Week 23 2026

NATIONAL
TOTAL PEOPLE
Total TV TV BVOD
SEVEN 31.9% 32.2% 30.7%
NINE 24.4% 24.3% 24.6%
10 14.8% 15.2% 12.8%
SBS 8.9% 8.2% 11.9%
ABC 20.0% 20.0% 20.0%
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Top 30 report Total people

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,237,400
2 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 2,120,000
3 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 2,104,000
4 9NEWS Nine 2,023,800
5 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 1,764,000
6 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 1,718,000
7 SHARK! Nine 1,687,000
8 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,555,400
9 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 1,548,000
10 SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 1,538,000
11 SHARK! -MON Nine 1,518,000
12 MY RENO RULES – FINAL Seven 1,494,000
13 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 1,453,800
14 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,446,400
15 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,413,000
16 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 1,397,000
17 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 1,393,000
18 HOME AND AWAY Seven 1,333,750
19 EVENTS THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA Nine 1,304,000
20 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 1,304,000
21 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 1,300,000
22 SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL Seven 1,281,000
23 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 1,267,000
24 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 1,231,000
25 7.30-EV ABC 1,210,250
26 DUNE: PART TWO Nine 1,194,000
27 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 1,183,000
28 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 1,177,000
29 60 MINUTES Nine 1,128,000
30 FOUR CORNERS-EV ABC 1,108,000

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,448,000
2 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,362,000
3 9NEWS Nine 1,287,000
4 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,270,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 967,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 961,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 951,000
8 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 886,600
9 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 878,000
10 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 844,800
11 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 774,000
12 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 757,800
13 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 747,000
14 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 741,000
15 AUSTRALIAN STORY-EV ABC 738,000
16 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 735,000
17 7.30-EV ABC 733,250
18 MY RENO RULES – FINAL Seven 718,000
19 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 697,000
20 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 695,000
21 GRUEN-EV ABC 676,000
22 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 675,000
23 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 671,000
24 FOUR CORNERS-EV ABC 656,000
25 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN 10 655,000
26 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 653,000
27 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 637,000
28 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 633,000
29 SHARK! Nine 628,000
30 MEDIA WATCH-EV ABC 623,000

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 HOME AND AWAY Seven 234,750
2 9NEWS Nine 212,600
3 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 196,000
4 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 191,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 175,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 150,400
7 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 143,000
8 MY RENO RULES – FINAL Seven 142,000
9 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 137,200
10 SHARK! -MON Nine 133,000
11 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 129,000
12 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 116,000
13 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 111,000
14 SHARK! Nine 107,000
15 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 103,000
16 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 101,000
17 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 101,000
18 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 99,000
19 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 96,000
20 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 95,000
21 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 94,200
22 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN 10 94,000
23 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 93,000
24 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 93,000
25 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 93,000
26 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 92,000
27 EVENTS THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA Nine 80,000
28 A CURRENT AFFAIR -SAT Nine 75,000
29 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 74,000
30 60 MINUTES Nine 73,000
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Top 30 report 25-54

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 632,000
2 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 623,000
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 593,400
4 9NEWS Nine 587,600
5 SHARK! Nine 568,000
6 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 561,000
7 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 560,000
8 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 519,000
9 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 518,000
10 SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 517,000
11 MY RENO RULES – FINAL Seven 514,000
12 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 489,000
13 SHARK! -MON Nine 485,000
14 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 467,000
15 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 436,000
16 THE CHEAP SEATS 10 436,000
17 HOME AND AWAY Seven 427,000
18 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 424,000
19 EVENTS THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA Nine 422,000
20 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 414,000
21 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 411,000
22 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 410,600
23 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 404,000
24 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 398,400
25 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN 10 383,000
26 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 368,000
27 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 365,000
28 SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL Seven 355,000
29 60 MINUTES Nine 354,000
30 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 349,000

