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The Block tops Thursday

Reality ruled the roost on Thursday night with Nine’s The Block topping the ratings with an overnight metro audience of 1.239m.

Meanwhile, Ten’s reality offering MasterChef averaged 1.053m, sixth for the night according to OzTam. MasterChef performed well in key demographics – second for the night behind The Block in 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.

Seven’s best performer was Seven News, rating 1.204m, second for the night.

In the battle of breakfast, Seven’s Sunrise eased to a comfortable win over Nine’s Today, by 374,000 to 308,000. Ten’s Breakfast rated 29,000.

  1. The Block Nine 1.239m
  2. Seven News Seven 1.204m
  3. Nine News Nine 1.171m
  4. Today Tonight Seven 1.162m
  5. A Current Affair Nine 1.054m
  6. Masterchef Ten 1.053m
  7. Hot Property Nine 1.013m
  8. ABC News ABC 0.956m
  9. Home and Away Seven 0.833m
  10. Ten News Ten 0.695m
  11. The Footy Show – AFL and NRL Nine 0.671m
  12. Glee Ten 0.657m
  13. Hot Seat Nine 0.650m
  14. 7:30 ABC 0.647m
  15. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 0.629m
Ratings share:
  • Nine: 22.4%
  • Seven: 19.8%
  • Ten: 15.5%
  • ABC1: 11.7%
  • SBS1: 4.9%
  • 7TWO 4.7%
  • GO!: 4.1%
  • Eleven: 3.8%
  • 7mate: 3.4%
  • One: 2.9%
  • ABC2: 2.4%
  • Gem: 2.2%
  • SBS2: 0.9%
  • ABC News 24: 0.8%
  • ABC3: 0.5%
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