The Block tops the night as Ten kicks off Sochi coverage

Channel Nine’s The Block: Fans v Faves rose to the top of the ratings last night with 1.134m viewers, helping Nine win the night with a 22.4 per cent share of the audience.

The Block was also the most time-shifted show last week as its audience went up from 1.236m last Thursday to 1.353m in the seven days since, an increase of 117,000 viewers.

Ten’s first coverage from the Winter Olympics which included a preview of tonight’s Big Bash League final between the Hobart Hurricanes and Perth Scorchers and coverage of qualifiers for the first event on Ten, called Sochi’s Big Bash, averaged 305,000 viewers from 8.30pm until midnight.

However Channel Seven won the news battle in all people as it had the most viewers across the five cities, 1.059m for the first half hour as Nine had 969,000, and in the second half hour Seven had 1.038m with it’s news in three capitals and Today Tonight in Adelaide and Perth, as Nine had 892,000 for its extended news bulletin.