Tuesday 19 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 148 000 and an average audience lead of 123 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #6 with 1 394 000 (981 000). My Reno Rules was #8 with 1 249 000 (596 000). House of Wellness was #26 with 555 000 (216 000).
Nine
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10
A repeat of Millionaire Hot Seat was #23 with 624 000 (350 0000. MasterChef Australia – Tuesday was #11 with 1 057 000 (630 000). The Cheap Seats was #14 with 975 000 (526 000). 10’s Late News was #22 with 630 000 (231 000).
ABC
ABC News was #9 for the night. 730 was #10 with 1 221 000 (731 000). Shaun Micallef’s Going for Broke was #13 with 978 000 (542 000). Murder in the Skies: Who Downed MH17? was #27 with 545 000 (282 000).
Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 741 000 (448 000)
SBS
Who Do You Think You Are? was #30 with 526 000 (315 000). Insight was #25 with 566 000 (225 000).
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
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SEVEN
Seven’s super Tuesday: #1 in all demos, #1 program, #1 in BVOD
- Seven #1 nationally in total TV
- Seven #1 in all demos
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 42.5%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 40.9%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 34% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.26 million, up year-on-year
- The Chase Australia: reaches 1.72 million, up 13% year-on-year
- Home and Away: #1 entertainment show in total TV, reaches 1.39 million
- My Reno Rules: reaches 1.25 million, up 20% week-on-week
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 34% more viewers than Today
19 May 2026:
Seven Network reaches 5.41 million Australians nationally.
6.00am to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 42.5% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 39.4% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 37.5% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 42.6% share.
6.00pm to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 40.9% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 36.3% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 37.2% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 41.2% share.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 46.6% commercial share. Reach up 31% year-on-year.
7NEWS Tuesday: #1 program in all people and grocery shoppers.National reach 2.26 million, national audience 1.48 million.
- Up 4% year-on-year in total TV, up 88% on 7plus.
The Chase Australia Tuesday:National reach 1.48 million, national audience 767,000.
- Up 13% year-on-year in total TV, up 89% on 7plus.
- Up 4% week-on-week in total TV.
Home and Away Tuesday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.39 million, national audience 981,000.
- Up 60% year-on-year on 7plus.
- Up 3% week-on-week in total TV.
My Reno Rules:National reach 1.25 million, national audience 596,000.
- Up 20% week-on-week in total TV.
Sunrise Tuesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 967,000, national audience 424,000.
- 34% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 42.5 | 39.4 | 42.6 |
| Nine Network | 36.9 | 35.5 | 37.1 |
| Network Ten | 20.7 | 25.0 | 20.3 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 40.9 | 36.3 | 41.2 |
| Nine Network | 37.4 | 33.2 | 34.5 |
| Network Ten | 24.5 | 30.5 | 24.3 |
TEN
MasterChef Australia And The Cheap Seats Win Timeslots And Dish Up Record Audiences.
Season-To-Date, MasterChef Australia Serves Biggest Total Audience Since 2021 And The Cheap Seats Delivers Biggest Ever BVOD Audience.
MasterChef Australia:It’s a fusion invention test in the MasterChef kitchen, with the contestants having to make dish featuring cuisines from two countries.
• Reached 1.06 million national total viewers.
• National total TV viewers up 5% vs. the same episode in 2025.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience for an Ep 18.
• 101,000 BVOD viewers, up 84% vs. same episode in 2025.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people (26.2%) and 25 to 54s (29.8%).
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Tuesday, 12 May): Reached 1.3 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 6.6 million national total viewers.
• Biggest total national audience since 2021.
• 871,000 national total audience, up 15% year-on-year.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• 228,000 BVOD viewers, up 69% year-on-year.
The Cheap Seats:
Taking a fun look at the week that was, The Cheap Seats hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald were joined by Mel Tracina, comedian Shaun Micallef and broadcaster Clint Stanaway. 11 year-old Mel Tracina freaked out when she met boyband, Five. Take a look here.
• Reached 975,000 national total viewers.
• Biggest audience of the season.
• National total TV audience up 15% vs. the same episode in 2025.
• Biggest BVOD audience since July 2023.
• BVOD viewers up 70% vs. same episode in 2025.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people (28.8%), 25 to 54s (40.1%) and 16 to 39s (38.2%).
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Tuesday, 12 May): Reached 1.03 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 3.5 million national total viewers.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• BVOD viewers up 40% year-on-year.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
10’s Late News:
• Reached 630,000 national total viewers.
• Biggest Tuesday audience of the year.
• National total TV audience up 98% vs. this year’s average.
• BVOD viewers up 78% vs. this year’s average.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people and 25 to 54s.
10:
• Last night, 10’s total TV was up 7% vs. the same night last week.
• 10’s BVOD was up 55% vs. the same night last year.
• 10 primary channel was #1 in 25 to 54s in prime time.
MasterChef Australia.
Sundays At 7pm, Monday To Wednesday At 7.30pm.
Watch + Stream On 10.
https://10.com.au/masterchef
Source: Virtual Australia, OzTAM, Regional TAM, Total TV. Timeslot stories based on Metro Overnight Audience.
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Tuesday 19 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Tuesday 19 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
