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The finale of The Block did its usual magic for Nine last night: its 2.478 million for the winners’ announcement was much better than 2020’s 2.33 million, and almost matched 2019’s 2.57 million. And the grand final lead-up averaged 2.091 million, again better than 2020’s 1.90 million and 2019’s 2.07 million.

Metro viewers totalled 1.835 million for the victory announcement and 1.555 million for the lead-up; the regional audience for the winner’s announcement totalled 642,000 for the announcement, 636,000 for the lead-up.

Surprisingly, though, The Block was not the most-watched program in the regions last night — that was Nine’s 60 Minutes, with 655,000 as it enjoyed a boost from the final minutes of The Block.

Insiders had another solid audience yesterday — 632,000 — which again made it a top 10 program nationally.

Regional Top 5: 60 Minutes, 655,000; The Block (winners’ announcement), 642,000; The Block (grand final), 636,000; Seven News, 468,000; 7pm ABC News, 336,000. 

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (46.6%)
  2. Seven (20.8%)
  3. Ten (14.1%)
  4. ABC (13.6%)
  5. SBS (4.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (40.8%)
  2. Seven (14.0%)
  3. ABC (9.9%)
  4. Ten (9.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.1%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7mate (2.8%)
  2. 7TWO (2.3%)
  3. 10 Bold (2.2%)
  4. ABC Kids/Plus, 10 Peach (1.8%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block grand final, winners announcement (Nine) — 2.478 million
  2. The Block grand final (Nine) — 2.091 million
  3. Seven News  — 1.372 million
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 1.342 million
  5. Nine News — 1.327 million
  6. 7pm ABC News — 889,000
  7. 7News Spotlight — 772,000
  8. Restoration Australia (ABC) — 772,000
  9. Insiders (ABC TV, ABC News) — 632,000
  10. Celebrity MasterChef (Ten) — 567,000

Top metro programs: 

  1. The Block grand final, winners announcement (Nine) — 1.835 million
  2. The Block grand final (Nine) — 1.555 million

Losers: None.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Nine News — 999,000
  2. Seven News — 904,000
  3. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 688,000
  4. 7pm ABC News — 554,000
  5. 7News Spotlight — 499,000
  6. The Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 312,000
  7. Ten News First — 251,000
  8. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 247,000
  9. SBS World News — 130,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 632,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 384,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 379,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 318,000
  5. Offsiders — 216,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 185,000

Top 5 pay TV programs: 

1. Supercars Round Supernight 2 (Fox Sports 506) — 180,000
2. Supercars Round Supernight 2 (Fox Sports 506) — 160,000
3. Supercars Sydney Podium R25 (Fox Sports 506) — 165,000
4. Supercars The Grid Sydney R24 (Fox Sports 506) — 143,000
5. Supercars Round Supernight 2 (Fox Sports 506) — 130,000