HD Ratings: Newshub Doco Wins Wednesday

Newshub Investigates: The Enchanter Tragedy easily won its slot in the core commercial demographics on Wednesday to help deliver Three a clean sweep from 7.30-11.00.

It averaged 3.2% of 25-54 year-olds and 2.2% of 18-49s on the back of 3.4%/2.4% for The Block NZ: Redemption.

Three used the documentary to successfully launch The Men Who Sold the World Cup, which averaged 1.2%/0.7% and helped lead-out Newshub Late to win with 0.9%/0.6%.

Enchanter’s TVNZ rivals, George Clarke’s Flipping Fast and Taskmaster’s New Year Treat, each averaged 2.0% of 25-54s but the latter drew more 18-49s (1.7% vs 1.3%).

At 7.30, TVNZ 2’s Celebrity Treasure Island level-pegged with Block in the 18-49 demo while TVNZ 1’s The Celebrity Chase trailed on 1.7%; in the 25-54 stakes, Chase pipped CTI (2.7% vs 2.6%).

And at 9.30, TVNZ 2’s Live at the Apollo (0.8% of 25-54s, 0.7% of 18-49s) led TVNZ 1’s Coronation Street (0.6%/0.3%).

TVNZ 1’s evening supremacy with The Chase, 1 News and Seven Sharp ensured it still won the night’s biggest key demo shares: 29.5% of 25-54s and 28.7% of 18-49s vs Three’s 24.5%/23.2%; TVNZ 2 averaged 13.8%/16.0%.

Meanwhile, Three’s State Memorial Service: HM Queen Elizabeth won its daytime slots on Monday, with the first hour averaging 1.0%/0.7% and the second 1.5%/1.0%.

Three also had a strong night, with The Project averaging 3.9%/2.8% to beat TVNZ 2’s Shortland Street and TVNZ 1’s Border Security (it replaced Seven Sharp, which was off-air because of the public holiday).

CTI and Block where competitive but Three’s The Rookie won the 8.30 hour while lead-out Special Victims Unit was marginally more popular than TVNZ 2’s Australian Survivor in the 18-49 demo but not among 25-54s.

As a result, Three narrowly won the night’s biggest 18-49 share (21.9% vs TVNZ 1’s 21.7%) and was competitive in the 25-54 race (22.3% vs 24.7%).

Note: These overnight ratings exclude viewership of the networks’ +1 SD channels.