TV Ratings Thursday 5 November 2026: Oaks Day draws 1.393 million reach — Oaks Day was Thursday’s leading non-news program with a Total TV National Reach of 1,393,000, a Total TV National Average Audience of 219,000 and a BVOD National Average Audience of 39,000.
News
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
Seven News
2,032,000
1,288,000
155,000
9News
1,677,000
1,041,000
158,000
ABC News
1,206,000
929,000
62,000
10 News
594,000
298,000
23,000
Breakfast Television
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
Sunrise
946,000
442,000
64,000
News Breakfast
679,000
250,000
27,000
Today
664,000
250,000
52,000
Morning Shows
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
ABC News Mornings
597,000
127,000
16,000
The Morning Show
570,000
244,000
38,000
Today Extra
346,000
134,000
32,000
Afternoon News
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
Seven News at 4
697,000
360,000
41,000
Game Shows
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
The Chase Australia
1,381,000
679,000
76,000
Tipping Point Australia
488,000
253,000
35,000
Analysis
Channel 7
Seven News led 9News by 355,000 viewers in reach. Seven News led 9News by 247,000 viewers in average audience. Seven News trailed 9News by 3,000 viewers in BVOD average audience.
Night schedule
Home and Away Reach: 1,201,000 · Average audience: 877,000 · BVOD average: 220,000.
Home and Away Episode 2 Reach: 992,000 · Average audience: 818,000 · BVOD average: 205,000.
Home and Away Episode 3 Reach: 951,000 · Average audience: 801,000 · BVOD average: 197,000.
7NEWS Thursday: #1 program and #1 news. National reach 2.03 million, national audience 1.28 million.
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Up 3% year-on-year in total TV, up 23% year-on-year on 7plus.
Up 7% week-on-week in total TV, up 5% year-on-year on 7plus.
The Chase Australia Thursday: #1 entertainment. National reach 1.38 million, national audience 679,000.
Up 3% year-on-year in total TV, up 20% year-on-year on 7plus.
Up 23% week-on-week in total TV, up 10% year-on-year on 7plus.
Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.2 million, national audience 877,000.
Up 10% year-on-year in total TV, up 26% year-on-year on 7plus.
Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 946,000, national audience 442,000.
76% more viewers than Today.
Up 6% year-on-year in total TV, up 28% year-on-year on 7plus.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00am to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
44.9
40.3
45.3
Nine Network
36
35.5
35.8
Network Ten
19.1
24.1
18.9
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%): 6.00pm to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
43.2
37.8
43.7
Nine Network
35.8
34
35.4
Network Ten
21
28.2
20.9
Source: OzTAM VOZ national total TV, overnight program reach (broadcast TV 1 min/BVOD 15 sec), national average audience. Share based on “when watched” 6pm to midnight and 6am to midnight. #1 programs based on reach on day of broadcast, unless otherwise noted.
Channel 9
Nine Network Performance Highlights
9News was the No.1 program overall with Total People and People 25-54 and the No.1 news bulletin with People 16-39 across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. It was also the No.1 program overall with Shoppers 18+ across the East Coast.
9News achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.677 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.041 million. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 158,000 – up 18.8% year-on-year.
Love Island Australia was Australia’s No.1 program overall with People 16-39. It dominated BVOD viewing across Australia with Total People and all key demographics, and was the No.1 BVOD program with Total People and all key demos in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.006 million and a Total TV National Audience of 448,000 – up an impressive 61.2% year-on-year. On 9Now, it claimed a BVOD audience of 321,000 – up a hearty 41.4% year-on-year.
A Current Affair was a timeslot winner with Total People in Brisbane. It claimed a National Total TV Reach of 1.301 million and a National Total TV Audience of 842,000. On 9Now, it secured an audience of 124,000 – up 30.5% the same time as last year.
RBT registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.362 million and a National Total TV Audience of 638,000. On 9Now it recorded a BVOD audience of 87,000 – up 55.4% year-on-year.
