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Nine covers its bases on Thursday night

Nine’s The Block was Australia’s most watched TV show on Thursday night, while the network’s Hamish & Andy’s Euro Gap Year was top rating in the key advertising demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.

The Block rated 1.394m, just ahead of Hamish and Andy’s 1.365m. Seven News was third with 1.266m viewers according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam.

Ten’s best performer was Masterchef, fifth for the night with 1.108m.

Meanwhile, Seven’s Sunrise won the battle of breakfast over Nine’s Today by the narrowest of margins – 340,000 to 339,000.

Thursday’s top rating shows

  1. The Block Nine 1.394
  2. Hamish and Andy’s Euro Gap Year Nine 1.365
  3. Seven News Seven 1.266
  4. Nine News Nine 1.219
  5. Masterchef Ten 1.108
  6. A Current Affair Nine 1.094
  7. Today Tonight Seven 1.055
  8. ABC News ABC 0.879
  9. Home and Away Seven 0.798
  10. The Big Bang Theory Nine 0.766
  11. The Footy Show – AFL and NRL Nine 0.737
  12. Ten News Ten 0.723
  13. Modern Family Ten 0.712
  14. Hot Seat Nine 0.692
  15. Grey’s Anatomy Seven 0.624

Thursdays channel share

  • ABC1: 11.2%
  • Seven: 18.9%
  • Nine: 25.9%
  • Ten: 14.5%
  • SBS1: 5.2%
  • ABC2: 2.4%
  • ABC3: 0.8%
  • ABC News 24: 0.8%
  • 7TWO 4.4%
  • 7mate: 3.4%
  • GO!: 2.9%
  • Gem: 2.1%
  • One: 2.7%
  • Eleven: 3.8%
  • SBS2: 1.1%
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