Thursday 21 May 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 216 000 and an average audience lead of 154 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #9 with 1 073 000 (822 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Game was #24 with 561 000 (276 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football was #3 with 1 738 000 (630 000).
Britain’s Got Talent – 592 000 (184 000)
Highway Patrol (R) – 574 000 (325 000)
Sunrise – Early – 507 000 (246 000)
Nine
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10
Millionaire Hot Seat was #29 with 471 000 (276 0000. Taskmaster Australia was #21 with 596 000 (314 000).
ABC
ABC News was #8 for the night. 730 was #10 with 1 068 000 (592 000). Restoration Australia was #12 with 779 000 (445 000).
Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 696 000 (410 000)
Antiques Roadshow – 459 000 (213 000)
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: #1 on Thursday, #1 program, #1 in news, #1 sport, 7plus #1
- Seven #1 nationally in total TV
- Seven #1 in all demos
- National total TV audience share, 6.00mm to midnight: 47%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 46.6%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, jumps 38% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.14 million
- AFL Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, reaches 1.74 million
- The Chase Australia: reaches 1.36 million
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 51% more viewers than Today
21 May 2026:
Seven Network reaches 5.81 million Australians nationally.
6.00pm to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 47% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 43.6% 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 47% share.
6.00am to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 46.6% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 44.1% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 42.1% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 46.9% share.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 48.2% commercial share. Reach up 38% year-on-year.
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7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers.National reach 2.14 million, national audience 1.36 million.
- Up 80% year-on-year on 7plus.
Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, #1 program in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.National reach 1.74 million, national audience 630,000.
- Up 72% year-on-year on 7plus.
The Chase Australia Thursday:National reach 1.36 million, national audience 716,000.
- Up 2% year-on-year in total TV, up 83% on 7plus.
Home and Away Thursday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.07 million, national audience 822,000.
- Up 12% year-on-year in total TV, up 74% on 7plus.
- Up 4% week-on-week in total TV.
Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 995,000, national audience 450,000.
- 51% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 47.0 | 43.6 | 47.0 |
| Nine Network | 36.4 | 36.0 | 36.3 |
| Network Ten | 16.6 | 20.4 | 16.7 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 46.6 | 44.1 | 46.9 |
| Nine Network | 36.8 | 36.1 | 36.8 |
| Network Ten | 16.6 | 19.8 | 16.3 |
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Thursday 21 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Thursday 21 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
