Week 21 2026

NATIONAL
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 30.0% 30.2% 29.2%
NINE 25.5% 25.9% 23.9%
10 14.4% 14.8% 12.7%
SBS 9.9% 9.1% 13.6%
ABC 20.2% 20.1% 20.7%
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Top 30 report Total people

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 2,248,000
2 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,181,600
3 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 2,094,000
4 9NEWS Nine 2,031,200
5 THE FLOOR -FINALE Nine 1,960,000
6 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 1,943,000
7 THE FLOOR -SUN Nine 1,742,000
8 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 1,738,000
9 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,617,000
10 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,540,200
11 THE 1% CLUB Seven 1,533,000
12 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 1,461,000
13 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,434,800
14 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,432,000
15 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,409,200
16 EVENTS THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA Nine 1,394,000
17 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 1,364,000
18 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 1,351,000
19 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 1,342,000
20 60 MINUTES Nine 1,326,000
21 SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL Seven 1,295,000
22 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,291,500
23 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 1,269,000
24 MY RENO RULES – TUE Seven 1,249,000
25 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 1,231,000
26 7.30-EV ABC 1,217,500
27 2026 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – GRAND FINAL (MORNING) LIVE SBS 1,212,000
28 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT Seven 1,189,000
29 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,185,800
30 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 1,103,000

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,421,800
2 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,317,000
3 9NEWS Nine 1,289,600
4 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,275,000
5 THE FLOOR -FINALE Nine 1,060,000
6 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 991,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 940,600
8 HOME AND AWAY Seven 935,750
9 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 902,600
10 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 870,000
11 THE FLOOR -SUN Nine 853,000
12 THE 1% CLUB Seven 840,000
13 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 827,800
14 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 774,000
15 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 771,000
16 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 730,000
17 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 730,000
18 7.30-EV ABC 727,250
19 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 694,000
20 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 678,000
21 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 671,000
22 GRUEN-EV ABC 659,000
23 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV ABC 653,000
24 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 648,000
25 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 640,000
26 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 630,000
27 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 630,000
28 DEATH IN PARADISE-EV ABC 621,000
29 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 620,000
30 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN 10 609,000

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 HOME AND AWAY Seven 243,000
2 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 227,000
3 9NEWS Nine 207,200
4 SEVEN NEWS Seven 180,200
5 THE FLOOR -FINALE Nine 175,000
6 THE FLOOR -SUN Nine 148,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 146,600
8 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 143,000
9 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 142,000
10 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 141,000
11 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 131,200
12 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 122,000
13 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 113,000
14 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 106,000
15 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 106,000
16 MY RENO RULES – TUE Seven 105,000
17 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 101,000
18 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 100,000
19 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN 10 98,000
20 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 97,000
21 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 96,000
22 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 95,200
23 THE 1% CLUB Seven 94,000
24 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 91,000
25 60 MINUTES Nine 90,000
26 EVENTS THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA Nine 88,000
27 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 87,000
28 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 86,000
29 SAS: AUS V ENG Seven 83,000
30 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 83,000

Preliminary numbers

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Top 30 report 25-54

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 1,738,000
2 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 1,342,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 888,400
4 9NEWS Nine 863,200
5 RESTORATION AUSTRALIA-EV ABC 779,000
6 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 721,000
7 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 720,000
8 THE FLOOR -FINALE Nine 696,000
9 THE FLOOR -SUN Nine 691,000
10 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 670,000
11 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 622,600
12 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 610,200
13 HOME AND AWAY Seven 597,500
14 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA 10 596,000
15 BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT Seven 592,000
16 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 587,000
17 HIGHWAY PATROL (R) Seven 574,000
18 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME Seven 561,000
19 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 559,800
20 2026 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – GRAND FINAL (MORNING) LIVE SBS 542,000
21 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 537,000
22 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 517,000
23 RBT Nine 506,000
24 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 484,000
25 7.30-EV ABC 463,750
26 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-PM ABC 459,000
27 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 459,000
28 60 MINUTES Nine 457,000
29 SUNRISE Seven 448,400
30 EVENTS THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA Nine 439,000

