Week 42 2026

Top 30 report Total people

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 RACE Seven 3,972,000
2 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 3,296,000
3 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 2,558,000
4 THE BLOCK -SUN Nine 2,417,000
5 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 2,383,000
6 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 SUPPORTS/WARM UP Seven 2,230,000
7 SEVEN NEWS Seven 2,059,800
8 MY KITCHEN RULES - MON Seven 2,021,000
9 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - POST GAME Seven 2,006,000
10 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 1,898,000
11 THE BLOCK -MON Nine 1,889,000
12 THE BLOCK -TUE Nine 1,880,000
13 THE BLOCK -WED Nine 1,846,000
14 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,845,000
15 MY KITCHEN RULES - TUE Seven 1,830,000
16 9NEWS Nine 1,800,200
17 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 1,659,000
18 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT: 70 YEARS OF 7 Seven 1,642,000
19 SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 1,588,000
20 SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 Seven 1,506,000
21 60 MINUTES Nine 1,489,000
22 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 1,465,000
23 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT Seven 1,451,000
24 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 1,439,000
25 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 1,396,400
26 BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 Nine 1,378,000
27 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 1,327,600
28 1 EURO HOUSE Nine 1,311,000
29 CHEFS AHOY Nine 1,274,000
30 RBT Nine 1,242,000

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 1,733,000
2 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,672,000
3 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 RACE Seven 1,458,000
4 THE BLOCK -SUN Nine 1,417,000
5 MY KITCHEN RULES - MON Seven 1,339,000
6 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,293,400
7 9NEWS Nine 1,117,400
8 MY KITCHEN RULES - TUE Seven 1,090,000
9 THE BLOCK -MON Nine 1,078,000
10 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,067,000
11 THE BLOCK -TUE Nine 1,058,000
12 THE BLOCK -WED Nine 1,050,000
13 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 1,034,000
14 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 996,000
15 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - POST GAME Seven 953,000
16 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 890,000
17 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 862,400
18 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 848,000
19 HOME AND AWAY Seven 844,750
20 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 816,000
21 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 808,000
22 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 741,000
23 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 722,200
24 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 722,000
25 7.30-EV ABC 689,000
26 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT Seven 667,000
27 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT: 70 YEARS OF 7 Seven 665,000
28 60 MINUTES Nine 651,000
29 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 635,000
30 THE CHASE AUSTRALIA Seven 619,800

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 594,000
2 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - POST GAME Seven 347,000
3 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 337,000
4 THE BLOCK -SUN Nine 310,000
5 MY KITCHEN RULES - MON Seven 267,000
6 THE BLOCK -TUE Nine 267,000
7 THE BLOCK -MON Nine 262,000
8 THE BLOCK -WED Nine 262,000
9 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT Seven 247,000
10 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 RACE Seven 241,000
11 MY KITCHEN RULES - TUE Seven 223,000
12 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 217,000
13 SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 211,000
14 HOME AND AWAY Seven 208,250
15 9NEWS Nine 182,800
16 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 163,000
17 SEVEN NEWS Seven 157,200
18 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 143,400
19 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 143,000
20 UNFILTERED (R) Seven 134,000
21 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 133,000
22 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 129,000
23 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT MULTI Seven 128,000
24 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON Seven 127,000
25 SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT Seven 122,000
26 THE ROOKIE Seven 121,000
27 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 119,000
28 TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA Nine 112,800
29 60 MINUTES Nine 108,000
30 1 EURO HOUSE Nine 108,000

