The Renovators hammered on first night

Jonathan ChancellorDecember 8, 2020

The Renovators got hammered last night, with the latest property reality show debuting with a mediocre 858,000 viewers nationally.

TV viewers preferred watching renovations earlier in the evening on Nine’s The Block, which was Sunday’s number one program, with a season best 1.828 million viewers, including 708,000 in its home city of Melbourne.

The Renovators, which screened at 8.40 pm, had less than half the audience of lead-in program MasterChef Australia, which averaged 1.734 million viewers.

The Renovators set last night in a Rosebery warehouse was beaten by the ABC’s Midsomer Murders (1.154 million) and Seven’s Bones (1.071 million).

The poor ratings for The Renovators is a big blow to Ten, which has reportedly spent more than $20 million on the show.

Ten is set to screen The Renovators six nights per week for the next three months.

The Renovators sits in a temporary timeslot, with the show set to move into Masterchef's 7.30pm timeslot once the cooking competition finishes next month.

A Channel 10 spokesperson says The Renovators achieved clear wins in its target demographics.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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