Nine wins ratings for seventh week in a row
Nine has extended its ratings resurgence, beating Seven in main channel share for a seventh week running.
With 26 weeks of the 40-week official ratings year now complete, Seven has won 16 weeks of the year, while Nine has won ten.
The strong performance of The Block has helped Nine haul back Seven which at one point looked set to romp home with a win for the year in near-record time.
Nine won every weekday evening in all the key demographics, from Monday to Friday, while AFL helped Seven to wins on Friday and Saturday. Ten didn’t do better than third all week.
Nine finished with a weekly metro share of 20.9%, ahead of Seven’s 18.5%. ABC finished on 12.3% for the week, ahead of Ten’s 11.9%
Yesterday’s AFL saw Seven dominant in Melbourne, with an average 314,000 viewers in the city tuning in for Geelong vs GWS.
Seven’s share of Saturday night’s audience was a strong 21.2%. The ABC was second with 15.6%, ahead of Nine on 13.9% and Ten on 9.1%
The Block topped the week’s ratings
Last Sunday’s episode of The Block was most watched show of the week, with an average metro audience of 1.349m. It also topped the 16-39, 25-54 and grocery buyer demographics.
Ten’s best performance came in the 16-39 group, where the Wednesday and Thursday episodes of The Bachelor were second and third in the demographic.
Seven’s most watched program was the Sunday edition of Seven News, which averaged 1.168m.
The tables below are based on OzTam data and prepared for the trade press by Nine. They include Seven, Nine and Ten and exclude both ABC and SBS:
Tonight sees Seven debut Little Big Shots, which it pulled from July’s schedule to avoid putting it up against Nine’s Ninja Warrior. Little Big Shots replaces Seven’s Marco Pierre White ratings misfire Hell’s Kitchen. Also making its debut tonight for Ten tonight is a Sunday episode of The Project.
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