Launch of This Time Next Year and The Block help Nine to a weekly ratings win

August 7, 2017 8:56

The two most-watched programs of the ratings week may have been on Seven – with Sunday Night and Seven News on Sunday pulling 1.334m and 1.303m respectively – but the strong launches of both The Block and Karl Stefanovic’s This Time Next Year, mean Nine won week 31 with a 21.2% audience share, compared to Seven’s 20.5%.

Last Sunday’s This Time Next Year was the most-watched entertainment program of the week

ABC and Ten tied for the week with 11.4% each, and SBS was in fifth place with a 4.7% share.

The premiere of This Time Next Year placed third for the week thanks to an audience of 1.280m metro viewers, according to OzTAM’s weekly ratings. In fourth place was Monday’s The Block with 1.258m, followed by Nine News on Sunday with 1.162m.

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Josie Tutty

Josie Tutty was Mumbrella's deputy editor. She worked on the publication between 2017 and 2019. She's previously written and edited in the UK for Jungle Creations and Trinity Mirror.

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