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 361,000
2 9NEWS Nine 356,200
3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 351,400
4 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 346,000
5 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 337,000
6 HOME AND AWAY Seven 305,750
7 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 301,000
8 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 264,000
9 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 259,000
10 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 256,400
11 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 255,000
12 THE CHEAP SEATS 10 254,000
13 MY RENO RULES – FINAL Seven 253,000
14 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN 10 245,000
15 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 243,000
16 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 239,000
17 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 225,000
18 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 224,000
19 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 221,000
20 SHARK! Nine 219,000
21 SHARK! -MON Nine 212,000
22 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 207,000
23 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 198,200
24 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 194,000
25 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 183,000
26 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 178,000
27 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 176,400
28 SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 173,000
29 THE FRONT BAR Seven 170,000
30 60 MINUTES Nine 169,000

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 HOME AND AWAY Seven 120,500
2 9NEWS Nine 104,000
3 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 97,000
4 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 95,000
5 SEVEN NEWS Seven 84,800
6 MY RENO RULES – FINAL Seven 75,000
7 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 74,800
8 SHARK! -MON Nine 72,000
9 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 72,000
10 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 68,000
11 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 63,800
12 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Nine 61,000
13 SHARK! Nine 55,000
14 SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE Nine 53,000
15 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON 10 53,000
16 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 53,000
17 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUE 10 52,000
18 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA WED 10 52,000
19 THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 52,000
20 SEVEN’S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 51,000
21 SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Seven 50,000
22 THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE Nine 49,000
23 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SUN 10 48,000
24 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 47,000
25 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 44,600
26 EVENTS THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA Nine 42,000
27 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Seven 42,000
28 FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH Nine 39,000
29 60 MINUTES Nine 37,000
30 SAS: AUS V ENG Seven 36,000
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Seven’s winning week: #1 in all demos, 7NEWS #1, AFL #1, 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: 44.9%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 45.3%
  • #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 2.41 million
  • #1 sport program of the week: AFL Thursday Night Football, reached 1.76 million
  • #1 entertainment show: The Chase Australia Monday, reached 1.53 million

WEEK 23, 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:

Seven Network reaches 11.7 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 BVOD. 46.2% commercial share, up from 44.3% in the same week in 2025.

#1 in news: 7NEWS.

#1 in sport: AFL Thursday 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 (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 45.3 42.7 45.6
Nine Network 35.9 35.6 36.1
Network Ten 18.8 21.7 18.4

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 44.9 40.7 45.1
Nine Network 34.3 34.4 34.1
Network Ten 20.8 24.9 20.8

SEVEN’S TOP 35:

