Mr and Mrs Cheese elimination wins 1.7m for Seven as The Block grows Tuesday night audience to 1.158m

My Kitchen Rules’ elimination of “Mr and Mrs Cheese” drew more than 1.7m viewers to Channel Seven last night as The Block had 1.158m watching contestants strive to come up with original ideas for their living and dining rooms.

The Biggest Loser had 390,000 viewers on Channel Ten, and ABC1 was third in the 7.30pm timeslot with 685,000 for 7.30 and 560,000 for Family Confidential, preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam show.

Despite falling second in its timeslot The Block continued to grow its audience, with its highest Tuesday night rating yet, and Nine picked up the biggest audience from 8.40pm with 1.079m for a new episode of The Big Bang Theory.

Nine then held onto 853,000 for a repeat of The Big Bang Theory that followed, while Seven had 886,000 for a new episode of its original Aussie drama Winners and Losers.