Nine’s The Block triumphs in Sunday night premiere battle, with 1.163m viewers

The three free-to-air commercial TV networks went head to head with new television shows last night, but it was Nine’s The Block which came out on top, with a premiere audience of 1.163m for the evening.

Nine’s The Block, now in its 14th season, was up on last year’s premiere of 1.117m metro viewers and also led the key advertising demographics, the 16-39s, 18-49s and 25-54s. It also beat the premiere of Seven’s Little Big Shots – which was down 42% on last year to 963,000 viewers – and had a higher audience than the premiere of Ten’s Russell Coight: All Aussie Adventures, which pulled an audience of 881,000.

The Block’s 2018 lineup

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