Inside The Human Body episode of man dying wins time slot for Nine

Nine’s decision to air a controversial BBC documentary showing the death of a 84-year-old man appeared to pay off last night with the show winning its time slot.  

Albeit being the 7th most-watched show last night with just over 1 million, the Inside The Human Body episode won the 8:30 slot, according to preliminary metro ratings from OzTam.

The network defended the move after it caused a stir in the UK in an article published in the Herald Sun.

A Nine spokesman said: “We accept that, for many people, to watch this may be a challenging experience.  However, the decision to have the cameras present was made by Gerald himself, as he hoped the footage would show viewers that death is not necessarily painful, frightening or humiliating.”

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Masterchef won the night with 1.53 million and The Block came in second with 1.8 million.

Nine easily won the night with 23.7% share followed by Ten with 19.4% and Seven with 17.4%.

Seven leads the weekly share into the weekend with 22.4% ahead of Nine’s 19.5% and Ten’s 18%.

Thursday’s top 15 shows:

1. Masterchef Ten 1.532
2. The Block Nine 1.188
3. Seven News Seven 1.166
4. Today Tonight Seven 1.137
5. Nine News Nine 1.135
6. A Current Affair Nine 1.040
7. Inside the Human Body Nine 1.035
8. Hot Property Nine 0.961
9. Home and Away Seven 0.891
10. Law and Order: SVU – Episode 1 Ten 0.891
11. ABC News ABC 0.873
12. Law and Order: SVU – Episode 2 Ten 0.782
13. Grey’s Anatomy Seven 0.767
14. The Footy Show Nine 0.749
15. The 7PM Project Ten 0.682

Thursday’s channel share:

Nine: 23.7%
Ten: 19.4%
Seven: 17.4%
ABC1: 9.5%
7TWO: 4.9%
GO!: 4.4%
Eleven: 4.1%
SBS1: 3.8%
7mate: 3.6%
ABC2: 3.0%
Gem!: 2.7%
One: 2.0%
ABC3: 0.7%
ABC News 24: 0.5%
SBS2: 0.3%