Thursday 19 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 19 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day

Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People

Thursday 19 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 25-54 Total TV

Thursday 19 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39

Thursday 19 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

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 19 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Seven

Seven News was #2 for the night with a reach audience lead of 77 000 and an average audience lead of 67 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #10 with 1 076 000 (796 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Game was #27 with 519 000 (253 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football was #1 with 2 118 000 (727 000).

Sunrise – Early – 484 000 (258 000)

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Nine

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10

Gogglebox was #12 with 843 000 (501 000). The Graham Norton Show was #16 with 736 000 (247 000).

ABC

ABC News was #8 for the night. 730 was #7 with 1 191 000 (750 000). Back Roads was #15 with 736 000 (445 000). Creative Types with Virginal Trioli was #24 with 547 000 (289 000).

Hard Quiz S9 (R) – 657 000 (322 000)

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SBS

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Grocery Shoppers (18+)

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Thursday 19 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 sweeps Thursday, AFL #1 program, 7NEWS on top

  • Seven #1 nationally in total TV
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 41.9%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 42.4%
  • 7plus: leaps 55% year-on-year
  • AFL Thursday Night Football: #1 program, #1 sport, reaches 2.12 million
  • 7NEWS: #1 program in total TV, reaches 2.06 million
  • Home and Away: #1 drama, reaches 1.08 million
  • Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 42% more viewers than Today

19 March 2026:

Seven Network reaches 6.02 million Australians nationally; total TV reach up year-on-year.

6.00pm to midnight:

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 41.9% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 41.8% share.

6.00am to midnight:

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 42.4% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 42.5% share.

7plus: 41.5% BVOD commercial share, 46.1% share in streaming. Reach up 55% year-on-year.

RelatedPosts

Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport. #1 program in all people, 25 to 54s, 16 to 39s and grocery shoppers. National reach 2.12 million, national audience 727,000.

7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in total TV. National reach 2.06 million, national audience 1.28 million.

The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.23 million, national audience 610,000.

Home and Away Thursday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.08 million, national audience 796,000.

Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 991,000, national audience 436,000. 42% more viewers than Today.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network41.938.941.8
Nine Network39.843.039.5
Network Ten18.318.118.7

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network42.440.142.5
Nine Network40.442.240.5
Network Ten17.217.817.1

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