Side by Side premiered on 7th September 2013 on NRK3 with great ratings for the prime-time Saturday evening slot. It maintained viewing figures of above 500,000 for the series and achieved a peak share of 42%. It also beat the slot average for viewers 12-49.
54% of the viewers watched Side by Side live with the remaining 46% being made up through VOD and re-runs totalling the series viewers at 849,000.