Tuesday 26 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 213 000 and an average audience lead of 162 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #6 with 1 361 000 (993 000). My Reno Rules – Tuesday was #9 with 1 214 000 (565 000). Doc was #21 with 647 000 (294 000).
Sunrise – Early – 514 000 (274 000)
Nine
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10
Millionaire Hot Seat was #24 with 609 000 (347 000). MasterChef Australia – Tuesday was #11 with 1 179 000 (695 000). The Cheap Seats was #14 with 933 000 (508 000).
ABC
ABC News was #8 for the night. 730 was #10 with 1 192 000 (712 000). Shaun Micallef’s Going Broke was #15 with 870 000 (449 000). Murder in the Skies: Who Downed MH17? was #25 with 573 000 (286 000).
Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 772 000 (443 000)
Antiques Roadshow – 508 000 (216 000)
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 all demos, 7NEWS #1 program, Home and Away #1 in entertainment
- Seven #1 nationally in total TV
- Seven #1 in all people, 25 to 54s, 16 to 39s, grocery shoppers
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 44%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 42.4%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 34% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.48 million, up 8% year-on-year
- The Chase Australia: reaches 1.5 million, up 8% year-on-year
- Home and Away: #1 entertainment show in total TV, reaches 1.36 million
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 47% more viewers than Today
26 May 2026:
Seven Network reaches 5.53 million Australians nationally.
6.00am to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 44% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 40% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 39% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 44.1% share.
6.00pm to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 42.4% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 37.1% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 36.5% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 42.7% share.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 45.7% commercial share. Reach up 34% year-on-year.
7NEWS Tuesday: #1 program in all people, 25 to 54s and grocery shoppers.National reach 2.29 million, national audience 1.52 million.
- Up 8% year-on-year in total TV, up 82% on 7plus.
- Up 3% week-on-week in total TV.
The Chase Australia Tuesday:National reach 1.5 million, national audience 757,000.
- Up 8% year-on-year in total TV, up 81% on 7plus.
Home and Away Tuesday: #1 entertainment program in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.36 million, national audience 993,000.
- Up 5% year-on-year in total TV, up 74% on 7plus.
My Reno Rules:National reach 1.21 million, national audience 565,000.
Sunrise Tuesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.03 million, national audience 449,000.
- 47% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 44.0 | 40.0 | 44.1 |
| Nine Network | 35.5 | 35.3 | 35.7 |
| Network Ten | 20.5 | 24.7 | 20.2 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 42.4 | 37.1 | 42.7 |
| Nine Network | 33.2 | 32.3 | 33.1 |
| Network Ten | 24.4 | 30.6 | 24.3 |
TEN
10’s Tuesday Serves #1 Timeslot Trifecta.
MasterChef Australia, The Cheap Seats And 10’s Late News #1 In Their Timeslots.
MasterChef Australia:In MasterChef’s most notorious team challenge, four teams navigate the chaos of the Team Relay to compete for a chance to cook for Immunity.
• Reached 1.18 million national total viewers.
• National total TV audience up 12% vs. same episode in 2025.
• 101,000 BVOD viewers, up 76% vs. same episode in 2025.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience for an Ep 22.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people (29.0%), 25 to 54s (34.6%) and 16 to 39s (39.2%).
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Tuesday, 19 May): Reached 1.3 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching over 7.1 million national total viewers.
• Biggest total national audience since 2021.
• 869,000 national total audience, up 14% year-on-year.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• 225,000 BVOD viewers, up 67% 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 and comedian Anisa Nandaula.
• Reached 993,000 national total viewers.
• National total TV audience up 4% vs. same episode in 2025.
• BVOD viewers up 8% vs. same episode in 2025.
• Biggest BVOD audience of the season.
• Biggest BVOD audience since July 2023.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people (27.3%), 25 to 54s (38.8%) and 16 to 39s (43.4%).
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Tuesday, 19 May): Reached 1.1 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 3.8 million national total viewers.
• Total national viewers up 3% year-on-year.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• BVOD viewers up 40% year-on-year.
10’s Late News:
• National total TV audience up 88% vs. 2026 average.
• BVOD viewers up 102% vs. this year’s average.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people and 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 7.4 million national total viewers.
• Last week was 10 Late News’ biggest week ever.
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Source: Virtual Australia, OzTAM, Regional TAM, Total TV. Timeslot stories based on Metro Overnight Audience.
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Tuesday 26 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Tuesday 26 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
