Life on the Line premiered on Sunday 3rd January 2016 at 8.55pm on NRK 1. The first episode 'Free Fall' pulled in 765,000 viewers with an impressive 41.5% share. The months leading up to the premiere the average viewership for NRK 1 in the slot was just over 430,000.

 
Life on the Line also beat competition from TV2's Lip Sync Battle, which fetched 120,000 viewers and also the News which pulled in 420,000 viewers. It also surpassed TV3 in the ratings, which achieve 55,000.