Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia – Married at First Sight on Channel 9 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and wins in 7 Day consolidated

54
SHARES
138
VIEWS

Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day

Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People

Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 25-54 Total TV

Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39

Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 Grocery Shoppers (18+) Total TV

Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Overnight Ratings

Daily Shares

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)

Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Seven

Seven News was #2 for the night with a reach audience lead of 96 000 and an average audience lead of 131 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #6 with 1 477 000 (978 000). Australian Idol – Monday was #5 with 1 721 000 (887 000). An encore of The Oscars was #12 with 1 074 000 (231 000).

The Oscars – 1 254 000 (488 000)

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Oscars Red Carpet Live – 607 000 (419 000)

Border Security: International (R) – 602 000 (297 000)

Nine

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10

Australian Survivor – Monday was #24 with 694 000 (393 000).

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ABC

ABC News was #10 for the night. 730 was #8 with 1 383 000 (896 000). Australian Story was #17 with 903 000 (642 000). Four Corners was #15 with 980 000 (572 000). Media Watch was #20 with 790 000 (607 000). Planet America was #18 with 882 000 (572 000).

Hard Quiz S9 (R) – 709 000 (386 000)

SBS

Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

25-54

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Monday 16 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

16-39

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Grocery Shoppers (18+)

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Monday 16 March 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

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SEVEN

Seven’s big Monday: #1 nationally, 7NEWS #1 in news

  • Seven: #1 nationally in all people and grocery shoppers
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 43.4%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 40.7%
  • 7plus: flies 69% year-on-year
  • 7NEWS: #1 news program, reaches 2.2 million
  • Australian Idol: reaches 1.72 million, up 10% year-on-year
  • Home and Away: #1 drama, reaches 1.48 million
  • The Oscars: reaches 1.25 million, up year-on-year
  • Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 43% more viewers than Today

16 March 2026:

Seven Network reaches 5.55 million Australians nationally; total TV reach up 11% year-on-year.

6.00am to midnight:

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 43.4% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 43.6% share.

7plus: 40.2% commercial share in BVOD; reach up 69% year-on-year.

7NEWS Monday: #1 news program. National reach 2.2 million, national audience 1.42 million.

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Australian Idol Monday: National reach 1.72 million, national audience 887,000. Up 10% in total TV year-on-year, up 125% on 7plus. Third biggest 7plus audience ever.

Home and Away: #1 drama. National reach 1.48 million, national audience 978,000.

The Chase Australia: National reach 1.34 million, national audience 644,000.

The Oscars: National reach 1.25 million, national audience 488,000. Up 3% in total TV year-on-year, up 32% on 7plus.

The Oscars Encore: National reach 1.07 million, national audience 231,000.

Sunrise Monday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.02 million, national audience 437,000. 43% more viewers than Today.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network43.439.143.6
Nine Network42.146.242.2
Network Ten14.514.714.2

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network40.733.340.9
Nine Network44.350.244.3
Network Ten15.016.514.8

TEN

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