Seven clinches ratings week as battle heats up

TV reset the primetime battle last week, with a new reality battle, but while The Block launched huge for Nine at 867,000 metro viewers, Seven’s fortunes with sport helped it to secure another week.

The Commonwealth Games drew up to 729,000, while AFL scored on Friday & Saturday.

Network:
Seven: 32.3
Nine: 29.0
10: 16.0
ABC: 14.9
SBS: 7.8

Primary channel:
Seven: 22.2
Nine: 21.3
ABC: 10.5
10: 10.3
SBS: 4.2

Multichannels:
7mate: 5.3
7TWO: 3.3
10 Peach: 2.6
9GO! / 10 BOLD: 2.4
9GEM: 2.3
ABC TV Plus: 2.1
ABC News: 2.0
9Life: 1.9
7flix / SBS VICELAND: 1.4
9RUSH: 1.2
SBS Food / SBS World Movies: 0.9
10 Shake: 0.7
ABC ME: 0.4
NITV: 0.2
SBS WorldWatch: 0.0

Seven won the demos 16 – 39 and 25 – 54.

Seven bookended the week with wins on Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday. Nine claimed Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. ABC bettered 10 on Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Seven was victorious on Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth. Nine won Sydney & Brisbane.

Best brands last week were:

Seven: Seven News (Sun: 982,000), Commonwealth Games (Day 10 night: 729,000), Seven’s AFL (Sat: 547,000) and The Chase (537,000).

Nine: The Block (Launch: 867,000), Nine News (6:30: 821,000), A Current Affair (648,000) and Movie: Grease (440,000).

10: The Masked Singer (Mon reveal: 605,000), Have You Been Paying Attention? (573,000), The Dog House (439,000) and The Cheap Seats (389,000).

ABC: ABC News (575,000), Back Roads (487,000), 7:30 (451,000) and Spicks & Specks (449,000).

SBS: Who Do You Think You Are? (231,000), Insight (183,000), New York: The City That Never Sleeps (176,000) and World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (155,000).

Infogram supplied by Nine: