And it has seemingly done it against all odds, as it is not being done any favours by Ten by having near-certified flop The Renovators as its lead in. Last night it rated a paltry 670,000.
Yes, that means it increased its audience from The Renovators lead-in.
It also survived a dangerous bump to 9:50pm some weeks ago, when Ten were messing up its schedule just to launch The Renovators.
Because of that bump, it posted 591,000 viewers.
After it got a more respectable timeslot the next week, it climbed slightly to 593,000.
Shoved back in its normal 8:30pm slot the next week, it grabbed 745,000 viewers, then of course this week, it climbed back up to 789,000.
This is around the numbers that allowed Good News Week to survive for so long, so logic dictates that Ten will keep Can of Worms.
With only 3 episodes to go until the end of the first season, it is unlikely to drop very far beneath 700,000 viewers.
Basically, Can of Worms is one of the only moderately successful new shows they have debuted this year; The Renovators has bombed, 6:30pm with George Negus is still struggling and The Defenders has been moved to One.
In other news, one of Seven's shiny new US products in Suits looks set for the scrap-heap after pulling only 383,000 viewers in its debut episode, dropping to 335,000 for its second episode.
It was soundly beaten by Q&A on 647,000.
Fans should hope Seven at least shift it to 7mate and not dump it completely.
Though Seven can take heart from the fact that the Dana Delany vehicle Body of Proof nabbed 830,000 viewers.
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