Nine wins in tight Thursday ratings battle

Seven and Nine finished Thursday night in a virtual dead heat, with ratings shares of 25.5 per cent and 25.6 per cent respectively.

Seven’s performance was driven by My Kitchen Rules, which rated 1.679m, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTAM.

Meanwhile, Nine’s live NRL game between Parramatta Eels v Canterbury Bulldogs almost won in Sydney, where it rated 418,000, only just behind MKR’s 422,000.

Nine’s The Block: All Stars was second biggest show for the night, rating 1.304m.