Block towers above the competition on a slow night

With 993,000, The Block did it for Nine. With 739,000, Farmer Wants A Wife couldn’t do it for Seven. Ten left the switchboard on automatic last night after sending the night security guard out to look for The Amazing Race Australia (437,000) after it got lost on the TV screens of Australia — again.

The guard ran into Nine’s night watchman who was looking for The Hundred With Andy Lee, which had dazed and confused a mere 461,000 viewers. Old People’s Home For Teenagers on the ABC kept track of itself with 549,000.

The Cheap Seats on Ten with 368,000 nationally looked good with a lead-in. With nothing to help it, though, the current figures support the idea that it is indeed a cheap knock-off of Have You Been Paying Attention? And Seven’s Extreme Wedding Australia with 328,000? Clearly needed a GPS for viewers to find it. Lost, again.

Network channel share:

Nine (30.3%)
Seven (26.9%)
ABC (18.1%)
Ten (16.4%)
SBS (8.4%)

Network main channels:

Nine (22.7%)
Seven (19.1%)
ABC (12.7%)
Ten (10.2%)
SBS ONE (4.8%)

Top 5 digital channels:

7mate (3.4%)
7TWO, 10 Peach (3.2%)
ABC Kids/Plus (2.9%)
Gem (2.6%)

Top 10 national programs:

Seven News — 1.372 million
Seven News 6.30pm — 1.357 million
Nine News — 1.142 million
Nine News 6.30pm — 1.111 million
The Block (Nine) — 993,000
A Current Affair (Nine) —958,000
7pm ABC News — 863,000
The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 752,000
Home and Away (Seven) — 742,000
Farmer Wants A Wife (Seven) — 739,000

Top metro programs: none with a million or more viewers last night.

Regional Top 5: Seven News, 488,000; Seven News 6.30pm, 487,000; The Block, 285,000; Farmer Wants A Wife, 284,000; Home and Away, The Chase Australia 5.30pm, 282,000.

Losers: The Amazing Race Australia.

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