The Block season final Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings ratings
(Image: Nine)

Nine’s night in the main channels but not total people (which Seven narrowly won, 29.5% to 29.3%). Without The Voice in the line-up, Seven’s main channel share slumped to 18.2%, with Nine on 21.8% thanks to another rise for The Block past 1.2 million national viewers for the first time this series (1.29 million).

Seven made do by resurrecting the members of ABBA from their retirement homes with yet another special, ABBA Forever (818,000) — a bit like the way Nine brings Crocodile Dundee back from the dead and everyone breathes new life into the Shawshank Redemption every now and then. ABBA Forever was followed by the Hugh Jackman movie The Greatest Showman — 456,000. Just beat the weak The Cheap Seats on Ten half an hour later, which was on 433,000. 

In breakfast, News Breakfast on the ABC jumped to second with 358,000 nationally as Nine’s Today dipped to 336,000. Sunrise won as usual with 448,000. The night session of the Paralympics did well again for Seven on 7mate with 401,000, which made Seven’s overall share look better than the main channel weakness suggested it was.

Tonight: more Games and Hard Quiz, though avoid Question Everything on the ABC — like The Block, you might take it seriously. On The Bachelor, three beauties left — which one will he share a face mask with? Be still my aching brain.

Network channel share:

  1. Seven (29.5%)
  2. Nine (29.3%)
  3. Ten (20.9%)
  4. ABC (13.8%)
  5. SBS (6.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (21.8%)
  2. Seven (18.2%)
  3. Ten (14.3%)
  4. ABC (9.7%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.8%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (7.0%)
  2. 7TWO (3.0%)
  3. 10 Bold (2.8%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.6%)
  5. GO (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.821 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.770 million
  3. Nine News  — 1.456 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.410 million
  5. The Block (Nine) — 1.292 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.136 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.127 million
  8. Home and Away (Seven) — 1.037 million
  9. The Chase Australia 5.30pm (Seven) — 980,000
  10. Australian Survivor (Ten) — 888,000

Top metro programs: 

1. Seven News  — 1.157 million
2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.137 million
3. Nine News  — 1.072 million
4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.037 million 

Losers: The Block, despite its pick-up.

Metro news and current affairs

  1. Seven News 1.157 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.137 million
  3. Nine News —1.072 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 —1.037 million
  5. ACA (Nine) — 773,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —702,000
  7. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 535,000
  8. 7.30 (ABC) — 487,000
  9. Ten News First (ABC) — 373,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 322,000

Morning (national) TV

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 448,000/260,000
  2. News Breakfast (ABC) — 358,000/245,000
  3. Today (Nine) — 336,000/223,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 266,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 192,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  54,000

Top five pay TV programs:

  1. Credlin (Sky News) — 78,000
  2. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 74,000
  3. The Bolt Report (Sky News) —69,000
  4. AFL: 360 (Fox Footy) — 62,000
  5. Wentworth (Fox Showcase) — 53,000