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 630,000
2 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 575,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 559,200
4 9NEWS Nine 536,400
5 RESTORATION AUSTRALIA-EV ABC 445,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 439,750
7 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 436,000
8 THE FLOOR -FINALE Nine 420,000
9 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 404,000
10 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 382,400
11 THE FLOOR -SUN Nine 357,000
12 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 340,000
13 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 325,400
14 HIGHWAY PATROL (R) Seven 325,000
15 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 324,000
16 TASKMASTER AUSTRALIA 10 314,000
17 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 313,800
18 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 283,400
19 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 278,000
20 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – PRE GAME Seven 276,000
21 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 259,000
22 7.30-EV ABC 258,750
23 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 257,000
24 THE CHEAP SEATS 10 255,000
25 2026 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – GRAND FINAL (MORNING) LIVE SBS 254,000
26 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 252,000
27 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 245,000
28 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 235,000
29 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 234,000
30 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 229,000

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 HOME AND AWAY Seven 153,250
2 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 122,000
3 9NEWS Nine 122,000
4 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 115,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 105,600
6 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 100,000
7 THE FLOOR -FINALE Nine 93,000
8 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 87,400
9 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 83,000
10 THE FLOOR -SUN Nine 78,000
11 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 78,000
12 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 78,000
13 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 74,600
14 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 67,000
15 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 56,000
16 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 55,000
17 MY RENO RULES – TUE Seven 55,000
18 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 54,800
19 HIGHWAY PATROL (R) Seven 52,000
20 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 52,000
21 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 52,000
22 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN 10 50,000
23 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 49,000
24 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 49,000
25 60 MINUTES Nine 46,000
26 THE 1% CLUB Seven 46,000
27 EVENTS THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA Nine 45,000
28 SAS: AUS V ENG Seven 45,000
29 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 45,000
30 2026 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – GRAND FINAL (MORNING) LIVE SBS 44,000
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Seven’s clean sweep: wins all demos, #1 program, #1 in sport, 7plus #1

  • Seven #1 nationally in total TV
  • Seven #1 in all people, 25 to 54s, 16 to 39s, grocery shoppers
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 42.9%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 44%
  • #1 in broadcast TV nationally and in the capital cities
  • 7plus: #1 in BVOD
  • #1 news, #1 sport, #1 drama, #1 lifestyle show, #1 at breakfast
  • #1 program of the week: 7NEWS Monday, reached 2.38 million
  • #1 sport program of the week: AFL Friday Football, reached 1.94 million
  • #1 entertainment show: The 1% Club, reached 1.54 million

WEEK 21, 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:

Seven Network reaches 11.58 million Australians nationally.

6.00pm to midnight:

  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally and in the capital cities in broadcast TV share.

6.00am to midnight:

  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers.

7plus: #1 in streaming. 46.5% commercial share, up from 45.9% in the same week in 2025.

#1 in news: 7NEWS.

#1 in sport: AFL Friday Night Football.

#1 in drama: Home and Away.

#1 lifestyle program: Better Homes and Gardens.

Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise dominate breakfast TV, #1 every single day of the week.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 42.9 38.4 43.1
Nine Network 36.5 37.1 36.2
Network Ten 20.6 24.5 20.7

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 44.0 41.0 44.3
Nine Network 37.5 37.6 37.4
Network Ten 18.5 21.4 18.3

SEVEN’S TOP 30:

