Blacklist finale fuels Seven's ratings glow James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington continues to rate well in Seven's The Blacklist. THE final episode of The Blacklist averaged 1.122 million viewers in a solid conclusion. The two-part finale to the hit US drama was delayed a week in the US due to an extended season of The Voice. Consequently Seven could only "fast-track" the major new American hit of the Australian TV year in the first week of the non-ratings season. The figure was well down on its opening week audience of 1.5 million-plus but up slightly in figures for the past month. And the true beleivers stuck with the final episode of Kerry O'Brien's four-part interview series with the former prime minister Paul Keating. Its 759,000 capital-city viewers compared well with its season average of 799,000 viewers. Seven News won the night in all people in the metropolitan markets with 1.122 million viewers, ahead of Nine News" 1.110 million. Nine News continues to win in Sydney with its one-hour bulletin also crunching Today Tonight. Seven won the night with a 23.5 per cent channel share in all people ahead of Nine's 18.8 per cent, ABC1"s 13.5 per cent and Ten's 12.0 per cent. Both of Seven's multichannels were the only ones to record shares of more than four per cent. And Sandra Bullock's popularity in this market was confirmed again with the Nine movie Miss Congeniality averaging 527,000 viewers for its umpteenth repeat.