HD Ratings: Step Dave Rules

My Kitchen Rules’ popularity earned Step Dave some of its highest ratings for the season on Tuesday.

The final episode averaged 8.9% – 12.4% of the major demographics and won the 8.30 hour across the board.

That was a big step up from the previous week, when its penultimate episode averaged only 4.6% – 7.4% and lost to TV3’s NCIS in every demo except 18-39.

This week’s NCIS averaged a competitive 6.2% – 8.8% to out-rate Britain’s Got Talent (5.5% – 6.6%) on the back of the first Grand Designs Australia series to air here in HD (4.5% – 5.2%).

Sister show NCIS: Los Angeles averaged 5.0% – 7.0% to largely win the 9.30 hour opposite Revenge (3.7% – 5.6%) and Hoarding: Buried Alive (3.0% – 3.9%).

At 7.30, MKR was all conquering, with 13.3% – 18.1% of the key demos, out-rating lead-in Shortland Street (12.6% – 17.9%) in every demo except 25-54.

MKR’s appeal blew out of the water TV One’s Women in Blue (4.5% – 6.5%) and Water Patrol (3.5% – 5.3%).

Tuesday’s peak-hour HD channel ratings and shares were:

• A18-49: TV One, 5.9 rating/18.9 share; TV2, 9.3 rating/29.8 share; TV3, 6.1 rating/19.6 share
• A18-39: TV One, 5.3 rating/18.0 share; TV2, 9.3 rating/31.4 share; TV3, 5.6 rating/19.1 share
• A25-54: TV One, 7.3 rating/20.7 share; TV2, 9.8 rating/27.5 share; TV3, 7.4 rating/20.7 share
• HHS/k: TV One, 7.1 rating/18.3 share; TV2, 13.2 rating/34.2 share; TV3, 7.9 rating/20.5 share.