The Block beats House Rules but Seven wins the night

Channel Nine’s The Block edged out Seven’s competing home renovation show House Rules last night with 1.367m viewers from 7-8pm, over House Rules’s 1.139m, OzTAM’s preliminary metro ratings show.

The Block was also the most watched show among 25-54’s, with 709,000 metro viewers in the category, just ahead of House Rules’s 557,000.

Competing with Channel Nine for the 25-54 demographic in the 7.30pm time slot was Ten’s Masterchef, which scored eighth in the category with 417,000 viewers aged 25-54, and 745,000 across all age groups.

Although ABC1’s 7.30 had more total viewers than Masterchef, with 768,000 total viewers, the show had a lower rating among 25-54s.