Nobody watches the Parade The commercial networks are often chastised for not offering quality drama products, yet last night gave them ample ammunition for such decisions as the critically acclaimed and heavily publicised BBC and HBO co-production Parade's End was abandoned by audiences. The show also struggled for an audience in the UK when it aired, however the failure to even make the Top 20 is a blow which may see future episodes moved to a different time or one of the Network's other digital channels. Despite the star power of Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch and a generous time slot, the two episode debut of Parade's End rated a mere 453,000 and 322,000 viewers in the metro markets, ranking it fourth for the time slot. Parade's End didn't take many viewers for a ride on its Australian debut. Instead we watched Last Resort, QI and Mr & Mrs Murder, though the latter suffered a dip in ratings, only managing 3rd place with 598,000 viewers, down from 715,000 last week, ranking it 17th for the night, frustratingly one spot behind Sean Micallef's other offering, Mad as Hell on the ABC. Mr & Mrs Murder has been doing very well with catch-up audiences though, consistently ranking first on the night among the time-shifted audiences over the last few Wednesdays. Ten will be hoping for another similar boos this week. It wasn't all bad news for Nine as The Block: All Stars recorded its largest mid-week audience this season to take second place for the night overall. This tends to highlight how many viewers saw the promos for the series without tuning in half an hour later. Seven won the night convincingly with 25.4% of the audience, championed by the ratings juggernaut that is My Kitchen Rules which had its lowest mid-week ratings since debut, yet still dominated the evening. The beleaguered Ten network again ranked fourth among the free-to-air channels with a 10.4% market share, behind Nine (19.6%) and the ABC (13.8%). Wednesday 6th March 2013 Free-to-air ratings 1 My Kitchen Rules Seven 1,753,000 2 The Block: All Stars Nine 1,294,000 3 Nine News Nine 1,202,000 4 Seven News Seven 1,131,000 5 A Current Affair Nine 964,000 6 Today Tonight Seven 962,000 7 ABC News ABC1 960,000 8 Home And Away Seven 901,000 9 Last Resort Seven 771,000 10 QI ABC1 759,000 11 7.30 ABC1 691,000 12 The Agony Of Life ABC1 688,000 13 Hot Property Nine 685,000 14 Ten News At Five Ten 657,000 15 Hot Seat Nine 624,000 16 Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell ABC1 623,000 17 Mr & Mrs Murder Ten 598,000 18 Last Resort E2 Seven 526,000 19 Adam Hills: The Last Leg ABC1 521,000 20 Modern Family Ep 2 (Rpt) Ten 456,000 SOURCE: OzTam