Thursday 23 April 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 23 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day

Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People

Thursday 23 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 25-54 Total TV

Thursday 23 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39

Thursday 23 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 Grocery Shoppers (18+) Total TV

Thursday 23 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia

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 23 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Seven

Seven News was #1 for the night with a reach audience lead of 186 000 and an average audience lead of 124 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #9 with 1 162 000 (867 0000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Game was #20 with 626 000 (281 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football was #2 with 1 999 000 (627 000).

Sunrise – Early – 504 000 (261 000)

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Nine

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10

Gogglebox was #13 with 836 000 (520 000). The Claudia Winkleman Show was #25 with 579 000 (215 000).

ABC

ABC News was #8 for the night. 730 was #10 with 1 052 000 (638 000). Back Roads was #17 with 687 000 (421 000). Grand Designs was #16 with 718 000 (374 000). An encore of The Piano was #29 with 484 000 (151 000).

Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 683 000 (373 000)

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Antiques Roadshow – 476 000 (203 000)

SBS

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown was #30 with 501 000 (142 000).

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25-54

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16-39

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Thursday 23 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Grocery Shoppers (18+)

Thursday 23 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Thursday 23 April 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 wins Thursday, 7NEWS #1 program, AFL #1 sport, 7plus #1 in BVOD

  • Seven #1 nationally in total TV
  • Seven #1 in all demos
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 44.4%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 44.3%
  • 7plus: #1 in BVOD, jumps 35% year-on-year
  • 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.16 million
  • AFL Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, reaches 2 million, up 14% year-on-year
  • Home and Away: #1 entertainment show in total TV, reaches 1.16 million, up 23% year-on-year
  • Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 35% more viewers than Today

23 April 2026:

Seven Network reaches 5.9 million Australians nationally. Total TV reach up year-on-year.

7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 47.1% commercial share. Reach up 49% year-on-year.

6.00pm to midnight:

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 44.4% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 42.8% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 43.1% share.

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Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 44.4% share.

6.00am to midnight:

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 44.3% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 42.9% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 41% share.

Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 44.6% share.

7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers.National reach 2.16 million, national audience 1.37 million.

  • Up 6% year-on-year in total TV, up 107% on 7plus.

Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport program, #1 program in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s. National reach 2 million, national audience 627,000.

  • Up 14% year-on-year in total TV, up 141% on 7plus.

The Chase Australia Thursday:National reach 1.26 million, national audience 627,000.

  • Up 6% year-on-year in total TV, up 105% on 7plus.

Home and Away Thursday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.16 million, national audience 867,000.

  • Up 23% year-on-year in total TV, up 87% on 7plus.
  • Up 6% week-on-week in total TV, up 4% on 7plus.

Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 990,000, national audience 446,000.

  • 35% more viewers than Today.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network44.342.944.6
Nine Network38.638.838.6
Network Ten17.118.216.9

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network44.442.844.4
Nine Network38.038.337.8
Network Ten17.718.917.8

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