Marc Fennell’s investigation into the manosphere, The State of Man, has drawn Aunty an audience of 840,000 with an average of 415,000.
ABC’s top brass (unlike advertisers) will be pleased with that effort ahead of their annual showcase today.
Nonetheless, Nine’s The Block and Seven’s My Kitchen Rules continue to duke it out for top billing on prime time. Can you believe The Block posted only 1,000 more average viewers (1.085 million) than MKR on Tuesday evening?
In fact, B&T understands MKR is having one of its strongest seasons for years in terms of audience.
A bit earlier in the evening, Nine’s Tipping Point beat Seven’s The Chase in the battle of the game shows.
Meanwhile Network Ten’s The Cheap Seats posted strong numbers and, according to Paramount, has been the top rating in its time slot in its season to date.


