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Tuesday continues to be one of the week’s most competitive nights, with all three HD networks see-sawing in the ratings. TV2 made big week-on-week gains with household shoppers with kids while TV3 won the night with its target audience, 25-54 year-olds. The up-and-down nature of the night was highlighted at 8.30, when TV2’s Step Dave […]

TV2 took another hit Tuesday with near-season lows for Step Dave and Revenge while TV One was on a roll with its earlier wildlife hour delivering a strong lead-in for its two-hour doco block. TV One sharply improved its peak-hour ratings and shares week-on-week, TV3’s were steady (with the bonus an upsurge among household shoppers […]

TV One’s relaunch of its peak-hour wildlife strand in an earlier slot earned it unsually high ratings for the 7.30 Tuesday hour. The irresistible World’s Oddest Animal Couples averaged 5.5% – 12.1% of the key demographics to beat the competition among adults 25-54 and household shoppers with kids. It was the network’s star attraction of […]

TV3’s dynamic crime-fighting duo helped it to win the night on Tuesday with its target audience, adults 25-54. The Yuletide episode of NCIS averaged 7.2% – 8.9% to beat TV2’s Step Dave (5.8% – 9.3%) in all the key demographics except household shoppers with kids. And at 9.30, NCIS: Los Angeles (6.1%- 8.1%) decisively out-rated HD […]

TV2’s Step Dave scored near-season high ratings on Tuesday but TV3’s NCIS remained competitive while its sister show overpowered Revenge. Step Dave averaged 8.3% – 12.1% of the major demographics opposite NCIS’ 5.4% – 11.1%. It crushed the crime drama in the 18-39 and 18-49 demos but the gap was much narrower among adults 25-54 […]

Tuesday continues to be one of TV2 and TV3’s most competitive nights, with each jostling for HD supremacy while TV One claws back viewers to win higher ratings and shares. Step Dave (above) averaged 6.8% – 9.4% of the major demographics opposite NCIS’ 5.4% – 9.5%. While the ratings were down, it was a largely a […]

TV3’s Tuesday line-up helped it to win the night with the network’s target audience of 25-54 year-olds. It averaged a 28.2% share of this demographic compared to 27.7% the previous week. TV2’s share also was up, from 24.1% to 25.3% but TV One’s slipped from 18.8% to 16.8% as newcomer 24 Hours in A&E failed […]

Tuesday night newcomer Step Dave is evolving into one of TV2’s biggest new-season hits. This week’s episode averaged 8.6% – 11.4% of the key demographics, and was most popular with TV2’s target audience of adults 18-39 and household shoppers with kids. It was bolstered by sensational ratings for lead-ins Shortland Street (14.1% – 19.0%), Nabbed […]

Step Dave’s Tuesday premiere was scarcely a step up in the ratings over Go Girls but helped TV2 to win the night in all but one of the key demos (adults 18-39, 18-49, 25-54, household shoppers with kids). The first episode of the South Pacific Pictures drama averaged 6.1% – 7.3% and won the 8.30 […]