It’s so popular, in fact, that Seven recently conceded its ongoing heft, pulling the next, already-completed new season of their own home reno show House Rules on the basis that it just can’t compete.
The move comes as part of a major shake-up for the network, which will also see them dumping Million Dollar Minute from its afternoon time slot, and launching a number of brand new shows in the final quarter of the year.
The last season of House Rules was out-rated by rival Reno Rumble (fuck, there are a lot of these things) and program chief Angus Ross acknowledged that the next one has no hope of competing against The Block in the planned 7.30pm timeslot:
“We’ve got a series [completed] but I don’t think the genre matching that has occurred this year has helped anyone. Do I think House Rules versus The Block is going to be a good outcome for us or for audiences? No. I don’t think it would be a win for anyone.”
Seven recently suffered another embarrassment, when cooking show Restaurant Revolution was trounced by Nine rival The Hotplate, even though its host Scott Pickett is basically just a porn parody version of Manu Feildel.
Ross says that Seven plan to “unleash hell” on their rivals in the final quarter of 2015, with a number of new shows, including drama 800 Words, and a new season of The X Factor, featuring Chris Isaak, James Blunt, Dannii Minogue and Guy Sebastian.
The network will also roll out a host of new bogan exploitation shows “observational series” like Beach Cops, Gold Coast Medical and What Really Happens In Thailand, as well as fast-tracked U.S. dramas like Heroes Reborn.
There’s no word yet on when the new, already-completed season of House Rules will air.
via News Corp
