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Big night for Nine as The Block pulls 2m

Nine had the top three shows for Sunday night with the reveal of the exteriors of The Block drawing in just shy of 2 million viewers.

The renovation show attracted an audience of 1.956 million, according to preliminary metro ratings from OzTam.  

60 Minutes, which included a Sarah Ferguson interview where she stormed out, received 1.669 million. It was followed by Nine News Sunday with 1.608 million.

ABC1 had a good showing in the top 15 with Midsomer Murders in 5th, Grand Designs in 8th, ABC News in 12th and The Gruen Pitch Encore in 13th.

Ten’s highest ranking shows were The Renovators in 14th with 664,000 and Bondi Vet – Africa Special in 15th with 601,000.

Nine won the night with 24.5% followed by Seven with 22.6%, ABC1 15.9% and Ten 12.%.

Sunday’s top 15 shows:

  1. The Block – Nine – 1.956m
  2. 60 Minutes – Nine – 1.669m
  3. Nine News – Nine – 1.608m
  4. Seven News – Seven – 1.494m
  5. Midsomer Murders – ABC1 – 1.25m
  6. Bones – Seven – 1.154m
  7. Sunday Night – Seven – 1.127m
  8. Grand Designs – ABC1 – 1.079m
  9. The Force: Behind The Line – Seven – 0.96m
  10. Highway Patrol – Seven – 0.897m
  11. Castle – Seven – 0.816m
  12. ABC News – ABC1 – 0.768m
  13. The Gruen Pitch Encore – ABC1 – 0.756m
  14. The Renovators – Ten – 0.664m
  15. Bondi Vet: Africa Special – Ten – 0.601m

Sunday’s channel share:

  • Nine: 24.5%
  • Seven: 22.6%
  • ABC1: 15.9%
  • Ten: 12%
  • SBS1: 4.1%
  • Go!:3.8%
  • 7mate: 3.4%
  • 7Two: 3.2%
  • Eleven: 3.1%
  • Gem: 2.5%
  • One: 2.1%
  • ABC2: 1.3%
  • ABC3: 0.6%
  • ABC News 24: 0.6%
  • SBS2: 0.4%


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