ABC’s usually competitive night of current affairs ends up slightly off the boil.
*** NOTES ON METRICS AND REPORTS ***
- Total TV Overnight Top 30 and Consolidated 7 Top 30 National Total TV reach is calculated using cumulative unique audiences watching 1 min of broadcast TV and 15 sec of BVOD.
- Total TV National audience is calculated using the audience average for the program as time-coded by the Network across 5CM and all regional markets nationally watching on broadcast TV and BVOD.
- BVOD national audience is calculated using the total number of minutes watched (including co-viewing) divided by the length of the program.
PRIMETIME ANALYSIS
Commercial primetime:
Farmer Wants A Wife S16 946,000 avg (lw 899k) on Seven
Travel Guides S09 891,000 avg (lw 839k) on Nine
MasterChef Australia S18 677,000 avg (lw 669k) on Channel 10
Commercial 7pm:
A Current Affair 1,112,000 avg (lw 1.05m) on Nine
Home & Away 1,023,000 avg (lw 999k) on Seven
Deal or No Deal 6:30pm 232,000 avg (lw ?k) on 10
Millionaire Hot Seat 7pm 339,000 avg (lw 379k) on 10
ABC primetime:
7:30Â 758,000 avg (lw 791k)
Australian Story S31 665,000 avg
Four Corners S65 531,000 avg (lw 558k)
Media Watch 2026 season 514,000 avg (lw 600k)
If You’re Listening 2026 season 320,000 avg
Commercial later primetime:
Have You Been Paying Attention? S14 706,000 avg (lw 715k) on 10
The Rookie S08 434,000 avg (lw 467k) on Seven
100% Footy ?,000 avg (lw 162k) | Footy Classified ?,000 avg (lw ?k) on Nine
FIVE CITY METRO PRIMETIME SHARES
| Network | Total TV | Broadcast | BVOD |
| Nine | 26.5 | 27.5 | 22.9 |
| Seven | 26.5 | 26.9 | 25.0 |
| ABC | 18.3 | 19.0 | 15.6 |
| 10 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 10.2 |
| SBS | 12.5 | 9.0 | 26.3 |
BREKKY BATTLE
Sunrise 409,000 avg (lw 458k) on Seven
The Today Show 243,000 avg (lw 265k) on Nine
News Breakfast 212,000 avg (lw 210k) on ABC
COMMERCIAL 5pm NEWS LEAD-IN
Tipping Point Australia 880,000 avg (lw 897k) on Nine
The Chase Australia 747,000 avg (lw 796k) on Seven
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
| Service | Time | O’nights (avg) |
| ABC News | 7pm-7:30pm | 975,000 |
| Seven News | 6pm-7pm | 1,603,000 |
| Nine News | 6pm-7pm | 1,376,000 |
| 10 News | 5pm-6pm | 330,000 |
| 10 News+ | 6pm-6:30pm | 171,000 |
REPORTS
Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs
Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs
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Note: Program performance and ranking information subject to change when not based on final program logs. Programs with the same name on one or more primary or multichannel, are aggregated into one network figure.
