HD Ratings: Step Dave Ready to Rumble

Step Dave won its slot in the younger demos on Tuesday when it returned to TV2 off the back of Reno Rumble.

The comedy/drama averaged 4.3% – 6.5% of the commercial demos and was most popular with viewers 18-39 and 18-49.

It seesawed with TV1’s The Mentalist (3.0% – 6.1%) and TV3’s Humans (3.9% – 5.1%) in the 25-54 race but lost to both among household shoppers with kids.

Step Dave’s 18-39 viewership built over the hour and was steady in the 18-49 and 25-54 demos.

Reno Rumble (7.9% – 9.7%) won its slot in all the key demos off the back of Shortland Street’s 11.0% – 16.9%.

As a result, TV2 topped the night in all of the key demos except 25-54:

Monday’s episode of the Aussie renovation show averaged 9.5% – 15.1% ahead of Wentworth’s 8.1% – 10.9%.

TV3’s Shark Tank averaged 3.9% – 4.9% to finish third at 8.30 except in the 18-30 demo, where it edged out TV1’s Criminal Minds (3.8% – 6.8%).

But at 9.30 TV3’s Odyssey (1.4% – 2.0%) trailed TV1’s Castle (2.0% – 4.4%) and both were trounced by Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmare (5.8% – 8.1%).

At 7.30, TV3’s MasterChef NZ averaged 4.9% – 5.8%, or roughly half of RR’s viewership, while on TV1 Border Security International averaged 6.7% – 11.1% and The Force, 6.4% – 9.2%.

TV2 won three of the night’s key demos with commanding channel shares while TV1 narrowly won 25-54: