Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia – Winter Olympics on Channel 9 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and wins in 7 Day consolidated

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Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day

Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People

Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 25-54 Total TV

Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39

Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 Grocery Shoppers (18+) Total TV

Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Overnight Ratings

News

Breakfast Television

Morning Shows

Afternoon News

Game Shows

Total People

(Note: Initial numbers are for reach and numbers in brackets are for average audience)

Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Seven

Seven News was #4 for the night with a reach audience loss of 52 000 and an average audience lead of 12 000 over 9News. Better Homes and Gardens was #5 with 1 308 000 (531 000). The Marlow Murder Club was #14 with 835 000 (294 000).

Sunrise – Early – 501 000 (239 000)

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Nine

9News was #3 for the night. A Current Affair was #7 with 1 233 000 (783 000). Winter Olympics 2026: Night was #1 with 2 039 000 (770 000). Winter Olympics 2026: Night Session 2 was #2 with 1 924 000 (857 000). Winter Olympics 2026: Late was #6 with 1 290 000 (551 000). Winter Olympics 2026: Late Extended was #19 with 659 000 (244 000).

Winter Olympics 2026: Day 13 – Late Highlights – Gem – 699 000 (112 000)

Winter Olympics 2026: Day 12 – Milano Cortina (encore) – 814 000 (160 000)

Tipping Point UK – 512 000 (251 000)

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Today – Early – 471 000 (206 000)

10

A repeat of Selling Houses Australia was #29 with 498 000 (197 000).

ABC

ABC News was #10 for the night. Gardening Australia was #13 with 915 000 (512 000). Professor T was #20 with 640 000 (441 000).

Hard Quiz S4 (R) – 576 000 (302 000)

SBS

Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia

25-54

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16-39

Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Grocery Shoppers (18+)

Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Friday 20 February 2026 TV Ratings Australia

How the Networks Analysed their Own Performance
Note: N/A means the network has not sent out a report today

NINE

Winter Olympic Games 2026 Night Session 9Gem & Channel 9, Day 14 (19:00-21:00) was Australia’s No. 2 program of the night with People 16-39 and a dominant timeslot winner with all key demos and Total People. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 2.039 million, a Total TV National Audience of 770,000 and a BVOD audience of 101,000.

Winter Olympic Games 2026 Night Session 2, Day 14 (21:00-22:30) – was Australia’s No.1 program of the night with key demos People 25-54 and People 16-39.  It was also a dominant timeslot winner with all key demos and Total People. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.924 million, a Total TV National Audience of 857,000 and a BVOD audience of 105,000.

Winter Olympic Games 2026 Late, Day 14 (22:30-24:00) – dominated its timeslot across Australia with Total People and all key demographics. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.290 million, a Total TV National Audience of 551,000 and a BVOD audience of 72,000.

Winter Olympic Games 2026 Late Extended, Day 14 (24:00-02:00) – recorded a National Total TV Reach of 659,000, a Total TV National Audience of 244,000 and a BVOD audience of 37,000.

The 9Network was the No. 1 network across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demos.9Now was the No. 1 CFTA BVOD platform across Australia with Total People and all key demos.

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