HD Ratings: TV3 Big Gun Calms Troubled Waters

TV3’s Monday night ratings rebounded this week when it repeated the blockbuster Battleship in the slot where Married at First Sight USA tanked.

It averaged 5.6% of 25-54 year-olds, the network’s target audience, beating both Australian Survivor and Wentworth on TV2 and TV One’s ailing crime dramas.

The contest was narrower in the 18-49 demographic, with Battleship triumphing over Survivor but being edged out by Wentworth.

TV2 will be concerned Survivor’s 18-49 audience plummeted from 7.1% at the outset, on the back off Shortland Street, to 4.1% — which Wentworth clawed back to win the 9.00 hour.

Nonetheless, the pulling power of an hour-long SS and Wentworth helped TV2 to win the night in all the key demos, with TV3 finishing second.

Below are the primetime ratings tables for Monday in the 25-54, 18-49 and 5+ contests (the first number under the programme’s title is the rating average and the second number the channel share):