Monday 18 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day
Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People
Consolidated 7 25-54 Total TV
Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39
Consolidated 7 Grocery Shoppers (18+) Total TV
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)
Seven
Seven News was #1 for the night with a reach audience lead of 160 000 and an average audience lead of 156 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #8 with 1 336 000 (957 000). Glenn & Mick’s Celebrity Intervention was #11 with 1 231 000 (585 000). 9-1-1 was #24 with 681 000 (358 000).
Nine
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10
Millionaire Hot Seat was #28 with 633 000 (375 0000. MasterChef Australia – Monday was #12 with 1 103 000 (678 000). Have You Been Paying Attention was #10 with 1 269 000 (771 000). 10’s Late News was #17 with 794 000 (268 000).
ABC
ABC News was #9 for the night. 730 was #7 with 1 337 000 (817 000). Australian Story was #15 with 928 000 (653 000). Four Corners was #14 with 1 020 000 (557 000). Media Watch was #26 with 659 000 (544 000). Planet America was #20 with 754 000 (510 000).
Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 730 000 (424 000)
SBS
25-54
16-39
Grocery Shoppers (18+)
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 on top, 7NEWS #1 program, 7plus wins in BVOD
- Seven #1 nationally in total TV
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 40.8%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 37.6%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 36% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.38 million
- The Chase Australia: reaches 1.51 million, up 12% year-on-year
- Home and Away: #1 drama, reaches 1.34 million
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 48% more viewers than Today
18 May 2026:
Seven Network reaches 5.56 million Australians nationally. Total TV reach up year-on-year.
6.00am to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 40.8% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 41.1% share.
6.00pm to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 38.1% share.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 43.9% commercial share. Reach up 36% year-on-year.
7NEWS Monday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers.National reach 2.38 million, national audience 1.56 million.
- Up 7% year-on-year in total TV, up 87% on 7plus.
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.
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.
Glenn & Mick’s Celebrity Intervention:National reach 1.23 million, national audience 585,000.
Sunrise Monday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.04 million, national audience 457,000.
- 48% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 40.8 | 37.7 | 41.1 |
| Nine Network | 38.9 | 38.4 | 38.5 |
| Network Ten | 20.4 | 23.9 | 20.4 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 37.6 | 32.5 | 38.1 |
| Nine Network | 38.2 | 38.5 | 37.3 |
| Network Ten | 24.2 | 29.0 | 24.7 |
TEN
10’s Monday Night Recipe For Success Has Audiences Paying Attention.
MasterChef Australia And Have You Been Paying Attention? Record Their Biggest Ever Streaming Audiences.
MasterChef Australia:
In an Around the World elimination challenge, MasterChef contestants must create a dish inspired by a chosen cuisine, featuring a surprise hero ingredient revealed only after they commit.
• Reached 1.1 million national total viewers.
• 678,000 national total audience, up 16% year-on-year.
• 106,000 BVOD viewers, up 85% vs. same episode in 2025.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience for an Ep 17.
• #2 in its timeslot in total people, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Monday, 11 May): Reached 1.4 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 6.4 million national total viewers.
• Biggest total national audience since 2021.
• 874,000 national total audience, up 15% year-on-year.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• 228,000 BVOD viewers, up 69% year-on-year.
Have You Been Paying Attention?:
Have Anne Edmonds, Luke McGregor, Denise Scott, Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang been paying attention? Host Tom Gleisner and special guest quizmaster Daniel MacPherson find out.
• Reached 1.3 million national total viewers.
• Averaged 771,000 total national viewers, up 2% vs. same episode in 2025.
• 65,000 BVOD viewers, up 71% vs. same episode in 2025.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people (37%), 25 to 54s (44.2%) and 16 to 39s (44.9%).
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Monday, 11 May): Reached 1.6 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 3.2 million national total viewers.
• Biggest total national audience since 2021.
• 1.06 million national total audience, up 1% year-on-year.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• 162,000 BVOD viewers, up 46% year-on-year.
MasterChef Australia.
Sundays At 7pm, Monday To Wednesday At 7.30pm.
Watch + Stream On 10.
https://10.com.au/masterchef
The Cheap Seats.
Tuesdays At 8.40pm.
Watch + Stream On 10.
https://10.com.au/the-cheap-seats
Source: Virtual Australia, OzTAM, Regional TAM, Total TV. Timeslot stories based on Metro Overnight Audience.
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Monday 18 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Monday 18 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
