The Block helps Nine edge ahead of Seven in weekly ratings battle

September 16, 2018 5:59

A close race in the weekly ratings battle between Australia’s two largest commercial free-to-air channels, Seven and Nine, came down to a 0.2 point difference in audience share this week.

Nine’s primary channel finished the week with 20.8%, only marginally ahead of Seven’s 20.6%. Thanks to the AFL finals ramping up – and thus the strong performance of Seven’s multi-channel 7mate – Seven won the network battle with 31.4%, compared to Nine Network’s 28.5%.

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Vivienne Kelly

Vivienne Kelly was previously the editor of Mumbrella from 2016 to August 2020.

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Pete Rush 17 Sep 18

last week the older, builder contestant, put under ridiculous time pressures had a mental breakdown. And the wife claimed the show was deliberately creating drama. Scottie’s response to both left me appalled. Will never watch the show again.

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