TV Ratings Thursday 8 October 2026: The Block leads entertainment – The Block led Thursday entertainment with a Total TV National Reach of 1,817,000, a Total TV National Average Audience of 971,000 and a BVOD National Average Audience of 222,000.
Network Shares
Network
Share
Seven
29.6%
Nine
28.9%
ABC
18.7%
10
12.5%
SBS
10.3%
News
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
Seven News
2,025,000
1,276,000
152,000
9News
1,748,000
1,118,000
178,000
ABC News
1,150,000
878,000
56,000
10 News
505,000
248,000
21,000
Breakfast Television
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
Sunrise
915,000
425,000
62,000
Today
639,000
266,000
52,000
News Breakfast
602,000
214,000
20,000
Morning Shows
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
The Morning Show
620,000
253,000
40,000
ABC News Mornings
464,000
94,000
11,000
Today Extra
371,000
144,000
33,000
Afternoon News
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
9News Afternoon
629,000
336,000
45,000
Seven News at 4
601,000
303,000
36,000
Game Shows
Program
Reach
Average Audience
BVOD Average Audience
Tipping Point Australia
1,302,000
718,000
105,000
The Chase Australia
1,196,000
601,000
70,000
Analysis
Channel 7
Seven News led 9News by 277,000 viewers in reach. Seven News led 9News by 158,000 viewers in average audience. Seven News trailed 9News by 26,000 viewers in BVOD average audience.
Prime time
Home and Away Reach: 1,246,000 · Average audience: 883,000 · BVOD average: 203,000
Home and Away Episode 2 Reach: 940,000 · Average audience: 753,000 · BVOD average: 184,000
Home and Away Episode 3 Reach: 887,000 · Average audience: 710,000 · BVOD average: 170,000
7NEWS Thursday: #1 program and #1 news. National reach 2.02 million, national audience 1.27 million.
Up 1% year-on-year in total TV, up 17% on 7plus.
Home and Away Thursday: #1 drama. National reach 1.24 million, national audience 883,000.
Up 5% year-on-year in total TV, up 5% on 7plus.
The Chase Australia Thursday: National reach 1.19 million, national audience 601,000.
Up 2% year-on-year in total TV, up 17% year-on-year on 7plus.
Sunrise Thursday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 915,000, national audience 425,000.
59% more viewers than Today.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%) — 6.00am to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
44.2
42.8
44.2
Nine Network
39.7
39
39.8
Network Ten
16.1
18.2
16
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%) — 6.00pm to midnight
Network
All people
25 to 54s
Grocery shoppers
Seven Network
41.6
39
41.6
Nine Network
40.8
40.2
40.7
Network Ten
17.6
20.8
17.7
Channel 9
Nine Network Performance Highlights
The Block was the No.1 Entertainment program across Australia, the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People and all key demos. It was also the No.1 entertainment program in Adelaide with Total People, People 25-54 & GS18+ and in Perth with Total People, People 25-54 & People 16-39. The Block was the overall No.1 ranked program on Thursday across Australia, the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with People 25-54 and 16-39, in Adelaide with People 25-54 and in Perth with People 16-39. The Block secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.817 million, a Total TV National Audience of 971,000 and a BVOD Audience of 222,000. It was also the No.1 ranked program across BVOD on Thursday with Total People and all key demos nationally.
9News was the overall No.1 program on Thursday with Total People across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It was the winning news bulletin in Adelaide with People 25-54 and People 16-39. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.748 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.118 million. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 178,000 was up 8.5% year-on-year.
A Current Affair was a timeslot winner in Sydney and Brisbane, achieving a National Total TV Reach of 1.316 million and a Total TV National Audience of 832,000. On 9Now, it recorded a BVOD audience of 145,000, up 6.6% on the same night last year.
Tipping Point Australia was the No.1 afternoon game show with Total People and all key demos across Australia, the 5 City Metro, and in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide and in Perth with Total People and GS18+. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 1.302 million, a Total TV National Audience of 718,000 and a BVOD audience of 105,000 – up 10.5% on the same night last year.
The new series of Paramedics launched as a time slot winner across Australia, the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. In Adelaide it was a timeslot winner with Total People, People 25-54 & GS18+ and with People 25-54 in Perth. It recorded a National Total TV Reach of 1.342 million and a Total TV National Audience of 567,000. On 9Now it recorded a BVOD Audience of 83,000 – up an impressive 22.1% on its launch episode last year.
Today won the breakfast slot in Brisbane with People 16-39. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 639,000, a Total TV National Audience of 266,000 and BVOD audience of 52,000 – up 6.1% year-on-year.
The 9Network was the No.1 network on Thursday across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demos.
9News
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.748 million
712,000
211,000
178,000
1.118 million
The Block
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.817 million
532,000
201,000
222,000
971,000
A Current Affair
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.316 million
464,000
209,000
145,000
832,000
Paramedics
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.342 million
301,000
175,000
83,000
567,000
Tipping Point Australia
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
1.302 million
431,000
171,000
105,000
718,000
Today
National Total TV Reach
Metro Average Audience
Regional Average Audience
BVOD National Audience
Total TV National Audience
639,000
144,000
65,000
52,000
266,000
The 9Network was the No.1 network on Thursday across the 5 City Metro with:
Metric
Share
Total People
30.8%
People 25-54
32.4%
People 16-39
31.6%
Shoppers 18+
30.6%
9Now recorded the following shares on Thursday across Australia with:
Metric
Share
Total People
38.8%
People 25-54
39.4%
People 16-39
39.1%
Shoppers 18+
39.2%
Total TV Reach
Broadcast TV Reach
BVOD TV Reach
11,356,787
9,043,684
3,831,174
9Network Total TV Reach
9Network Broadcast TV Reach
9Network BVOD TV Reach
5,171,469
4,414,818
957,993
Channel 10
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Biggest national Total TV audience ever.
National Total TV audience up 29% vs. same episode last year.
Reached 648,000 national Total TV viewers.
159,000 streaming viewers since Sunday, 4 October. Up 57% vs. same episode last year.
10 News 6pm:
Lifts 10’s timeslot 22% nationally vs. same night in 2025.
Streaming up 46% vs. same night in 2025.
10’s Late News:
National Total TV audience up 1% vs. same episode in 2025.
Aaron Ryan is the owner and editor of TV Central, an independent Australian television and media publication. He has more than 25 years of media experience, including work with The Kalgoorlie Miner, ebroadcast, Mumbrella and TV Blackbox. Aaron leads editorial direction for TV Central and writes television news, ratings coverage, interviews, programme features, cinema reviews and podcasts.
