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

Last night made me wish I was back a week when we revisited the 1980s and ’90s with Dazza and others and were entertained in an old-fashioned way. But it was a desert in comparison, with nary a dessert to feed or sustain us until Monday night.

The Block dominated — top of the pops nationally and in the metros — 1.49 nationally, 1.06 million in the metros and 429,000 and second in the regions. But the format is so very old, almost 20 years old. Celebrity MasterChef on Ten — 758,000 — still stuck in the pantry looking for inspiration. Contrived.

Breakfast: Insiders, 651,000; Weekend Sunrise, 412,000; Landline, 396,000; Weekend Today, 324,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 483,000; The Block, 429,000; 7pm ABC News, 372,000; 7News Spotlight, 357,000; Nine News, 318,000. 

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (35.0%)
  2. Seven (25.2%)
  3. Ten (18.2%)
  4. ABC (15.2%)
  5. SBS (6.4%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (26.1%)
  2. Seven (18.9%)
  3. Ten (13.2%)
  4. ABC (11.1%)
  5. SBS ONE (3.7%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. Gem (3.5%)
  2. 7mate (2.9%)
  3. GO (2.5%)
  4. 10 Bold (2.4%) 
  5. ABC News, 10 Peach (1.9%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.492 million
  2. Seven News  — 1.431 million
  3. Nine News — 1.352 million
  4. 7pm ABC News — 1.019 million
  5. 7News Spotlight — 949,000
  6. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 897,000
  7. Restoration Australia (ABC) — 773,000
  8. Celebrity MasterChef (Ten) — 758,000
  9. Insiders (ABC) — 651,000
  10. Fires (ABC) — 546,000

Top metro programs: 

  1. The Block (Nine) — 1.064 million
  2. Seven News — 1.033 million

Losers: the night as a whole — just snoring.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News — 1.033 million
  2. Nine News — 947,000
  3. 7pm ABC News — 647,000
  4. 60 Minutes (Nine) — 623,000
  5. Sunday Project 7pm (Ten) — 373,000
  6. Nine Late News — 337,000
  7. The Sunday Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 290,000
  8. Ten News First — 262,000
  9. SBS World News — 150,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Insiders (ABC, ABC News) — 651,000
  2. Weekend Sunrise (Seven) — 412,000
  3. Landline (ABC) — 396,000
  4. Weekend Today (Nine) — 324,000
  5. Offsiders (ABC) — 287,000
  6. Sports Sunday (Nine) — 173,000

Top 4 pay TV programs: 

  1. Cricket: The Blast (Fox Cricket) — 92,000
  2. Cricket: WBBL (Fox Cricket) — 74,000
  3. Outsiders (ABC) — 73,000
  4. Cricket: WBBL Innings Break (Fox Cricket) — 61,000