HD Ratings: The Block Still Delivers The Biggest Bang

TV2’s rejigging of its Wednesday comedy block didn’t stop TV3’s The Block NZ: Villa Wars from winning the 7.30 hour in three of the four core demographics.

It averaged 6.9% – 10.8% and only lost the 25-54 race because of the popularity of TV1’s Fair Go Ad Awards, which averaged 9.9% of this demo.

TV2’s The Middle (5.6% – 10.8%) out-rated the first half-hour of The Block in the 18-39 and household shopper demos.

But while replacing Black-Ish at 8.00 with a Big Bang Theory re-run (5.7% – 8.5%) bolstered ratings for the slot, it didn’t stop viewers migrating to The Block.

The new BBT episode at 8.30 averaged 6.3% – 9.0% ahead of Mom’s season three premiere (4.7% – 5.8%).

They won the 8.30 hour against TV1’s DNA Detectives (3.6% – 6.4%) and TV3’s extra-long X Factor UK (3.6% – 5.4%).

TV2 won the night in three of the core demos, TV1 scooped  25-54s and TV3 topped 20% shares in each demo except 18-39:

On Tuesday, The Block (8.1% – 8.5%) again dominated, losing the 7.30 hour to TV2’s My Kitchen Rules NZ (4.78% – 12.2%) only in the HHS demo.

But TV2 won the rest of the night with Step Dave (5.1% – 9.2%) and Empire (4.9% – 9.2%).

TV’s The Player (3.4% – 6.3%) and TV3’s The Blacklist (4.2% – 5.7%) seesawed at 8.30 while the return of TV3’s SVU (2.3% – 2.7%) finished behind TV1’s Battle Creek (2.0% – 4.2%) except in the 18-39 demo.

Although TV2 largely won the night, the HD networks were competitive in all the key demos except HHS: