Thursday 28 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 #2 for the night with a reach audience loss of 67 000 and an average audience lead of 24 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #10 with 1 085 000 (829 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Game was #24 with 573 000 (253 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football was #5 with 1 634 000 (539 000).
Highway Patrol Special – 729 000 (344 000)
Britain’s Got Talent – 652 000 (208 000)
Nine
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10
Taskmaster Australia was #16 with 756 000 (368 000).
ABC
ABC News was #8 for the night. 730 was #9 with 1 113 000 (651 000). Restoration Australia was #14 with 839 000 (435 000). An encore of The Assembly was #29 with 500 000 (173 000).
Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 729 000 (415 000)
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 wins Thursday, 7NEWS on top, 7plus #1 in BVOD
- Seven #1 nationally in total TV
- Seven #1 in all people and grocery shoppers
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 44.4%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 43.7%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, jumps 45% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program in total TV, reaches 2.13 million
- AFL Thursday Night Football: reaches 1.63 million
- The Chase Australia: reaches 1.38 million
- Home and Away: #1 drama, up 12% year-on-year
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 29% more viewers than Today
28 May 2026:
Seven Network reaches 5.85 million Australians nationally.
6.00pm to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 43.7% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 43.7% share.
6.00am 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 grocery shoppers with a 44.6% share.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 43.5% commercial share. Reach up 45% year-on-year.
7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in total TV.National reach 2.13 million, national audience 1.39 million.
- Up 3% year-on-year in total TV, up 79% on 7plus.
- Up 2% week-on-week in total TV.
Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Footbll:National reach 1.63 million, national audience 539,000.
- Up 73% year-on-year on 7plus.
The Chase Australia Thursday:National reach 1.38 million, national audience 717,000.
- Up 5% year-on-year in total TV, up 76% on 7plus.
Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.09 million, national audience 829,000.
- Up 12% year-on-year in total TV, up 71% on 7plus.
Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 964,000, national audience 410,000.
- 29% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 44.4 | 40.8 | 44.6 |
| Nine Network | 39.3 | 41.0 | 39.3 |
| Network Ten | 16.3 | 18.1 | 16.2 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 43.7 | 38.3 | 43.7 |
| Nine Network | 39.2 | 41.9 | 39.0 |
| Network Ten | 17.0 | 19.8 | 17.3 |
TEN
Taskmaster Achieving Biggest Audience Since 2024.
Taskmaster Australia Up 9% Year-On-Year.
Taskmaster Australia:
• Reached 756,000 national total viewers.
• National total audience up 44% vs. same episode in 2025.
• BVOD viewers up 202% vs. same episode in 2025.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience for an Ep 4.
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Thursday, 21 May): Reached 834,000 total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 2.7 million national total viewers.
• Biggest total national audience since 2024.
• National total audience up 9% year-on-year.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• 105,000 BVOD viewers, up 88% year-on-year.
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Source: Virtual Australia, OzTAM, Regional TAM, Total TV. Timeslot stories based on Metro Overnight Audience.
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Thursday 28 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Thursday 28 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
