Underbelly Razor to debut on The Block’s finale night

Tim Burrowes

August 7, 2011 3:44

Nine is to launch its long awaited fourth series of Underbelly in a fortnight’s time, the network’s head of programming Andrew Backwell has revealed.

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Backwell said Underbelly Razor would premiere with a two hour episode on Sunday August 21, the same night as the final of Nine’s renovation contest The Block.

Backwell told the Tele: “It will be the highest rating night of television on Channel Nine this year.”

Although Nine was trounced by Seven in the first half of the 2011 ratings seasons, recent weeks have seen it close the gap.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.