A rollercoaster of audience numbers for Seven on Wednesday. 7:30 leads its timelot again.
Home & Away led entertainment at 983,000 viewers in National TV Audience and won its 7pm timeslot.
But Seven couldn’t hold onto it once it ended and had to rebuild.
7:30 led its slot at 769,000 then MasterChef Australia (671,000), Gruen (659,000), Events that Changed Australia (596,000) then SAS: Aus v Eng (442,000).
Seven got the crowd back for The Front Bar (551,000) then Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (417,000), NRL Origin Story (284,000) and Elsbeth (235,000).
Seven News was #1 at 1.48m then The Chase (731,000). Unfiltered was 329,000 then The Agenda Setters (TBA).
Nine News was 1.31m then A Current Affair (943,000) and Tipping Point (833,000). Nine News Late managed 181,000.
ABC News was 930,000 then Hard Quiz (429,000) and Urzila (211,000), Bad Company (TBA).
Millionaire Hot Seat was 340,000 then 10 News (296,000), Deal or No Deal (192,000), 10 News+ (142,000) and 10 Late News (139,000).
On SBS it was SBS World News (198,000 / 138,000), then Alexander Armstrong In India, The Trial of Michael Jackson, Mastermind, The Audacity (all TBA).
Sunrise: 464,000
Today: 314,000
News Breakfast: 242,000
National Total TV: Wednesday 20 May 2026
This post updates.