HD Ratings: CSI Still Worth Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’s two-hour series final, Immortality, rated strongly enough to justify its longevity.

The 15-year-old procedural averaged 3.1% – 5.9% of the commercial demographics on Thursday and won the 8.30-10.30 zone with TV3’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, and household shopper with kids.

The first hour was resoundingly beaten in all four key demos by TV2’s Neighbours at War (6.9% – 7.4%) and Bogans (5.6% – 7.1%).

But the second hour beat both TV2’s Embarrassing Bodies (3.2% – 3.5%) and TV1’s Allan Carr: Chatty Man (1.3% – 3.3%).

TV1’s House Husbands (2.4% – 3.9%) finished third at 8.30 off the back of Restoration Man (3.3% – 6.4%), which was dwarfed by TV2’s Police Ten 7 (8.9% – 10.8%) and Highway Patrol (7.9% – 8.6%) but beat TV3’s The X Factor UK (4.1% – 4.4%) except in the 18-39 demo.

TV2 won the night in three of the key demos while TV1 narrowly won the 25-54 race:

On Wednesday, TV3’s The Block NZ: Villa Wars (3.7% – 5.0%) finished third at 7.30, where TV2’s Reno Rumble averaged 7.0% – 10.6% off the back of Shortland Street’s 12.4% – 18.5%.

The two shows set up TV2 to win the rest of the night with The Big Bang Theory (8.1% – 11.5%), Mom (6.3% – 7.8%), Mike & Molly (4.3% – 6.0%) and Brooklyn Nine Nine (2.3% – 4.0%).

The return of The Island With Bear Grylls averaged 1.7% – 3.2% on TV1, and was most popular with 18-49s, while lead-in Benefits Street averaged 4.2% – 5.5% to beat The X Factor UK (1.4% – 4.0%).

TV2 easily won the night, with shares in two of the demos topping 30%, while TV3’s shares were in the low teens: