Tuesday 5 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 282 000 and an average audience lead of 202 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #7 with 1 425 000 (999 000). My Reno Rules – Tuesday was #8 with 1 345 000 (571 000). House of Wellness was #24 with 616 000 (194 000).
Sunrise – Early – 530 000 (263 000)
Nine
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10
Millionaire Hot Seat was #20 with 688 000 (382 000). MasterChef Australia – Tuesday was #11 with 1 179 000 (708 000). The Cheap Seats was #14 with 927 000 (499 000). 10’s Late News was #26 with 577 000 (208 000).
ABC
ABC News was #9 for the night. 730 was #10 with 1 237 000 (750 000). Foreign Correspondent was #15 with 850 000 (532 000). Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia was #22 with 681 000 (340 000).
Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 742 000 (422 000)
Antiques Roadshow – 532 000 (229 000)
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’s clean sweep: #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: 42.9%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 40.2%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 27% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.33 million
- The Chase Australia: reaches 1.48 million, up 11% year-on-year
- Home and Away: #1 entertainment show in total TV, reaches 1.43 million
- My Reno Rules: reaches 1.35 million, up week-on-week
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 51% more viewers than Today
5 May 2026:
Seven Network reaches 5.5 million Australians nationally.
6.00am to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 42.9% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 40.6% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 39.2% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 42.9% share.
6.00pm to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 40.2% 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 34.9% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 40.4% share.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 45.5% commercial share. Reach up 27% year-on-year.
7NEWS Tuesday: #1 program in all people, 25 to 54s, 16 to 39s and grocery shoppers.National reach 2.33 million, national audience 1.5 million.
- Up 2% year-on-year in total TV, up 69% on 7plus.
- Up 2% week-on-week in total TV.
The Chase Australia Tuesday:National reach 1.48 million, national audience 727,000.
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- Up 11% year-on-year in total TV, up 77% on 7plus.
Home and Away Tuesday: #1 entertainment show in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.43 million, national audience 999,000.
- Up 7% year-on-year in total TV, up 63% on 7plus.
- Up 4% week-on-week in total TV.
My Reno Rules:National reach 1.35 million, national audience 571,000.
- Up 5% week-on-week in total TV.
Sunrise Tuesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.04 million, national audience 460,000.
- 51% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 42.9 | 40.6 | 42.9 |
| Nine Network | 36.5 | 34.6 | 36.6 |
| Network Ten | 20.5 | 24.8 | 20.5 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 40.2 | 36.3 | 40.4 |
| Nine Network | 35.5 | 32.4 | 35.2 |
| Network Ten | 24.3 | 31.3 | 24.4 |
TEN
10’s Tuesday Has Both Courses Covered.
MasterChef Australia & The Cheap Seats Win Their Timeslots.
MasterChef Australia:In the first team challenge of the series, and the contestants are all eager to see how well they can work together. The bottom two teams will find themselves in the elimination the following day.
• Reached 1.2 million national total viewers.
• #1 entertainment show in 25 to 54s.
• Averaged 708,000 total national viewers, up 13% vs. same episode in 2025.
• 98,000 BVOD viewers, up 83% vs. same episode in 2025.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience for an Ep 10.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people, 25 to 54s, and 16 to 39s.
• 7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Tuesday, 28 April): Reached 1.34 million total national viewers.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 5.2 million national total viewers.
• Biggest total national audience since 2021.
• 895,000 national total audience, up 18% year-on-year.
• 10’s biggest BVOD show in 2026.
• MasterChef’s biggest ever BVOD audience.
• 240,000 BVOD viewers, up 76% year-on-year.
The Cheap Seats:
• Reached 927,000 national total viewers.
• Biggest episode of the season.
• BVOD viewers up 65% vs. same episode in 2025.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 2.5 million national total viewers.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience.
• BVOD viewers up 48% year-on-year.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s
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 5 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Tuesday 5 May 2026 TV Ratings Australia
