Aussie ratings: March 8

Unlike last week, the ratings for the latest Out of the Blue episode on Ten have been released. The bad news is that they were poor.

The latest episode, which featured more from the Blade/Bec saga, attracted just 289,000 viewers at 5.30pm - a fall of 18,000 from what it was getting two weeks ago.

But if it makes anyone feel any better, ratings seemed to be down across the board, partly due to the public holiday in some parts of Australia. Out of the Blue was actually ranked 30th for the day, while last week it didn't feature in the top 30 at all and the show at the bottom of the list had 332,000.

Next week, Bec and Kirsten try to escape from Blade's clutches. Only another 18 weeks until the murderer is revealed............