HD Ratings: TVNZ 2 No Longer All at Sea

TVNZ 2 hit the ratings jackpot when it abruptly ditched Monday’s Extreme Weddings and Naked Attraction for a re-run of the movie Ocean’s 8.

The female heist reboot won its slot in the core commercial demographics whereas the programmes it replaced finished third the week prior.

It averaged 2.5% of 25-54 year-olds and 1.9% of 18-49s to rate well ahead of the competition.

Three finished second, with 9-1-1 averaging 2.1%/1.3% and 9-1-1: Lone Star 1.0%/0.9%.

TVNZ 1’s Shop Well for the Planet? averaged 1.3%/1.0% and Billy Connolly re-run 0.9%/0.7%.

Ocean’s 8’s success also was helped by lead-in MasterChef Australia (3.4%/2.5%) beating Three’s The Block NZ: Redemption (3.0%/2.2%); TVNZ 1’s Fair Go averaged 3.4%/2.0%.

Earlier, TVNZ 2’s Shortland Street out-rated TVNZ 1’s Seven Sharp in the 18-49 demo but the latter’s 25-54 crown remained secure.

Prime had another solid night with its Commonwealth Games coverage averaging 1.8% of 25-54s from 8.00-10.00, peaking at 2.3% for three consecutive quarter-hours.

As a result of TVNZ 2’s expedient programming a week out from the premiere of Snackmasters Australia and Prime’s cut-through with the Birmingham Games, the race for the night’s biggest key demo shares was much tighter than usual.

TVNZ 1 averaged 20.3% of 25-54s vs 19.6% for Three and 17.0% for TVNZ 2; in the 18-49 demo, the respective shares were 18.0%, 17.9% and 16.7%.

Prime scored a 25-54 share of 8.2% and an 18-49 share of 7.5%. Its respective shares the previous Monday were 6.1% and 6.8%.

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