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House Rules begins to close gap on The Block

house rulesThe recovery of Seven’s House Rules continued on Thursday night with the show rating just 80,000 viewers behind Nine’s rival renovation reality show The Block.

According to overnight metro ratings from OzTAM, The Block rated 1.087m while House Rules rated 1.007m.

It is the closest House Rules has yet come to The Block. Catchup show The Block Unlocked rated 807,000.

Nine’s The Footy Show rated 856,000.

The most watched program of Thursday was Nine News on 1.242m, followed by Seven News on 1.137m.

Comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys rated 924,000 for Seven.

The final episode of the Checkout rated 882,000 for ABC1.

Nine won the night with a 23.2 per cent share. Seven had 21.3 per cent and Ten 13.3 per cent. ABC1 was on 12.2 per cent.

In the key advertising battleground of 25-54, The Block was top show of the night followed by House Rules. Nine also won the night in 25-54.

Top 15 shows:

  1. Nine News Nine 1.242m
  2. Seven News Seven 1.137m
  3. The Block Nine 1.087m
  4. House Rules Seven 1.007m
  5. Today Tonight Seven 0.980m
  6. A Current Affair Nine 0.970m
  7. Mrs Brown’s Boys Seven 0.924m
  8. Home and Away Seven 0.919m
  9. ABC News ABC 0.903m
  10. The Checkout ABC 0.882m
  11. The Footy Show – AFL and NRL Nine 0.856m
  12. The Block – Unlocked Nine 0.807m
  13. Hot Seat Nine 0.742m
  14. 7:30 ABC 0.734m
  15. Ten News Ten 0.715m

Thursday’s share:

  • Nine: 23.2%
  • Seven: 21.3%
  • Ten: 13.3%
  • ABC1: 12.2%
  • GO!: 5.3%
  • SBS1: 5.2%
  • 7TWO: 3.4%
  • Eleven: 3.0%
  • ABC2: 2.9%
  • 7mate: 2.6%
  • Gem: 2.5%
  • One: 2.0%
  • ABC3: 1.1%
  • ABC News 24: 1.1%
  • SBS2: 0.7%
  • NITV: 0.3%

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