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MKR elimination wins 1.64m for Seven as The Block posts another Wednesday night high

MKR on Seven

MKR on Seven

The first of the MKR knock-out rounds saw Josh and Danielle eliminated from the competition and brought 1.64m for Seven and winning the top program of the night as The Block posted another Wednesday night record high with 1.346m for Channel Nine.

Meanwhile The Biggest Loser had 276,000 on Channel Ten ranking fourth in the timeslot and just ahead of SBS One’s Tea and Coffee Trails with Simon Reeve, which averaged 252,000 preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam show.

ABC1 was third in the 7.30pm to 8.30pm timeslot with 7.30 and Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell taking in 668,000 and 619,000 viewers respectively.

Puberty Blues averaged 464,000 on Ten from 8.30pm, falling from 517,000 last week, and ranking 17th for the night, just ahead of Spicks and Specks which had 437,000 on ABC1 at the same time.

Seven won the timeslot with MKR and The Blacklist then taking 935,000 from 9pm. Meanwhile Inside Story brought 760,000 to Channel Nine from 8.54pm.

The Blacklist also picked up the most viewers in catch up viewing as it gained 228,000 throughout the week raising its audience to 1.199m from 971,000 last Wednesday night.

Puberty Blues was the second most time-shifted show as it gained 130,000 metro viewers throughout the week and lifted its total audience from 522,000 to 651,000. Puberty Blues has also had 752,000 video views on TenPlay between March 26 and April 2, a Channel Ten spokesman said.

Seven won the night with 26.6 per cent of the audience share followed by Channel Nine with 23.1 per cent and ABC1, as it had 10.6 per cent. Channel Ten had 9 per cent of the free to air television audience share.

Wednesday’s top 15 shows:

  1. My Kitchen Rules Seven 1.640m
  2. The Block: Fans v Faves Nine 1.346m
  3. Nine News Nine 1.163m
  4. Nine News 6:30 Nine 1.098m
  5. Seven News Seven 1.009m
  6. Seven News / Today Tonight Seven 994,000
  7. A Current Affair Nine 973,000
  8. The Blacklist Nine 935,000
  9. Home and Away Seven 921,000
  10. ABC News ABC1 848,000
  11. Inside Story Nine 760,000
  12. 7.30 ABC1 668,000
  13. Hot Seat Nine 654,000
  14. Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell ABC1 619,000
  15. Ten Eyewitness News Ten 610,000

Wednesday’s share:

  • Seven 26.6%
  • Nine 23.1%
  • ABC1 10.6%
  • TEN 9.0%
  • 7mate 4.7%
  • GO! 4.5%
  • SBS ONE 3.6%
  • ELEVEN 3.3%
  • 7TWO 3.2%
  • Gem 3.1%
  • Gem 3.1%
  • ABC2 2.8%
  • ONE 1.9%
  • ABC News 24 1.4%
  • ABC3 1.1%
  • SBS 2 1.1%
  • NITV 0.1%

Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2013. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM.

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