Preliminary numbers

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Top 30 report 25-54

Top 30 Programs by daily reach

Rank Description Network Reach
1 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 RACE Seven 1,413,000
2 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 1,256,000
3 THE BLOCK -SUN Nine 950,000
4 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 890,000
5 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 SUPPORTS/WARM UP Seven 766,000
6 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - POST GAME Seven 765,000
7 THE BLOCK -MON Nine 733,000
8 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 713,000
9 THE BLOCK -TUE Nine 668,000
10 THE BLOCK -WED Nine 660,000
11 MY KITCHEN RULES - MON Seven 649,000
12 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 618,000
13 SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 591,000
14 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 575,000
15 60 MINUTES Nine 574,000
16 MY KITCHEN RULES - TUE Seven 559,000
17 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT Seven 530,000
18 SEVEN NEWS Seven 511,800
19 9NEWS Nine 504,200
20 1 EURO HOUSE Nine 503,000
21 CHEFS AHOY Nine 492,000
22 SEVEN’S HORSE RACING 2026 Seven 465,000
23 BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 Nine 451,000
24 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT: 70 YEARS OF 7 Seven 448,000
25 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 440,000
26 AUSTRALIAN CRIME STORIES: THE INVESTIGATORS Nine 434,000
27 TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING Seven 419,000
28 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 417,000
29 RBT Nine 407,000
30 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 403,200

Top 30 Programs by daily average

Rank Description Network Average
1 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 694,000
2 THE BLOCK -SUN Nine 612,000
3 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 RACE Seven 516,000
4 THE BLOCK -MON Nine 477,000
5 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 455,000
6 THE BLOCK -TUE Nine 442,000
7 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 428,000
8 THE BLOCK -WED Nine 419,000
9 MY KITCHEN RULES - MON Seven 415,000
10 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - POST GAME Seven 387,000
11 MY KITCHEN RULES - TUE Seven 327,000
12 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 320,000
13 9NEWS Nine 298,400
14 SEVEN NEWS Seven 290,400
15 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT Seven 283,000
16 HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? 10 280,000
17 HOME AND AWAY Seven 255,000
18 60 MINUTES Nine 248,000
19 GLENN & MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION Seven 245,000
20 SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 245,000
21 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 230,800
22 SEVEN NEWS - SAT Seven 230,000
23 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 223,000
24 1 EURO HOUSE Nine 212,000
25 BLEDISLOE CUP 2025 -GAME 2 Nine 212,000
26 RBT Nine 180,000
27 THE 1% CLUB UK (R) Seven 178,000
28 THE CHEAP SEATS 10 176,000
29 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT: 70 YEARS OF 7 Seven 174,000
30 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 SUPPORTS/WARM UP Seven 173,000

Top 30 Programs by daily BVOD

Rank Description Network BVOD
1 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 345,000
2 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - POST GAME Seven 204,000
3 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 194,000
4 THE BLOCK -SUN Nine 174,000
5 THE BLOCK -TUE Nine 148,000
6 THE BLOCK -MON Nine 147,000
7 THE BLOCK -WED Nine 145,000
8 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT Seven 141,000
9 MY KITCHEN RULES - MON Seven 136,000
10 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP: BATHURST 1000 D3 RACE Seven 131,000
11 SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT Seven 121,000
12 MY KITCHEN RULES - TUE Seven 114,000
13 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 110,000
14 HOME AND AWAY Seven 106,750
15 9NEWS Nine 85,800
16 UNFILTERED (R) Seven 80,000
17 9NEWS SUNDAY Nine 79,000
18 SEVEN NEWS Seven 75,400
19 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT MULTI Seven 74,000
20 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AFTERNOON Seven 72,000
21 A CURRENT AFFAIR Nine 70,200
22 HOME AND AWAY EP.2 Seven 70,000
23 SEVEN’S 2026 WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - TWILIGHT Seven 70,000
24 THE ROOKIE Seven 65,000
25 HOME AND AWAY EP.3 Seven 64,000
26 TELETHON 2026-GRAND OPENING Seven 62,000
27 SEVEN’S 2026 MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - NIGHT - PRE GAME Seven 60,000
28 9NEWS SATURDAY Nine 59,000
29 60 MINUTES Nine 57,000
30 1 EURO HOUSE Nine 57,000
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Weekly report: Seven #1 nationally in total TV, top three programs of the week, #1 news, #1 breakfast

  • 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: 49.3%.
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 51.8%.
  • 7plus: #1 in BVOD.
  • #1 news, #1 sport, #1 drama, #1 at breakfast.
  • Top three programs of the week.
  • # 1 program of the week: Bathurst 1000 Sunday, reached 3.97 million.
  • #1 news: 7NEWS Sunday, reached 2.55 million.
  • #1 at breakfast: Sunrise, 58% more viewers than Today

WEEK 42, 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:

Seven Network reached 13.39 million Australians nationally.

