Thursday 12 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia – AFL Thursday Night Football on Channel 7 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and wins in 7 Day consolidated

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Thursday 12 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day

Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People

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Consolidated 7 25-54 Total TV

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Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39

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Consolidated 7 Grocery Shoppers (18+) Total TV

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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)

Thursday 12 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Seven

Seven News was #1 for the night with a reach audience lead of 141 000 and an average audience lead of 104 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #9 with 1 079 000 (807 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Game was #23 with 571 000 (265 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football was #3 with 1 875 000 (675 000).

M – Bridget Jones’s Diary (R) – 585 000 (135 000)

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Sunrise – Early – 543 000 (262 000)

Highway Patrol (R) – 546 000 (308 000)

Nine

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10

Gogglebox was #14 with 775 000 (452 000). The Graham Norton Show was #24 with 553 000 (177 000)

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ABC

ABC News was #6 for the night. 730 was #8 with 1 177 000 (697 000). Back Roads was #19 with 647 000 (465 000). Creative Types with Virginia Trioli was #30 with 490 000 (319 000).

Hard Quiz S9 (R) – 663 000 (331 000)

SBS

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25-54

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16-39

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Grocery Shoppers (18+)

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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 wins Thursday, 7NEWS and AFL #1, 7plus leaps 57%

  • Seven #1 nationally in total TV
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 43.1%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 43.2%
  • 7plus: leaps 57% year-on-year
  • 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.06 million
  • Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, reaches 1.88 million
  • Home and Away: #1 drama, reaches 1.08 million
  • Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 31% more viewers than Today

12 March 2026:

Seven Network reaches 5.94 million Australians nationally.

7plus: #1 in streaming, 46.7% commercial share, 42.3% share in BVOD; reach up 57% year-on-year.

7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.06 million, national audience 1.26 million.

Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, #1 program in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s. National reach 1.88 million, national audience 675,000.

The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.19 million, national audience 577,000.

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Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.08 million, national audience 807,000.

Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 951,000, national audience 422,000. 31% more viewers than Today.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network43.139.643.2
Nine Network40.243.739.6
Network Ten16.816.717.2

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network43.240.643.3
Nine Network40.644.040.6
Network Ten16.115.416.1

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