OK, only one show in town this week and it isn’t The Block or anything to do with the NBN. It’s the dramtic episode of The Bachette tonight, and D Day tomorrow night from the final two fellas. So after a miserable first three nights of the week, it will be gold so far as the ratings are concerned for Ten. Ten premieres Sisters after The Bachette at 8.40pm — seems to be worth a look. Let’s hope it’s not The Wrong Girl redux.

The Block did it for Nine last night with help from the ageing The Big Bang Theory. The Block had 1.72 million national viewers and Big Bang 1.160 million and that was the night. If it hadn’t been for The Block it would have been quiet a boring night.

In the regions The Block was number one with 565,000 viewers, followed by Seven News with 556,000, then Seven News/Today Tonight with 489,000, then Home and Away with 440,000, and fifth was 800 Words with 416,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (31.8%)
  2. Seven (28.0%)
  3. ABC (16.7%)
  4. Ten (15.6%)
  5. SBS (7.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.7%)
  2. Seven (19.5%)
  3. ABC (12.0%)
  4. Ten (11.3%)
  5. SBS ONE (5.9%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO, GO (3.3%)
  2. 7mate (3.1%)
  3. ABC 2, Gem (3.0%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.729 million
  2. Seven News  — 1.493 million
  3. Seven News/Today Tonight — 1.371 million
  4. Nine/NBN News 6.30 — 1.221 million
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.194 million
  6. Nine/NBN News — 1.179 million
  7. The Big Bang Theory (Nine) — 1.160 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.107 million
  9. 7pm ABC News — 1.088 million
  10. 800 Words — 983,000

Top metro programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.165 million

Losers: Seven — only a few sleeps to go till The Block is over.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 937,000
  2. Nine News (6.30pm) — 921,000
  3. Nine News — 904,000
  4. Seven News/Today Tonight — 902,000
  5. A Current Affair (Nine) —841,000
  6. 7pm ABC News - 745,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 573,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 492,000
  9. Ten Eyewitness News — 416,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 330,000

Morning (National) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) – 474,000
  2. Today (Nine) – 396,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC, 176,000 + 73,000 on News 24) — 249,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 183,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 167,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) — 125,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Lawless — The Real Bushrangers (History) — 73,000
  2. Football: FFA Cup (Fox Sports) — 71,000
  3. Paul Murray Live (Sky) — 62,000
  4. NCIS (TVHITS) — 53,000
  5. Jones & Co (Sky News) — 49,000