The Block hit its highest average audience of the season on Sunday, drawing 1.40m viewers and narrowly trailing 9News Sunday on 1.41m.
Portrait Artist of the Year drew 571,000 for ABC, while Gogglebox brought in 528,000 for 10. 60 Minutes also posted 704,000 for Nine.
9News Sunday led the news bulletin battle, ahead of Seven News with 1.34m and ABC News Sunday with 818,000. 10 News Sun averaged 283,000.
Sunday Afternoon NRL Live pulled 553,000, while Seven's AFL: Sunday Night Football had 428,000.
In breakfast, Weekend Sunrise led with 412,000, ahead of Weekend Today on 275,000 and Weekend Breakfast on 179,000.
Sunday 23 August 2026
| Rank | Program | Network | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BLOCK | 2,488,000 | 1,398,000 | 327,000 | |
| 2 | 9NEWS SUNDAY | 2,337,000 | 1,405,000 | 232,000 | |
| 3 | SEVEN NEWS - SUN | 2,154,000 | 1,336,000 | 147,000 | |
| 4 | 60 MINUTES | 1,507,000 | 704,000 | 118,000 | |
| 5 | SEVEN'S AFL: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 1,399,000 | 428,000 | 49,000 | |
| 6 | SEVEN'S CRICKET: SECOND TEST - AUSTRALIA V BANGLADESH D2 S3 | 1,252,000 | 238,000 | 25,000 | |
| 7 | SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE | 1,202,000 | 553,000 | 104,000 | |
| 8 | ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV | 1,089,000 | 818,000 | 54,000 | |
| 9 | SEVEN'S CRICKET: SECOND TEST - AUSTRALIA V BANGLADESH D2 S2 | 1,023,000 | 447,000 | 53,000 | |
| 10 | PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR-EV | 951,000 | 571,000 | 41,000 | |
| 11 | THE 1% CLUB (R) | 925,000 | 482,000 | 61,000 | |
| 12 | SEVEN'S CRICKET: SECOND TEST - AUSTRALIA V BANGLADESH D2 S1 | 919,000 | 403,000 | 54,000 | |
| 13 | GOGGLEBOX | 870,000 | 528,000 | 58,000 | |
| 14 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SUN | 833,000 | 412,000 | 58,000 | |
| 15 | 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT | 789,000 | 357,000 | 46,000 | |
| 16 | WEEKEND TODAY - SUNDAY | 789,000 | 275,000 | 49,000 | |
| 17 | INSIDERS-AM | 717,000 | 510,000 | 68,000 | |
| 18 | ANTIQUES ROADSHOW-EV | 697,000 | 245,000 | 14,000 | |
| 19 | SEVEN'S CRICKET: SECOND TEST - AUSTRALIA V BANGLADESH D2 LUNCH | 689,000 | 356,000 | 44,000 | |
| 20 | WEEKEND BREAKFAST-AM | 665,000 | 179,000 | 20,000 | |
| 21 | SEVEN'S CRICKET: SECOND TEST - AUSTRALIA V BANGLADESH D2 TEA | 642,000 | 423,000 | 48,000 | |
| 22 | 10 NEWS SUN | 588,000 | 283,000 | 21,000 | |
| 23 | 9NEWS LATE | 564,000 | 348,000 | 58,000 | |
| 24 | SEPTEMBER 11: DAYS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD | 534,000 | 150,000 | 6,000 | |
| 25 | LANDLINE-PM | 512,000 | 336,000 | 22,000 | |
| 26 | WATSON | 509,000 | 149,000 | 10,000 | |
| 27 | WEEKEND SUNRISE - SUN - EARLY | 503,000 | 262,000 | 39,000 | |
| 28 | THE BIG BANG THEORY RPT | 484,000 | 74,000 | 6,000 | |
| 29 | SEVEN'S CRICKET: SECOND TEST - AUSTRALIA V BANGLADESH D2 PRE | 466,000 | 239,000 | 41,000 | |
| 30 | TREASURE & DIRT-EV | 466,000 | 212,000 | 12,000 |
Source: OzTAM VOZ
