A Current Affair led Thursday's non-sport entertainment results with 990,000 viewers, ahead of Tipping Point Australia on 776,000 and The Chase Australia on 662,000. Home and Away drew 888,000, while 7.30 had 605,000.
Live sport dominated the broader schedule, with Thursday Night NRL Live drawing 658,000 and Seven's AFL: Thursday Night Football averaging 477,000.
Seven News was the night's top program on 1.38m, ahead of 9News with 1.25m and ABC News on 833,000.
In breakfast, Sunrise led with 450,000, followed by Today on 289,000 and ABC News Breakfast with 217,000.
Thursday 20 August 2026
| Rank | Program | Network | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | 2,136,000 | 1,381,000 | 179,000 | |
| 2 | 9NEWS | 1,940,000 | 1,247,000 | 212,000 | |
| 3 | SEVEN'S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 1,726,000 | 477,000 | 65,000 | |
| 4 | THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE | 1,609,000 | 658,000 | 153,000 | |
| 5 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | 1,469,000 | 990,000 | 162,000 | |
| 6 | TIPPING POINT AUSTRALIA | 1,439,000 | 776,000 | 127,000 | |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | 1,382,000 | 662,000 | 86,000 | |
| 8 | HOME AND AWAY | 1,148,000 | 888,000 | 268,000 | |
| 9 | ABC NEWS-EV | 1,127,000 | 833,000 | 63,000 | |
| 10 | 7.30-EV | 1,082,000 | 605,000 | 52,000 | |
| 11 | SUNRISE | 975,000 | 450,000 | 67,000 | |
| 12 | THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -PRE MATCH | 900,000 | 519,000 | 127,000 | |
| 13 | SEVEN NEWS AT 4 | 707,000 | 355,000 | 45,000 | |
| 14 | HARD QUIZ S4 RPT | 696,000 | 392,000 | 24,000 | |
| 15 | TODAY | 696,000 | 289,000 | 57,000 | |
| 16 | BACK ROADS S12-EV | 695,000 | 426,000 | 24,000 | |
| 17 | 9NEWS AFTERNOON | 666,000 | 363,000 | 55,000 | |
| 18 | 10 NEWS | 662,000 | 352,000 | 27,000 | |
| 19 | THE DOG HOUSE AUSTRALIA RPT | 652,000 | 302,000 | 15,000 | |
| 20 | HIGHWAY PATROL - DREADFUL DRIVERS | 614,000 | 270,000 | 34,000 | |
| 21 | THE MORNING SHOW | 613,000 | 276,000 | 42,000 | |
| 22 | TAKE 5 WITH ZAN ROWE-EV | 604,000 | 355,000 | 28,000 | |
| 23 | NEWS BREAKFAST-AM | 598,000 | 217,000 | 25,000 | |
| 24 | THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT | 523,000 | 75,000 | 4,000 | |
| 25 | TIPPING POINT UK -RPT | 510,000 | 275,000 | 31,000 | |
| 26 | MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT RPT | 484,000 | 255,000 | 20,000 | |
| 27 | SEVEN'S AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - PRE GAME | 482,000 | 237,000 | 34,000 | |
| 28 | SUNRISE -EARLY | 478,000 | 234,000 | 40,000 | |
| 29 | THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE -POST MATCH | 474,000 | 191,000 | 50,000 | |
| 30 | ABC NEWS MORNINGS-AM | 465,000 | 102,000 | 14,000 |
Source: OzTAM VOZ
