Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia – Married at First Sight on Channel 9 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights and wins in 7 Day consolidated

50
SHARES
129
VIEWS

Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia Analysis for Total TV Consolidated 7 Day

Total TV Consolidated 7 Total People

Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 25-54 Total TV

Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Total TV Consolidated 7 16-39

Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Consolidated 7 Grocery Shoppers (18+) Total TV

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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)

Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Seven

Seven News was #2 for the night with a reach audience lead of 107 000 and an average audience lead of 66 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #6 with 1 452 000 (950 000). The 1% Club UK was #5 with 1 487 000 (835 000). The Front Bar was #12 with 1 173 000 (574 000). Unfiltered was #25 with 611 000 (327 000).

Sunrise – Early – 529 000 (257 000)

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Nine

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10

Australian Survivor – Wednesday was #15 with 764 000 (375 000).

ABC

ABC News was #11 for the night. 730 was #10 with 1 256 000 (790 000). Tonight at the Museum was #20 with 674 000 (406 000). The Weekly with Charlie Pickering was #19 with 682 000 (511 000). An encore of Can You Keep A Secret was #30 with 486 000 (198 000).

Hard Quiz S9 (R) – 636 000 (334 000)

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SBS

Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

25-54

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16-39

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Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

Grocery Shoppers (18+)

Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Wednesday 18 March 2026 TV Ratings Australia

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

7NEWS on top, Home and Away grows, The 1% Club UK soars

  • National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 39.7%
  • National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 36.2%
  • 7plus: up 48% year-on-year
  • 7NEWS: #1 news program, reaches 2.16 million
  • The 1% Club UK: reaches 1.49 million, biggest audience of 2026
  • Home and Away: #1 drama, reaches 1.45 million, up year-on-year
  • Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 51% more viewers than Today

18 March 2026:

Seven Network reaches 5.79 million Australians nationally; total TV reach up year-on-year.

7plus: 34.2% BVOD commercial share; reach up 48% year-on-year.

7NEWS Wednesday: #1 news program. National reach 2.16 million, national audience 1.35 million.

The 1% Club UK: National reach 1.49 million, national audience 835,000. Biggest audience so far this year. Up 42% on last week, up 24% on 2026 season average, up 7% on 2025 season average.

Home and Away Wednesday: #1 drama. National reach 1.45 million, national audience 950,000. Up 7% in total TV year-on-year, up 72% on 7plus.

The Chase Australia Wednesday: National reach 1.33 million, national audience 645,000.

The Front Bar: National reach 1.17 million, national audience 574,000.

Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.07 million, national audience 457,000. 51% more viewers than Today.

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NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00am to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network39.733.539.6
Nine Network44.650.345.0
Network Ten15.716.315.5

NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):

6.00pm to midnight

NetworkAll people25 to 54sGrocery shoppers
Seven Network36.228.335.9
Nine Network47.854.548.2
Network Ten15.917.215.9

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