Royal wedding helps Seven snatch ratings week

Seven’s gamble with the Royal Wedding on Friday night paid off, putting a halt to Nine’s lead across the week driven by The Block.

Seven drew 1.06m viewers and a whopping 41& share. Nine still claimed the demos for the week but it lost the lead it had in Total People.

Bathurst 1000 and Australian Survivor scored for TEN.

Network:
Seven: 29.3
Nine: 27.4
TEN: 19.2
ABC: 17.4
SBS: 6.7

Primary channel:
Seven: 20.1
Nine: 19.2
TEN: 13.3
ABC: 12.4
SBS: 4.4

Multichannels:
7TWO: 3.7
7mate / 9GO!: 3.5
ONE: 3.4
9GEM: 2.8
ABC KIDS COMEDY: 2.7
ELEVEN: 2.5
7flix: 2.0
9Life: 1.8
SBS VICELAND: 1.3
SBS FOOD Network: 0.9
ABC ME: 0.7
NITV: 0.2

Nine won 16-39 and 25-5 demos.

Nine won Sunday – Thursday, Seven claimed Friday & Saturday. ABC bettered TEN on Sunday, Monday & Saturday.

Seven won all 5 metro cities.

Best brands last week were:

Seven: Royal Wedding (1.06m), Seven News (929,000), All Together Now (813,000) and

Nine: The Block (1.15m), Nine News (Sun: 840,000) and 60 Minutes (640,000).

TEN: Bathurst 1000 (Podium: 957,000), Australian Survivor (Winner Announced: 877,000) and Have You Been Paying Attention? (731,000).

ABC: Australian Story (717,000), ABC News (Sun: 701,000), and Hard Quiz (688,000).

SBS: Tony Robinson’s Hidden Britain by Drone (304,000), Great Continental Railway Journeys (271,000),  Great British Railway Journeys (259,000).