Thursday 21 August 2025 TV Ratings Australia – Thursday Night NRL Live on Channel 9 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and wins in 7 Day consolidated

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

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