COVERAGE of The Ashes test has helped the WIN Network secure the top nine shows and 34 per cent of peak viewers in Canberra.

WIN had huge ratings for The Block: Sky High, their news programs, and the first episode of Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year: Asia which pulled in just over 42,000 viewers for the first episode.

Prime on the other hand didn’t fare too well, with the network dropping 4.2 per cent and 4 per cent across total viewers and peak viewers respectively. Without Packed to the Rafters and House Rules, they weren’t able to pull in the same audiences as they had in over the last few weeks during Peak Viewing.

Southern Cross Ten’s Under the Dome seems to have stabilised around the 30,000 mark, pulling in 30,050 this week, around 2,000 more viewers.

Overall, WIN won the week with an easy 32.4 per cent of total viewers due mainly to their coverage of The Ashes, The Block: Sky High, and their news programs. The ABC came in second with 24.9 per cent followed by Prime with 20.7 per cent. Meanwhile Southern Cross Ten dropped 1.1 percentage-points and 15.6 per cent of total viewers, and SBS brought up the rear with 6.4 per cent.

Top 20 programs – Canberra 07 – 13 July 2013

1 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH -SUN WIN 57,317

2 NATIONAL NEWS SUNDAY WIN 48,046

3 THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BAKE OFF WIN 44,812

4 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH -THU WIN 43,232

5 HAMISH & ANDY’S GAP YEAR ASIA WIN 42,546

6 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH -TUE WIN 42,344

7 NATIONAL NEWS WIN 40,526

8 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH -MON WIN 40,490

9 WIN NEWS WIN 39,404

10 FATHER BROWN-EV ABC1 38,014

11 60 MINUTES WIN 37,217

12 BROADCHURCH-EV ABC1 36,944

13 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA TUES SC10 35,476

14 A PLACE TO CALL HOME PRIME7 34,495

15 MEDIA WATCH-EV ABC1 33,926

16 THE BLOCK SKY HIGH -WED WIN 32,264

17 NEW TRICKS RPT ABC1 31,794

18 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA MON SC10 31,779

19 GRAND DESIGNS-EV ABC1 31,743

20 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS PRIME7 31,548

Source: Regional TAM, Overnight data