Thursday 16 April 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 331 000 and an average audience lead of 194 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #10 with 1 069 000 (821 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Game was #18 with 674 000 (347 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football was #3 with 1 918 000 (715 000).
Highway Patrol – 602 000 (319 0000)
Britain’s Got Talent – 496 000 (203 000)
Sunrise – Early – 488 000 (237 000)
Nine
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10
Gogglebox was #14 with 735 000 (445 000). The Claudia Winkleman Show was #20 with 650 000 (200 000).
ABC
ABC News was #8 for the night. 730 was #9 with 1 133 000 (676 000). Back Roads was #19 with 673 000 (411 000). Grand Designs was #22 with 644 000 (409 000).
Hard Quiz S9 (R) – 706 000 (386 000)
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 rules on Thursday: #1 in news, sport, BVOD, Home and Away up 22%
- Seven #1 in total TV nationally
- #1 in all people, 25 to 54s, 16 to 39s, grocery shoppers
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 46.9%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 46%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, leaps 69% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.19 million, up 21% year-on-year
- AFL Thursday Night Football: #1 sport program, reaches 1.92 million, up 11% year-on-year
- Home and Away: reaches 1.07 million, up 22% year-on-year
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 40% more viewers than Today
16 April 2026:
Seven Network reaches 6.12 million Australians nationally. Total TV reach up 9% year-on-year.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 47.9% commercial share. Reach up 69% year-on-year.
6.00pm to midnight:
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 46.9% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 44.8% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 45.9% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 46.6% share.
6.00am to midnight:
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 46% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 44.2% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 44.2% share.
Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 45.6% share.
7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers, #1 news program.National reach 2.25 million, national audience 1.38 million.
- Up 21% year-on-year in total TV, up 138% on 7plus.
Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport program, #1 program in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s. National reach 1.92 million, national audience 715,000.
- Up 11% year-on-year in total TV, up 148% on 7plus.
- Up 3% week-on-week in total TV, up 9% on 7plus.
The Chase Australia Thursday:National reach 1.33 million, national audience 626,000.
- Up 13% year-on-year in total TV, up 132% on 7plus.
Home and Away Thursday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama.National reach 1.07 million, national audience 821,000.
- Up 22% year-on-year in total TV, up 108% on 7plus.
Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.01 million, national audience 448,000.
- 40% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 46.9 | 44.8 | 46.6 |
| Nine Network | 36.1 | 37.2 | 36.1 |
| Network Ten | 17.0 | 18.0 | 17.3 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 46.0 | 44.2 | 45.6 |
| Nine Network | 37.6 | 38.1 | 38.0 |
| Network Ten | 16.4 | 17.7 | 16.4 |
TEN
Gogglebox Is A Streaming Success.
Most Streamed H1 Season Ever, Up 15% YOY. Last Week’s Audience Climbs To Reach 1.06 Million.
Gogglebox Australia:
• Reached 735,000 total national viewers.
• 7-Day Total National Audience (Thursday, 9 April): Reached 1.06 million total national viewers.
Season to-date:
• Reached 5.2 million viewers.
• 656,000 total audience.
• Most streamed H1 season ever.
• 115,000 BVOD viewers, up 15% year on year.
• #2 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s.
Week in review:
• Australian Survivor: Redemption Finale + Reunion reached 902,000 total national viewers.
• Australian Survivor: Redemption Finale was #1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s and up 14% on its season average.
• Australian Survivor: Redemption Season: Reached 7 million total national viewers. Its live stream audience was up 6% vs. Brains V Brawn II.
MasterChef Australia – Launch.
Sunday 19 April At 7pm.
Watch + Stream Free On 10.
Source: Virtual Australia, OzTAM, Regional TAM, Total TV. Timeslot stories based on Metro Overnight Audience.
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Thursday 16 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Thursday 16 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia
