Wednesday 29 April 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 199 000 and an average audience lead of 162 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #7 with 1 397 000 (986 000). SAS: Aus v Eng was #9 with 1 254 000 (522 000). The Front Bar was #13 with 1 034 000 (568 000). Unfiltered was #24 with 599 000 (324 000).
Sunrise – Early – 561 000 (276 000)
Nine
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10
Millionaire Hot Seat was #28 with 516 000 (333 0000. MasterChef Australia – Wednesday was #11 with 1 114 000 (669 000). Elsbeth was #27 with 551 000 (202 000).
ABC
ABC News was #10 for the night. 730 was #8 with 1 331 000 (877 000). Gruen was #14 with 1 031 000 (718 000). Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee was #16 with 970 000 (494 000). Urzila was #23 with 605 000 (360 000).
Hard Quiz S8 (R) – 768 000 (419 000)
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 tops all demos, 7NEWS wins Wednesday, 7plus #1 in BVOD
- Seven #1 nationally in total TV
- Seven #1 in all demos
- National total TV audience share, 6.00am to midnight: 44.1%
- National total TV audience share, 6.00pm to midnight: 42.4%
- 7plus: #1 in BVOD, up 34% year-on-year
- 7NEWS: #1 program, reaches 2.22 million
- The Chase Australia: reaches 1.44 million, up 16% week-on-week
- Home and Away: #1 entertainment show in total TV, reaches 1.4 million
- SAS: AUS V ENG: reaches 1.25 million
- Sunrise: #1 at breakfast, 19% more viewers than Today
29 April 2026:
Seven Network reaches 5.61 million Australians nationally.
6.00am to midnight:
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in all people with a 44.1% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 25 to 54s with a 42.8% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 41% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 44.2% 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 41.4% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in 16 to 39s with a 40.7% share.
- Seven Network: #1 nationally in total TV in grocery shoppers with a 43.7% share.
7plus: #1 in BVOD with a 47.3% commercial share. Reach up 34% year-on-year.
7NEWS Wednesday: #1 program in all people, 25 to 54s and grocery shoppers.National reach 2.22 million, national audience 1.45 million.
- Up 3% year-on-year in total TV, up 83% on 7plus.
- Up 3% week-on-week in total TV.
The Chase Australia Wednesday:National reach 1.44 million, national audience 736,000.
- Up 16% week-on-week in total TV.
- Up 2% year-on-year in total TV, up 70% on 7plus.
Home and Away Wednesday: #1 entertainment show in total TV, #1 drama. National reach 1.4 million, national audience 986,000.
- Up 71% year-on-year on 7plus.
SAS: AUS V ENG:National reach 1.25 million, national audience 522,000.
Sunrise Wednesday: #1 breakfast program. National reach 1.04 million, national audience 464,000.
- 47% more viewers than Today.
The Front Bar:National reach 1.03 million, national audience 568,000.
- Up 17% week-on-week in total TV, up 4% on 7plus.
- Up 7% year-on-year in total TV, up 100% on 7plus.
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00am to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 44.1 | 42.8 | 44.2 |
| Nine Network | 37.4 | 36.4 | 37.2 |
| Network Ten | 18.4 | 20.8 | 18.5 |
NATIONAL TOTAL TV COMMERCIAL SHARES (%):
6.00pm to midnight
| Network | All people | 25 to 54s | Grocery shoppers |
| Seven Network | 42.4 | 41.1 | 42.7 |
| Nine Network | 36.3 | 33.5 | 35.8 |
| Network Ten | 21.3 | 25.4 | 21.5 |
TEN
MasterChef Takes Biggest Slice Of TV Audience Pie.
MasterChef Australia #1 In Its Timeslot. Record Breaking BVOD Audience.
The bottom five cooks from the Invention Test face off in a Pressure Test set by MasterChef Australia favourite Maggie Beer, tasked with mastering her signature sour cream pastry in a high-stakes pie challenge.
MasterChef Australia:• Reached 1.1 million national total viewers.
• Averaged 669,000 total national viewers, up 7% vs. same episode in 2025.
• 92,000 BVOD viewers, up 78% vs. same episode in 2025.
• Biggest ever BVOD audience for an Ep 7.
• #1 in its timeslot in total people (29%), 25 to 54s (34.3%) and 16 to 39s (27.6%).
Season-To-Date:
• Reaching 4.4 million national total viewers.
• Biggest total national audience since 2021.
• 898,000 national total audience, up 18% year-on-year.
• 10’s biggest BVOD show in 2026.
• MasterChef’s biggest ever BVOD audience.
• 248,000 BVOD viewers, up 84% year-on-year.
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Source: Virtual Australia, OzTAM, Regional TAM, Total TV. Timeslot stories based on Metro Overnight Audience.
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Wednesday 29 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia
Wednesday 29 April 2026 TV Ratings Australia
