A big night in TV by anyone’s language: The Block Sky High (1st – 1,612,000) draws big numbers for the room reveal and puts it well ahead of anything else; MasterChef Australia (8th – 1,107,000) launches relatively well and importantly over one million; Paper Giants: Magazine Wars (12th – 846,000) does OK but struggles against too much other noise; and A Place To Call Home (5th – 1,229,000) lands its first victory over House Husbands (11th – 901,000).
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: The Block Sky High – Ch9
7:30pm: 60 Minutes – Ch9
8:30pm: A Place To Call Home – Ch7
9:30pm: CSI – Ch9
Channel 9 & Channel 7 tied the night for the win (22.7%), followed by Channel 10 (15%) & ABC1 (13.8%).