  1. 7NEWS Monday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.38 million, national audience 1.56 million.
  2. 7NEWS Tuesday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.26 million, national audience 1.48 million. Up 4% year-on-year in total TV, up 88% on 7plus.
  3. 7NEWS Wednesday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.24 million, national audience 1.48 million.
  4. 7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.14 million, national audience 1.36 million.
  5. 7NEWS Sunday: National reach 2.09 million, national audience 1.28 million.
  6. Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football: #1 sport, #1 program in all people, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s. National reach 1.94 million, national audience 694,000.
  7. 7NEWS Friday: #1 news program, #1 program in all people in total TV. National reach 1.9 million, national audience 1.22 million.
  8. Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, #1 program in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s. National reach 1.74 million, national audience 630,000. Up 72% year-on-year on 7plus.
  9. 7NEWS Saturday: #1 program in all people, 25 to 54s and grocery shoppers. National reach 1.62 million, national audience 991,000.
  10. The 1% Club Australia: National reach 1.53 million, national audience 840,000. Up 50% year-on-year on 7plus.
  11. The Chase Australia Monday: National reach 1.51 million, national audience 793,000. Up 12% year-on-year in total TV, up 87% on 7plus.
  12. The Chase Australia Tuesday: National reach 1.48 million, national audience 767,000. Up 13% year-on-year in total TV, up 89% on 7plus. Up 4% week-on-week in total TV.
  13. The Chase Australia Wednesday: National reach 1.43 million, national audience 731,000. Up 6% year-on-year in total TV, up 79% on 7plus.
  14. Home and Away Tuesday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.39 million, national audience 981,000. Up 60% year-on-year on 7plus. Up 3% week-on-week in total TV.
  15. Home and Away Wednesday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.36 million, national audience 983,000. Up 8% year-on-year in total TV, up 68% on 7plus.
  16. The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.36 million, national audience 716,000. Up 2% year-on-year in total TV, up 83% on 7plus.
  17. Home and Away Monday: #1 drama. National reach 1.34 million, national audience 957,000. Up 4% year-on-year in total TV, up 58% on 7plus.
  18. Seven’s AFL: Sunday Afternoon Football: National reach 1.3 million, national audience 414,000. Up 6% year-on-year in total TV, up 120% on 7plus.
  19. The Chase Australia Friday: National reach 1.26 million, national audience 643,000.
  20. My Reno Rules: National reach 1.25 million, national audience 596,000. Up 20% week-on-week in total TV.
  21. Glenn & Mick’s Celebrity Intervention: National reach 1.23 million, national audience 585,000.
  22. 7NEWS Spotlight: National reach 1.19 million, national audience 535,000. Up 7% week-on-week in total TV, up 6% on 7plus.
  23. Better Homes and Gardens Saturday: **#**1 entertainment program, #1 lifestyle program. National reach 835,000, national audience 387,000.
  24. Home and Away Thursday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.07 million, national audience 822,000. Up 12% year-on-year in total TV, up 74% on 7plus. Up 4% week-on-week in total TV.
  25. Sunrise Monday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.04 million, national audience 457,000. 48% more viewers than Today.
  26. Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.03 million, national audience 464,000. 48% more viewers than Today.
  27. The Front Bar: National reach 1.02 million, national audience 551,000. Up 71% year-on-year on 7plus. Up 4% week-on-week in total TV, up 9% on 7plus.
  28. SAS: AUS V ENG: National reach 1.02 million, national audience 442,000.
  29. Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 995,000, national audience 450,000. 51% more viewers than Today.
  30. Sunrise Friday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 975,000, national audience 426,000. 42% more viewers than Today.

Seven had its sixth straight weekly win and as per their media release the network had a clean sweep of total people and all key demographics. Seven’s share was up one on last week while 10 was steady, Nine, ABC and SBS were down slightly. Seven’s best day was Thursday, Nine and 10 did best on Monday, ABC was best and second place on Saturday where SBS had its best result as well.

Seven’s prime time got off to a good start across the week with Seven News Mon-Fri the number one program, though Nine’s Sunday bulletin won its night.

With just five programs over one million average viewers, The Floor Grand Final ranked fifth as the top entertainment show. Home and Away on Seven was eighth with The Floor on Sunday and The 1% Club just missing the top 10.

Tipping Point lifted to its best week of the year to be almost 100k ahead of The Chase. Have You Been Paying Attention? was 10’s top entry with all MasterChef episodes making the top 30. The Live Eurovision Final ranked 51st for SBS in preliminary numbers. Friday was the top night for football with AFL 19th and NRL 24th.

Outside the top 30 were Events That Changed Australia, My Reno Rules and Glenn and Mick’s Celebrity Intervention clustered together in 32nd, 33rd and 34th place respectively. The Cheap Seats was 43rd.

The Friday night football games claimed the top two spots in 25-54 while Home and Away had the biggest BVOD audience overall.

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Week 21:

  • MasterChef Australia is serving its biggest total audience since 2021, up 14% year-on-year. MasterChef Australia** was #1 BVOD show in Australia last week.
  • Have You Been Payng Attention? is capturing its biggest total audience since 2021, up 9% year-on-year.
  • The Cheap Seats is achieving its biggest ever streaming audience, up 40% year-on-year.
  • Taskmaster Australia pulls its biggest ever streaming audience, up 93% year-on-year.