Formula One wins 1.3m for Ten as The Block tops the night thanks to Seven’s AFL coverage

Formula 1The Block trumped My Kitchen Rules for the second time in the series in the hotly contested Sunday night slot last night with 1.571m metro viewers making it the top program of the night, preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam show.

However, Seven’s reality cooking show, which got 1.347m viewers, was not broadcast in Adelaide last night due to the network screening the AFL clash between Carlton and Port Adelaide, while the network’s Downton Abbey also fell to 957,000 because it was not shown in the city.

Channel Ten’s coverage of the Formula One Melbourne Grand Prix brought 1.347m metro viewers to the network for the race from 5pm to 7pm, as well as 794,000 for pre-race coverage and 583,000 for full coverage of the event between 12pm and 4pm.

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