6.00am to midnight:

  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people 51.8% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s 51.8% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 t0 39s 54.3% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers 51.3% share.

6.00pm to midnight:

  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people 49.4% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s 47.7% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 t0 39s 52% share.
  • Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers 48.8% share.

7plus: 57.8% commercial share.

Supercars Championship Bathurst 1000 Day 3 race Sunday: #1 program. National reach 3.97 million, national audience 1.45 million.

  • Up 15% year-on-year on 7plus.

Rugby League World Cup match Thursday: # 2 program. National reach 3.29 million, national audience 1.73 million.

  • Biggest opening to a Rugby League World Cup ever
  • Biggest Rugby League World Cup audience since the 2008 final

7NEWS Sunday: #1 news and # 3 program. National reach 2.55 million, national audience 1.62 million.

  • Up 40% week-on-week, up 101% on 7plus
  • Up 5% year-on-year in total TV, up 11% on 7plus.

Supercars Championship Bathurst 1000 Day 3 warm-up Sunday: National reach 2.23 million, national audience 521,000.

My Kitchen Rules Monday: National reach 2.02 million, national audience 1.33 million.

  • Biggest overnight audience since 2019.
  • Biggest overnight VOZ audience ever.
  • Biggest overnight streaming audience ever.
  • Up 34% year-on-year in total TV, up 59% on 7plus.
  • Up 36% week-on-week in total TV, up 30% on 7plus.

7NEWS Spotlight: 70 years of 7 Sunday: National reach 1.64 million, national audience 665,000.

#1 news: 7NEWS.

#1 drama: Home and Away.

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

  • Monday to Friday: 58% more viewers than Today

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 51.8 51.8 51.3
Nine Network 33.3 32.2 33.9
Network Ten 14.9 16 14.9

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network All people 25 to 54s Grocery shoppers
Seven Network 49.4 47.7 48.8
Nine Network 34.3 33.8 34.6
Network Ten 16.3 18.6 16.5

The importance of sports to Australian FTA television was highlighted again with week 42 ratings. Seven’s coverage Australia’s win in the first game of the Rugby League World Cup on Thursday topped all the rankings and averaged over 1.7m. Earlier in the week the Bathurst 1000 also scored well with 1.458m.

On the reality TV front, The Block still took out the number one place with its Sunday reveal though My Kitchen Rules overtook The Block on two nights during the week.

Home and Away was the top scripted entry again though it fell down the ranks thanks to a 7Two schedule on Thursday in all markets while Beyond Paradise slipped to rank 31st while Dustfall was 33rd both for ABC. Have You Been Paying Attention? finished its season in 29th place.

A new Celebrity Intervention was 22nd for Seven while the new 1 Euro House 38th for Nine. Also making the top 50 were Off the Grid for Seven 46th, Lynley for ABC 49th and Gogglebox for 10 in 50th. The premiere of State of Man was 52nd.

On Sunday night, a Spotlight special 70 Years of Seven pulled ahead of 60 Minutes.

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Live sport took out five of the top 10 spots in the BVOD chart, with RLWC occupying the top three. The Block and MKR shared the rest.

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Would have thought that Seven would code the Rugby League World Cup coverage slightly different. As they have two entries as “World Cup - Night”, instead of “Night - Sat” and “Night - Fri” etc.

Also a good battle between MKR and The Block.

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Week 42:

A-League Men Scored Its Biggest Opening Match On 10 Since 2021.

  • The opening game of the 2026/27 A-League Men season ended in a stalemate, with fierce rivals Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers playing out a goalless draw on Friday night at Allianz Stadium: Biggest opening match since 2021/22. ↑119% vs. 2025/26 opening match. Reached 650,000 national Total TV viewers.
  • The Celebrity Traitors UK: Biggest national Total TV audience ever. 10’s #1 streaming show of the week. The Traitors is 10’s #1 streaming-first franchise.
  • Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening: 10’s biggest new show of 2026.