House Rules begins to close gap on The Block

Tim Burrowes

May 31, 2013 10:19

The recovery of Seven’s House Rules continued on Thursday night with the show rating just 80,000 viewers behind Nine’s rival renovation reality show The Block.

According to overnight metro ratings from OzTAM, The Block rated 1.087m while House Rules rated 1.007m.

It is the closest House Rules has yet come to The Block. Catchup show The Block Unlocked rated 807,000.

Nine’s The Footy Show rated 856,000.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.