Sunday 31 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
Total People
(Note: Initial numbers are for reach and numbers in brackets are for average audience)
Seven
Seven News was #2 for the night with a reach audience loss of 16 000 and an average audience lead of 92 000 over 9News. Seven’s AFL: Sunday Night Football – Pre Game was #17 with 676 000 (419 000). Seven’s AFL: Sunday Night Football was #4 with 1 538 000 (452 000).
Seven’s AFL: Sunday Afternoon Football – 1 281 000 (425 000)
The 1% Club (R) – 916 000 (468 000)
7NEWS Spotlight – 866 000 (380 000)
Sunday Footy Feast – 582 000 (137 000)
Weekend Sunrise – Sunday – Early – 533 000 (276 000)
Nine
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10
MasterChef Australia – Sunday was #8 with 1 066 000 (655 000). Race Across the World was #19 with 622 000 (208 000).
The Big Bang Theory (R) – 531 000 (92 000)
ABC
ABC News was #9 for the night. The Assembly was #13 with 753 000 (454 000).
Insiders – 738 000 (516 000)
Landline – 576 000 (356 000)
Compass – 572 000 (248 000)
Antiques Roadshow – 486 000 (237 000)
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
TV Central currently not providing content from 9
SEVEN
Seven’s big Sunday, #1 in all demos, 7plus #1
- Seven #1 nationally in total TV
- Seven #1 in all demos
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 45%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 44.8%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, jumps 56% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program in total TV, reaches 2.1 million
- AFL Sunday Night Football: #1 sport, reaches 1.54 million
- AFL Sunday Afternoon Football: reaches 1.28 million, up 32% year-on-year
- Weekend Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 49% more viewers than Today
31 May 2026:
Seven Network reaches 5.84 million Australians nationally. Total TV reach 9% year-on-year.
6.00am to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 45% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 42.1% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 40.9% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 45.2% share.
6.00pm to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 44.8% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 40.3% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 40.2% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 45% share.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 45.3% commercial share. Reach up 56% year-on-year.
7NEWS Sunday: #1 program in total TV, #1 program in grocery shoppers.National reach 2.1 million, national audience 1.36 million.
- Up 86% year-on-year on 7plus.
Seven’s AFL: Sunday Night Football: #1 sport. National reach 1.54 million, national audience 452,000.
- Up 121% year-on-year on 7plus.
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.
Weekend Sunrise Sunday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 983,000, national audience 428,000.
- 49% more viewers than Today.
The 1% Club Australia (R) (NSW, Queensland and WA only): National reach 916,000, national audience 468,000.
7NEWS Spotlight: National reach 866,000, national audience 380,000.
- Up 31% year-on-year in total TV, up 90% on 7plus.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 45.0 | 42.1 | 45.2 |
| Nine Network | 36.8 | 37.3 | 36.9 |
| Network Ten | 18.3 | 20.6 | 17.9 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 44.8 | 40.3 | 45.0 |
| Nine Network | 35.4 | 36.1 | 35.2 |
| Network Ten | 19.8 | 23.6 | 19.8 |
TEN
MasterChef Plates Up Biggest Audience Since 2022.
Total National Audience Up 14% Year-On-Year.
10 is plating up biggest audiences and year-on-year growth. MasterChef Australia is serving its biggest total audience since 2022, up 14% year-on-year. Have You Been Paying Attention? captures its biggest total audience since 2021, up 9% year-on-year. The Cheap Seats cements its biggest total national audience since 2022, up 3% year-on-year.
MasterChef Australia:
It’s Perfect Pairings week and the contestants must choose between two Mystery Boxes. One set by MasterChef Legend Matt Sinclair and one by his Peli’s head chef Daniel Dobra, aka ‘Dobbers’.
• Reached 1.1 million national total TV viewers.
• National total audience up 24% vs. same episode in 2025.
• 87,000 BVOD viewers, up 85% vs. same episode in 2025.
• Biggest ever overnight BVOD audience for an Ep 24.
• #1 in its timeslot in Total People, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Sunday, 24 May): Reached 1.3 million total national viewers. #1 entertainment show in 16 to 39s.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 7.4 million national total viewers.
• Biggest total national audience since 2022.
• 863,000 national total audience, up 14% year-on-year.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• 223,000 BVOD viewers, up 65% year-on-year.
Week 22 (Season-To-Date):
• MasterChef Australia: Biggest total national audience since 2022, up 14% year-on-year.
• Have You Been Payng Attention?: Biggest total national audience since 2021. Total national audience up 9% year-on-year, up 45% in streaming.
• The Cheap Seats: Biggest total national audience since 2022. Total national audience up 3% year-on-year, up 40% in streaming.
• 10 Streaming: Biggest year yet, up 32% year-on-year.
MasterChef Australia.
Sundays At 7pm, Monday To Wednesday At 7.30pm.
Watch + Stream On 10.
https://link.10.com.au/gkbvt07or
Have You Been Paying Attention.
Mondays At 8.40pm.
Watch + Stream On 10.
https://link.10.com.au/iqze1ot4o
Source: Virtual Australia, OzTAM, Regional TAM, Total TV. Timeslot stories based on Metro Overnight Audience.
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Sunday 31 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Sunday 31 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
