Seven swept Week 26 across all key demographics and shopper segments, securing national broadcast and capital-city shares.

Special episodes featuring iconic WA locations boosted year-on-year audience growth, with reality shows like Farmer Wants A Wife and Australian Idol reaching about 1.3 million WA viewers.

Sports coverage remained a major driver, with Test cricket delivering the network’s highest-rating series this season (up 12%), the Big Bash League up 8%, and AFL reaching 13.5 million viewers (up 7%).

Cricket coverage last summer set a high rating, with 17% more West Australians watching the Ashes than the previous year.

Seven reached 17.6 million Australians per month and led in 17 of the first 26 weeks of 2026, controlling 41.7% of national total TV commercial share ahead of Nine and Ten.

In Western Australia, 7NEWS WA dominates nightly news with a total TV audience of about 183,000, while Sunrise draws 59,700 in the morning, placing the WA schedule 221% ahead of the nearest competitor.

Seven’s sports lineup, including AFL, drove strong audience growth, with AFL reaching nearly 2 million West Australians this season and streaming up 174% on 7plus Sport; Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles games averaged 130,000 viewers.

The Perth Scorchers’ BBL Final drew 313,000 WA viewers, and Home And Away remains WA’s top free-to-air drama at 137,000 nightly viewers.

Entertainment and drama growth highlighted Home and Away up 13% in the 7.00pm slot, The Chase Australia up 5%, Farmer Wants A Wife up 16%, and Australian Idol achieving its biggest season on Seven; new show My Reno Rules was the most-watched new entertainment program.

Katie Finney emphasized momentum across broadcast and 7plus, with sport acting as a growth engine and live, free coverage drawing large audiences.

Additionally, Seven outlined upcoming content for H2 2026, including the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Rugby League World Cup, The Voice, My Kitchen Rules, the Logie Awards, further AFL programming, major motorsports events, and the Channel 7 Telethon in Perth.

Looking ahead to the second half of 2026, Seven signaled plans for major events and shows, including Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, Rugby League World Cup 2026, The Voice, My Kitchen Rules, TV WEEK Logie Awards, and more.