Block helps Nine in two-way ratings battle THE Block jumped to its best night of the year as Seven and Nine dominated another Sunday night's television viewing. The Block: All Stars averaged 1.399 million viewers in the five capital cities, adding more than 200,000 viewers to its best result of the year before last night. The Block was the top show for the night with Seven's Downton Abbey back up to 1.337 million for Seven. Seven had a 24.9 per cent channel share against Nine's 21.4 per cent, with Ten on 14.5 per cent and ABC1 on 11.9 per cent. Seven's factual duo, The Force and Border Security, bolstered Seven's night with 1.292 million and 1.263 million viewers respectively. Sunday Night and 60 Minutes split the current affairs battle with Seven's 6.30pm program earning 1.187 million viewers and Nine's 60 Minutes attracting 1.168 million viewers and winning in Sydney and Melbourne. 60 Minutes also ranked second in the key advertising demographic of 18-to-49 year-olds. Nine's promptly-produced news special about South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, Bladerunner: My Love My Killer, hosted by Peter Stefanovic, averaged a strong 792,000. Network Ten maintained its Sunday night audience share with Masterchef The Professionals up slightly on last week to 893,000 (and ranking third among 18-to-49 year-olds) and Elementary steadying at 869,000. On pay-TV, the test match between Australia and India averaged 172,000 viewers nationally with the best NAB Cup AFL pool match averaging 167,000 (Greater Western Sydney versus Carlton). The umpteenth repeat of the movie Grease, on TV1, averaged 96,000 viewers. On Saturday night, Seven confirmed a week 8 win with a 25.3 per cent channel share against Nine's 20.2 per cent, ABC1"s 13.6 per cent and Ten's 11.3 per cent.