Wednesday 5 November 2025 TV Ratings Australia - Budget Battlers on Channel 9 is #1 non news in primetime for overnights, whilst RFDS on Channel 7 wins in 7 Day consolidated

Wednesday 5 November 2025 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 (National)

Daily Ratings (Metro)

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 14 000 and an average audience lead of 42 000 over 9News. Home and Away was #7 with 1 317 000 (881 000). RFDS was #6 with 1 330 000 (849 000). Off the Grid with Colin and Manu was #12 with 968 000 (482 000). House of Wellness was #28 with 501 000 (160 000). Chicago Fire was #94 with 171 000 (59 000). The Amazing Race was #141 with 108 000 (34 000).

Sunrise – Early – 554 000 (274 000)

The Chase UK – 394 000 (209 000)

Nine

9News was #2 for the night. A Current Affair was #3 with 1 510 000 (982 000). Budget Battlers was #4 with 1 401 000 (543 000). Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators was #11 with 997 000 (408 000). 9News Late was #20 with 600 000 (283 000). Parole was #37 with 394 000 (144 000). Resident Alien was #106 with 154 000 (63 000).

Today – Early – 469 000 (222 000)

Tipping Point UK (R) – 533 000 (294 000)

Love Island Australia (9GO) – 470 000 (300 000)

10

10 News+ was #39 for the night. Deal or No Deal was #32 with 446 000 (271 000). The Celebrity Traitors UK was #22 with 589 000 (219 000). A repeat of Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals was #33 with 440 000 (122 000). The Gilded Age was #69 with 236 000 (85 000). 10 News+ was #135 with 116 000 (64 000). An encore of 10 News+ was #132 with 119 000 (50 000).

ABC

ABC News was #9 for the night. 730 was #8 with 1 300 000 (759 000). Hard Quiz was #14 with 918 000 (614 000). Crime Night! was #15 with 827 000 (604 000). A repeat of Spicks & Specks was #23 with 586 000 (294 000). Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee NZ was #36 with 396 000 (156 000). A repeat of If You’re Listening was #77 with 210 000 (101 000). ABC Late News was #79 with 204 000 (61 000).

Hard Quiz S3 (R) – 649 000 (337 000)

SBS

SBS World News was #53 with 291 000 (195 000). SBS World News was #67 with 247 000 (133 000). The Idea of Australia was #43 with 351 000 (133 000). A repeat of JFK: The Home Movie That Changed the World was #40 with 363 000 (121 000). SBS World News Late was #103 with 157 000 (65 000).

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

9News was the No. 1 program of the night across the 5 City Metro and in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Total People. The combined national bulletins registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.961 million and a Total TV National Audience of 1.247 million (up 12.4% year-on-year). On 9Now, it secured a BVOD Audience of 155,000 – up 36.0% year-on-year.

A Current Affair dominated the 7.00pm timeslot across Australia and in Brisbane and Adelaide with Total People. It had a National Total TV Reach of 1.510 million and a Total TV National Audience of 982,000 – up 4.1% on the same night last year. On 9Now, it registered a BVOD Audience of 116,000 – up by 17.2% year-on-year.

Tipping Point Australia was the No.1 afternoon game show with Total People and all key demos across Australia. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.377 million and a Total TV National Audience of 738,000. On 9Now, it achieved a BVOD Audience of 89,000.

Love Island Australia was the No.1 program of the night across Australia and in Sydney, Melbourne,Brisbane and Adelaide with People 16 to 39. It secured a National Total TV Reach of 470,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 300,000– up a huge 102.7% year-on-year and a BVOD audience of 242,000– up a whopping 126.2% year-on-year.

Budget Battlers registered a National Total TV Reach of 1.401 million and a Total TV National Audience of 543,000 and a BVOD audience of 72,000.

Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators secured a National Total TV Reach of 997,000 and a Total TV National Audience of 408,000 and a BVOD audience of 52,000.

Today was the breakfast program of choice in Sydney and Brisbane with Total People. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 738,000, a Total TV National Audience of 298,000 and a BVOD audience was 49,000 – up 16.7% year-on-year.
The 9Network was the No.1 network on Wednesday across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demographics.
9Now was the No. 1 CFTA BVOD Platform on Wednesday across Australia with People 16-39.