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Thursday VOZ Ratings | NRL draws a huge crowd to start the sporting weekend
Has the controversy surrounding the Sydney Swans affected the entire AFL for this round?
*** 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:
NRL | Rnd25: Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers Pre 519,000 avg | Game 658,000 avg | Post 191,000 avg on Nine
AFL | Rnd24: St Kilda Saints v Gold Coast Suns Pre 237,000 avg | Game 477,000 avg | Post ?,000 avg on Seven
rpt The Dog House Australia 302,000 avg (lw 286k) on Channel 10
Commercial 7pm:
A Current Affair 990,000 avg (lw 962k) on Nine
Home & Away 888,000 avg (lw 898k) on Seven
rpt Deal or No Deal 6:30pm 200,000 avg (lw 206k) on 10
rpt Millionaire Hot Seat 7pm 255,000 avg (lw 270k) on 10
ABC primetime:
7:30 605,000 avg (lw 699k)
Back Roads S12 426,000 avg (lw 506k)
Take 5 with Zan Rowe S05 premiere 355,000 avg
Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job S02 premiere 238,000 avg
Commercial later primetime:
NCIS: Sydney S03 192,000 avg (lw 162k) on 10
FIVE CITY METRO PRIMETIME SHARES
NetworkTotal TVBroadcastBVODSeven29.630.027.9Nine28.127.829.1ABC18.819.018.11013.614.69.9SBS9.98.615.0(Network + affiliates; FTA shares; 6pm-midnight; all figures %)
BREKKY BATTLE
Sunrise 450,000 avg (lw 461k) on Seven
The Today Show 289,000 avg (lw 287k) on Nine
News Breakfast 217,000 avg (lw 228k) on ABC
COMMERCIAL 5pm NEWS LEAD-IN
Tipping Point Australia 776,000 avg (lw 852k) on Nine
The Chase Australia 662,000 avg on Seven
EVENING NEWS BATTLE
ServiceTimeO’nights (avg)ABC News7pm-7:30pm833,000Seven News6pm-7pm1,381,000Nine News6pm-7pm1,247,00010 News5pm-6pm352,00010 News 6pm6pm-6:30pm188,000
REPORTS
Total TV Overnight Top 30 Programs
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Total TV Consolidated 7 Top 30 Programs
Data © 2026 OzTAM
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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.
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Steve Molk