Paramedics was a timeslot winner with Total People across Australia, the 5 City and in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.070 million and a National Total TV Audience of 472,000. On 9Now it registered an audience of 58,000.
Oaks Day achieved a National Total TV Reach of 1.393 million and a Total TV National Audience of 219,000. On 9Now, it claimed a BVOD audience of 39,000 – up a healthy 18.2% year-on-year.
Tipping Point Australia was a timeslot winner with Total People in Brisbane. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of 488,000 and a National Total TV Audience of 253,000. On 9Now, it recorded a BVOD audience of 35,000.
Today was the No.1 breakfast program in Sydney and Melbourne with People 25-54. It was also the breakfast program of choice with People 16-39 in Melbourne. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 664,000 and a National Total TV Audience of 250,000. On 9Now it recorded a BVOD audience of 52,000 – up 2.0% compared to last year.
The 9Network was the No.1 network on Thursday across the 5 City Metro with People 25-54.
9Now recorded the No.1 shares across CFTA BVOD platform across Australia with People 16-39.
Oaks Day
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.393 million
126,000
53,000
39,000
219,000
Love Island Australia
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.006 million
87,000
38,000
321,000
448,000
9News
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.677 million
671,000
192,000
158,000
1.041 million
A Current Affair
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.301 million
452,000
252,000
124,000
842,000
RBT
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.362 million
371,000
171,000
87,000
638,000
Paramedics
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.070 million
264,000
143,000
58,000
472,000
Tipping Point Australia
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
488,000
159,000
53,000
35,000
253,000
Today
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
664,000
133,000
61,000
52,000
250,000
9Network 5 City Metro shares
Metric
Share
People 25-54
26.5%
Total People
26.6%
People 16-39
22.2%
Shoppers 18+
26.2%
9Now CFTA BVOD shares
Metric
Share
People 16-39
47.1%
Total People
40.4%
People 25-54
40.3%
Shoppers 18+
39.6%
Total TV Reach
Broadcast TV Reach
BVOD TV Reach
11,827,000
9,295,000
4,177,000
9Network Total TV Reach
9Network Broadcast TV Reach
9Network BVOD TV Reach
5,333,000
4,305,000
1,251,000
Channel 10
Thursday, 05 November. Big Brother Doubles Audience With Catch Up Viewing. The Celebrity Traitors UK Wraps With Its Biggest Season Ever.
Big Brother: The housemates process Pam’s eviction. Vegetarian Ebony shops for the week but is their plentiful family dinner too good to be true? Tensions between Ebony and Anita bubble over as Anita speaks up.
Reached 780,000 national Total TV viewers.
#1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s (30%) and 16 to 39s (40%).
101,000 streaming viewers.
7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Thursday, 29 October): Reached 1.15 million total national viewers. National Total TV audience lifted 127% with catch-up viewing.
Season-To-Date:
Audience lifting 113% with catch up viewing.
Reaching 4.3 million national Total TV viewers.
688,000 national Total TV audience.
#1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s (29.8%) and 16 to 39s (39%).
237,000 streaming viewers.
Big Brother 24/7 Live Stream Channel has had 65.5 million live minutes viewed.
The Celebrity Traitors UK – Finale: The stakes have never been higher as the celebrity players face their final, explosive mission. With the prize fund complete, will the pressure of winning cloud anyone’s vision?
Reached 585,000 national Total TV viewers.
#1 in its timeslot in 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
216,000 streaming viewers since Sunday, 1 November.
7-Day Total Viewing Audience (Thursday, 29 October): Reached 907,000 national Total TV viewers.
Season-To-Date:
Reaching 3.9 million national Total TV viewers.
Biggest national total audience ever.
National Total audience up 45% on last year.
Streaming audience up 18% on last year.
The Traitors franchise remains 10’s #1 streaming first franchise.
10’s Late News:
#1 in its timeslot in total people, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
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