HD Ratings: Breaking Dad Trips Up DWTS

Dancing With the Stars NZ’s second elimination round lost to Fair Go and Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad in the core commercial demographics on Monday.

The shock exit of Eli Matthewson and his dance partner Johnny Williams averaged 3.7% of Three’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, and 3.0% of 18-49s.

The first half was out-rated by Fair Go (5.1%/3.1%) and the second by Breaking Dad (4.1%/3.1%). But DWTS easily led Rush Hour 2 on TVNZ 2, which averaged 2.2%/1.9%.

Breaking Dad’s popularity helped lead-out Gordon, Gino & Fred’s Road Trip (4.1%/2.5%) to win the 8.30 hour, even though it was a repeat up against the season premiere of Three’s 9-1-1 (2.1%/1.8%).

Sister show 9-1-1: Lone Star averaged 1.7%/1.5% to win the 9.30 hour in the 18-49 demo while 25-54s opted for TVNZ 1’s 20/20 (2.3%/1.1%); TVNZ 2’s Aroha Nui Say I Do averaged 1.3%/0.9%.

Prime’s 8.30 movie Cradle 2 The Grave averaged 0.4%/0.3%, Eden’s Escape to the Chateau DIY 0.1%/0.0% and Duke’sFamily Guy 0.7%/0.6%.

Earlier, TVNZ 1’s Seven Sharp (6.3%/4.5%) crushed Three’s The Project (3.1%/2.5%) and TVNZ 2’s Shortland Street (3.1%/2.7%).

As a result, TVNZ 1 won the night with massive core demo shares of 36.1% (25-54) and 32.0% (18-49).

TVNZ 1 also swept Sunday night, when Hyundai Country Calendar (6.3%/4.7%) and Sunday (4.4%/3.2%) out-rated DWTS (3.6%/2.7%) and TVNZ 2’s Britain’s Got Talent (2.8%/2.0%).

Lead-outs George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations (3.4%/2.3%) and part two of The Tower (2.1%/1.6%) topped movie premieres Shazam! (1.7%/1.1%) and The Girl on the Train (1.1%/0.7%).

Eden’s movie Denial averaged 0.2%/01% and Maori TV’s The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 0.1%  of both key demos.

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