The Block posts more gains as The Checkout wins strongest audience yet this series

The Block posted another record audience for a Thursday night with 1.434m metro viewers marking a 313,000 gain on last week, while So You Think You Can Dance averaged 333,000 for Channel Ten.

While The Block was the top program of the night ABC1 was second in the timeslot as The Checkout posted its strongest audience of the series so far with 823,000, and legal drama Janet King also posted gains with 772,000 watching from 8.30pm, preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam show.

Ten marked a small gain for its shiny floor show as it increased its metro audience from 317,000 last week, however it has seen little lift in the ratings since the show was moved from Sundays to Thursday nights and has not yet outrated its debut of 466,000.