Thursday 7 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia – AFL Thursday Night Football on Channel 7 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst Women’s State of Origin on Channel 9 wins in 7 Day consolidated

Thursday 7 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

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 87 000 and an average audience lead of 104 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #11 with 962 000 (735 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Game was #29 with 495 000 (237 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football – Pre Match was #12 with 903 000 (451 000). Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football was #3 with 1 885 000 (757 000).

Sunrise – Early – 486 000 (244 000)

Highway Patrol – 514 000 (293 000)

Britain’s Got Talent – 517 000 (176 000)

Nine

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10

Taskmaster Australia was #16 with 718 000 (360 000).

ABC

ABC News was #8 for the night. 730 was #9 with 1 216 000 (752 000). Back Roads was #17 with 717 000 (416 000). Grand Designs Revisited was #20 with 673 000 (347 000).

Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 683 000 (414 000)

Antiques Roadshow – 504 000 (207 000)

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

TV Central currently not providing content from 9

SEVEN

Seven’s massive Thursday: 7NEWS #1. AFL #1 sport, up 35%. 7plus #1 in BVOD

• Seven #1 nationally in total TV
• Seven dominates in all demos
• National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 47.5%
• National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 47.3%
• 7plus: #1 in BVOD, jumps 47% year-on-year
• 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.48 million, up year-on-year
• AFL Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, reaches 1.89 million, up 35% year-on-year
• The Chase Australia: reaches 1.36 million, up 10% year-on-year
• Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 51% more viewers than Today

7 May 2026:

Seven Network reaches 6.01 million Australians nationally. Total TV reach up 2% year-on-year.

6.00pm to midnight:

• Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 47.5% share.
• Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 44.5% share.
• Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 47.7% share.
• Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 47.5% share.

6.00am to midnight:

• Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 47.3% share.
• Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 45.3% share.
• Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 46.4% share.
• Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 47.2% share.

7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 48.6% commercial share. Reach up 47% year-on-year.

7NEWS Thursday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers.National reach 2.07 million, national audience 1.37 million.

• Up 4% year-on-year in total TV, up 91% on 7plus.

Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football: #1 sport, #1 program in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.National reach 1.89 million, national audience 757,000.

• Up 35% year-on-year in total TV, up 179% on 7plus.

The Chase Australia Thursday:National reach 1.36 million, national audience 704,000.

• Up 10% year-on-year in total TV, up 96% on 7plus.
• Up 3% week-on-week in total TV, up 3% on 7plus.

Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 971,000, national audience 456,000.

• 51% more viewers than Today.

Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 962,000, national audience 735,000.

• Up 59% year-on-year on 7plus.

Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football Pre Match:National reach 903,000, national audience 451,000.

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

Network	All people	25 to 54s	Grocery shoppers
Seven Network	47.5	44.5	47.5
Nine Network	36.2	36.1	35.9
Network Ten	16.3	19.4	16.6

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

Network	All people	25 to 54s	Grocery shoppers
Seven Network	47.3	45.3	47.2
Nine Network	36.7	36.7	36.7
Network Ten	16.1	18.0	16.1

TEN

Taskmaster Premieres To Biggest Ever Streaming Audience.

BVOD Up 135% Year-On-Year.

Taskmaster Australia:
• Reached 718,000 national total viewers.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• BVOD up 135% vs. same episode in 2025.

10:
• Yesterday, 10 reached 4.46 million Australians across Network 10 and 10 Streaming.
• Last night’s national BVOD viewing was up 38% on same night last year.

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Source: Virtual Australia, OzTAM, Regional TAM, Total TV. Timeslot stories based on Metro Overnight Audience.

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