Seven’s House Rules sheds 112,000 metro viewers on second outing as Nine wins night

Seven’s renovation reality series House Rules lost 112,000 metro viewers on its second outing, posting a metro audience of 679,000, down from Wednesday evening’s audience of 791,000. A second episode of House Rules was watched by 542,000. 

The second episode attracted House Rules’ lowest audience ever, and was down 40% on the 2015 season average.

In the 7:30pm time-slot House Rules out-rated the ABC’s 7.30 which was watched by 733,000 metro viewers.

Nine won the evening with an audience share of 20.1%, ahead of Seven’s share of 18.3%. The ABC claimed third place with a share of 13.5% while Ten settled for a share of 12.6%.