  1. 7NEWS Monday: #1 program in all people, 25 to 54s and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.41 million, national audience 1.58 million.
  2. 7NEWS Tuesday: #1 program in all people, 25 to 54s and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.35 million, national audience 1.55 million.
  3. 7NEWS Wednesday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.26 million, national audience 1.49 million.
  4. 7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.12 million, national audience 1.41 million.
  5. 7NEWS Sunday: #1 program in total TV, #1 program in grocery shoppers. National reach 2.1 million, national audience 1.36 million.
  6. 7NEWS Saturday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 1.96 million, national audience 1.42million.
  7. Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport. National reach 1.76 million, national audience 697,000. Up 18% year-on-year in total TV, up 135% on 7plus. Up 24% week-on-week in total TV, up 20% on 7plus.
  8. Seven’s AFL: Friday Night Football: #1 sport. #1 program in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s. National reach 1.72 million, national audience 633,000.
  9. 7NEWS Saturday: #1 program in all people, 16 to 39s and grocery shoppers. National reach 1.55 million, national audience 967,000.
  10. Seven’s AFL: Sunday Night Football: #1 sport. National reach 1.54 million, national audience 452,000. Up 121% year-on-year on 7plus.
  11. The Chase Australia Monday: National reach 1.53 million, national audience 813,000. Biggest audience of 2026. Up 17% year-on-year in total TV, up 86% on 7plus. Up 5% week-on-week in total TV.
  12. The Chase Australia Tuesday: National reach 1.52 million, national audience 796,000. Up 14% year-on-year in total TV, up 86% on 7plus. Up 5% week-on-week in total TV.
  13. The Chase Australia Wednesday: National reach 1.5 million, national audience 748,000. Up 5% year-on-year in total TV, up 71% on 7plus.
  14. My Reno Rules – Final: #2 program in 16 to 39s, #3 in 25 to 54s. National reach 1.49 million, national audience 718,000. Biggest audience of 2026. Up 27% week-on-week in total TV, up 40% on 7plus.
  15. Home and Away Monday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.45 million, national audience 1 million. Up 10% year-on-year in total TV, up 74% on 7plus. Up 3% week-on-week in total TV.
  16. Home and Away Tuesday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.42 million, national audience 1.01 million. Up 11% year-on-year in total TV, up 77% on 7plus.
  17. The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.42 million, national audience 766,000. Up 13% year-on-year in total TV, up 82% on 7plus. Up 7% week-on-week in total TV.
  18. Home and Away Wednesday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.37 million, national audience 1 million. Up 13% year-on-year in total TV, up 69% on 7plus. Up 11% week-on-week in total TV, up 7% on 7plus.
  19. Glenn & Mick’s Celebrity Intervention: National reach 1.3 million, national audience 637,000. Up 17% week-on-week in total TV, up 13% on 7plus.
  20. The Chase Australia Friday: National reach 1.29 million, national audience 666,000.
  21. Seven’s AFL: Sunday Afternoon Football: National reach 1.28 million, national audience 425,000. Up 32% year-on-year in total TV, up 262% on 7plus.
  22. Home and Away Thursday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.1 million, national audience 834,000. Up 17% year-on-year in total TV, up 70% on 7plus.
  23. The Front Bar: National reach 1.02 million, national audience 555,000. Up 33% week-on-week in total TV, up 38% on 7plus.
  24. Sunrise Friday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.02 million, national audience 421,000. 32% more viewers than Today.
  25. Sunrise Tuesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.01 million, national audience 456,000. 40% more viewers than Today.
  26. Sunrise Monday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1 million, national audience 440,000. 35% more viewers than Today.
  27. Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1 million, national audience 429,000. 34% more viewers than Today.
  28. Weekend Sunrise Sunday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 983,000, national audience 428,000. 49% more viewers than Today.
  29. SAS: AUS V ENG: National reach 963,000, national audience 390,000. Up 34% week-on-week in total TV, up 25% on 7plus.
  30. Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 945,000, national audience 437,000. 54% more viewers than Today.
  31. Better Homes and Gardens Saturday: #1 lifestyle program. National reach 919,000, national audience 433,000.
  32. The 1% Club Australia (R) (NSW, Queensland and WA only): National reach 916,000, national audience 468,000.
  33. Home and Away Thursday – Episode 2: National reach 899,000, national audience 747,000.
  34. Better Homes and Gardens Friday: National reach 883,000, national audience 454,000.
  35. House of Wellness: National reach 867,000, national audience 291,000.

Seven had a clean sweep of the week winning total people and all key demos, national and metro ratings. That saw Seven achieve one of its best shares of the year mainly at the expense of Nine.

Home and Away was the top entertainment show ranking sixth and well clear of second-placed Have You Been Paying Attention? 10 grabbed third place with Monday’s MasterChef while the Grand Final of My Reno Rules was fourth to make the top 20.

Nine’s SHARK! debuted in 29th place though it was not shown in Western Australia while Gruen was ABC’s top entertainment program.

Seven News again won every day of the week while AFL Thursday was the top sports entry with NRL missing the top 30 in 31st place. Tipping Point had another win at 5pm and made the top 10.

Home and Away also did well to top the BVOD table. In the 25-54 rankings, Have You Been Paying Attention? was the top entertainment entry and fifth overall ahead of Home and Away that was sixth.

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9 doesn’t seem to be doing too well atm. It’s fascinating to think they once had Farmer Wants a Wife and The Voice - two shows likely to do well for 7 in coming weeks!

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