Thursday 21 August 2025 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 (National)
Daily Ratings (Metro)
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 76 000 and an average audience lead of 4 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #9 with 1 112 000 (749 000). Home and Away – episode 2 was #11 with 869 000 (677 000). Home and Away – episode 3 was #12 with 819 000 (632 000). Clarkson’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire UK was #14 with 769 000 (287 000). Air Crash Investigations was #33 with 471 000 (175 000). A repeat of Soham: Catching a Killer was #71 with 229 000 (94 000).
The Chase UK – 386 000 (206 000)
Kick Ons – 71 000 (38 000)
Nine
9News was #2 for the night. A Current Affair was #3 with 1 543 000 (1 073 000). Thursday Night NRL Live – Pre Match was #15 with 766 000 (448 000). Thursday Night NRL Live was #5 with 1 320 000 (583 000). Thursday Night NRL Live – Post Match was #30 with 483 000 (218 000). 9News Late was #60 with 280 000 (155 000). Outback Opal Hunters was #82 with 191 000 (81 000).
RBT – 550 000 (270 000)
Emergency (R) – 663 000 (307 000)
RPA (R) – 429 000 (220 000)
Chicago Med – 184 000 (86 000)
Tipping Point UK – 549 000 (306 000)
10
10 News+ was #45 for the night. Deal or No Deal was #43 with 368 000 (230 000). A repeat of The Dog House Australia was #23 with 595 000 (268 000). Law & Order: SVU was #39 with 391 000 (200 000). An encore of The Cheap Seats was #52 with 325 000 (119 000). 10’s Late News was #110 with 140 000 (80 000).
ABC
ABC News was #7 for the night. 730 was #8 with 1 171 000 (671 000). Back Roads was #16 with 743 000 (501 000). Griff’s Great American South was #18 with 708 000 (320 000). An encore of The Family Next Door was #37 with 408 000 (104 000). ABC Late News was #75 with 213 000 (59 000). Culture By Design was #237 with 65 000 (25 000).
Hard Quiz S7 (R) – 688 000 (404 000)
Antiques Roadshow – 499 000 (235 000)
SBS
SBS World News was #51 with 327 000 (207 000). SBS World News 7pm was #62 with 263 000 (152 000). Great Australian Road Trips was #38 with 403 000 (147 000). National Parks from Above: Ireland was #59 with 281 000 (100 000). Snowpiercer was #95 with 160 000 (27 000). SBS World News Late was #246 with 62 000 (15 000).
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
- 9News was the No. 1 program and No. 1 news bulletin across Australia with People 25-54 and People 16-39. It was also the No. 1 news bulletin with Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The combined national bulletins registered a National Total TV Reach of 2.010 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.304 million, up 14.1% year-on-year. On 9Now, it claimed a BVOD Audience of 133,000, increasing by 46.2% on the same night last year.
- A Current Affair dominated the 7.00pm timeslot across Australia with Total People and all key demographics. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.543 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.073 million – up 11.4% year-on-year. On 9Now, it recorded a BVOD Audience of 104,000, up 38.7% year-on-year.
- Thursday Night NRL dominated its timeslot with Total People and all key demographics in Sydney and Brisbane. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.320 million and a Total TV National Audience of 583,000, up 1.2% on the same night last year. On 9Now, it secured a BVOD audience of 84,000, increasing by 33.3% year-on-year.
- Tipping Point Australia was the No.1 afternoon game show across Australia with Total People and all key demographics. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.383 million and a Total TV National Audience of 779,000, increasing by 24.0% on the same day last year. On 9Now its BVOD Audience was 80,000, up a massive 73.9% year-on-year.
- Today was the breakfast program of choice with Total People in Melbourne and Brisbane. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 817,000, a Total TV National Audience of 319,000. On 9Now it recorded a BVOD audience of 46,000, up 27.8% year-on-year.
- The 9Network was the No.1 network on Thursday across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demographics.
- 9Now was the No.1 CFTA BVOD platform on Thursday across Australia with People 25-54 and People 16-39.
SEVEN
7NEWS #1 program on Seven’s stellar Thursday
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 39.2%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 37.5%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 11.3% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.09 million
- The Chase Australia: reaches 1.27 million
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 27% more viewers than Today
21 August 2025:
Seven Network reaches 5.23 million Australians nationally.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 43.06% share, reach up 11.3% year-on-year.
7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people. #1 program in total TV. National reach 2.09 million, national audience 1.31 million.
The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.27 million, national audience 621,000.
Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.11, national audience 749,000.
Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program.National reach 939,000, national audience 405,000. 27% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 39.2 | 36.9 | 39.9 |
| Nine Network | 43.2 | 43.8 | 43.0 |
| Network Ten | 17.6 | 19.3 | 17.1 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 37.5 | 34.1 | 38.3 |
| Nine Network | 43.9 | 44.4 | 43.2 |
| Network Ten | 18.5 | 21.5 | 18.5 |
TEN
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Thursday 21 August 2025 TV Ratings Australia
Thursday 21 August 2025 TV Ratings Australia
