 AUSTRALIAN IDOL-WED SEVEN 238,000 163,000 75,000
7 NAKED CITY: HITMEN NINE 233,000 162,000 71,000
8 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 190,000 166,000 25,000
9 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA NINE 184,000 135,000 49,000
10 7.30-EV ABC 178,000 151,000 27,000
11 AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR WED TEN 154,000 116,000 38,000
12 THE FRONT BAR SEVEN 150,000 121,000 29,000
13 SUNRISE SEVEN 142,000 110,000 33,000
14 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA SEVEN 120,000 85,000 35,000
15 9NEWS LATE NINE 114,000 82,000 32,000
16 TODAY NINE 113,000 80,000 33,000
17 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING-EV ABC 112,000 100,000 12,000
18 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -TUE -ENCORE NINE 98,000 85,000 13,000
19 SUNRISE -EARLY SEVEN 93,000 72,000 22,000
20 MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT TEN 93,000 81,000 12,000
21 NEWS BREAKFAST-AM ABC 91,000 81,000 10,000
22 SEVEN NEWS AT 4 SEVEN 83,000 64,000 19,000
23 TONIGHT AT THE MUSEUM-EV ABC 82,000 71,000 11,000
24 9NEWS AFTERNOON NINE 80,000 58,000 22,000
25 THE MORNING SHOW SEVEN 80,000 59,000 21,000
26 UNFILTERED SEVEN 79,000 65,000 14,000
27 TODAY -EARLY NINE 76,000 54,000 22,000
28 10 NEWS TEN 70,000 58,000 12,000
29 HARD QUIZ S9 RPT ABC 64,000 58,000 7,000
30 TODAY EXTRA NINE 63,000 43,000 19,000

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It was just slightly higher than almost exactly 2 years ago when a metro rating was 327,000.

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I’m sure it has never hit that low in the metro era. As above, the lowest figure was 369k.

What day is that so that I can verify?

In this season, 3 episodes before yesterday have fallen below this level, though barely (two 365k, one 360k). This is the furthest off.

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Sorry - that number was excluding BVOD.

The lowest metro number last year was 348,000 on 19 Feb - there were also two 349,000 results the following week.

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Outside the real top 30 included

Program Ntwk Average
Total TV
DOG PARK-ENCORE ABC 220,000
SBS WORLD NEWS SBS 209,000
SEVEN’S NATIONAL NEWS AT NOON SEVEN 200,000
TODAY -EARLY NINE 199,000
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL TEN 182,000
TODAY EXTRA NINE 181,000
QI-LE ABC 165,000
SANDI TOKSVIG’S GREAT RIVIERA RAIL TRIP SBS 162,000
DEAL OR NO DEAL RPT TEN 159,000
WIN NEWS NINE 148,000
SBS WORLD NEWS 7PM SBS 145,000
10 NEWS+ TEN 140,000
SECRETS OF THE LOST GRAIL WITH ALICE ROBERTS SBS 134,000
ELSBETH TEN 131,000
WINTER PARALYMPICS 2026 D4 -ENCORE NINE 130,000
MASTERMIND RPT SBS 90,000
10’S LATE NEWS TEN 83,000
LINGO RPT TEN 71,000
ABC LATE NEWS-LE ABC 71,000
FREDDY AND THE EIGHTH NINE 69,000

5 cities

Nine won all markets. The Front Bar’s drop from last week countered an improved result fro 7 at 7.30 from Idol. Margin ranged from 18 in Brisbane to 3 in Perth.

Closer than usual at 6pm helped by a big Seven News Perth result and 9News third in that market though not a bad result. Melbourne was also a close result between three bulletins. Seven Sydney and Brisbane still underperforming.

Breakfast numbers continue to be higher - Today >60,000 in three markets.

The Chase also had a win in Perth though the other markets weren’t close.

5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Seven News 858,000 186,000 255,000 158,000 105,000 154,000
Nine News 885,000 231,000 275,000 213,000 76,000 91,000
10 News 201,000 46,000 55,000 39,000 37,000 26,000
ABC News 684,000 173,000 249,000 103,000 66,000 93,000
5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Chase Aus 349,000 87,000 97,000 61,000 45,000 60,000
Tipping Aus 512,000 119,000 160,000 128,000 50,000 56,000
5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Sunrise 242,000 63,000 49,000 62,000 24,000 44,000
Today 225,000 62,000 63,000 68,000 14,000 19,000
News Breakf 164,000 47,000 53,000 30,000 17,000 18,000
5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per
Front Bar 317,000 57,000 146,000 41,000 32,000 41,000
Unfiltered 157,000 29,000 70,000 20,000 15,000 23,000
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The Chase was a repeat as well…..Why​:person_facepalming:

Seven are in such a dire financial state they can’t afford more than two new shows a week

And at 4pm, 7 and 9’s afternoon bulletins have also been close.

A late start hurt Front Bar, with the show commencing almost an hour later than its usual 8.30pm timeslot.