The Block and The Ashes take Nine to tight weekly ratings win

Tim Burrowes

August 11, 2019 4:16

Late night ratings boosts from the final two days of the first Ashes test have helped Nine seal another weekly network ratings win across all of the key commercial demographics.

Nine enjoyed a metro network share of 30.9% of total people, ahead of Seven’s 28.8% and Ten’s 17.5%.

The Nine Network’s strong performance was boosted by the cricket performing well on secondary channel Gem, while the return of The Block delivered decent numbers on the main channel.

Nine also won the weekly ratings battle in the key advertising demographics of 16-39 and 25-54.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Pete Rush 14 Aug 19

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