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Three may not have quite got the last laugh on Thursday but it had plenty to smile about compared to woebegone TVNZ 2. The latter’s share of 25-54 year-olds was only 12.30 and even in the commercial demographic it targets, 18-49 year-olds, it was 10 points behind its rivals (14.17 vs 24.54 for Three and […]

Wednesday’s season premiere of Blankety Blank won TVNZ 1 the 7.30 hour in the key demo after losing to both TVNZ 2 and Three the previous week. The game show averaged 3.45% of 25-54 year-olds vs 2.94% for the previous week’s The Celebrity Chase. That delivered a 21.27 share of the demo or 70,879 adults […]

NZ On Air is bankrolling five new children’s series that will be distributed on a variety of platforms, ranging from TVNZ+ to YouTube. Here’s the media release: $8.5m investment in ambitious new content for tamariki NZ On Air is investing $8.5m in six captivating new series specifically designed to engage our youngest viewers, both locally […]

A radical BBC/FX adaptation of Great Expectations from the creator of Peaky Blinders, a series sequel to The Fully Monty starring the original cast, MCU newcomer Secret Invasion, FBI drama Class of ’09 and the belated premiere of Avatar: The Way of Water head June’s highlights on Disney+. Great Expectations (June 28) has a fantastic pedigree but […]

Saturday Ballerina (Whakaata Māori, 7.00) The Bourne Ultimatum (TVNZ 2, 7.30) Enders Game (Whakaata Māori, 8.30) Begin Again (Eden, 8.35) Chronicles of Riddick (Duke, 9.30) Long Shot (TVNZ 2, 9.40)   Sunday The Goldfinch (TVNZ 2, 1.10am) Despicable Me (TVNZ 2, 4.10) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Three, 8.10) The Boss (TVNZ 2, 8.30) The Young Victoria (Eden, 8.30) Military Wives (Whakaata Māori, […]

Netflix has released a trailer and a synopsis for each episode of the latest season of Black Mirror, which premieres on June 15. Here’s the media release: Black Mirror Season 6 returns to Netflix June 15. About Black Mirror Season 6: If “The Twilight Zone” went on a modern-day bender. New tales of dystopia that span eras […]

➢➢ Thursday nights on TVNZ 1 and Three are being overhauled with the resurrection of a hospital hit and the premiere of the latest Kiwi comedy double-bill. Eleven years after it ended, long-running docuseries RPA returns with a new doctor in the house: Doctor Doctor’s Rodger Corser as the narrator. But that’s not the only change. […]

If you wondered how Fawlty Towers could be remade for a modern ‘woke’ audience, how will The Office manage in an Australian context? Today Prime Video announced it has commissioned an Australian version of the iconic Ricky Gervais hit, the 13th such adaptation but the first with a female lead. Here’s the media release: Prime […]

Three’s local outdoor pursuit series Tracked rebounded on Tuesday, when it delivered its highest 25-54 rating since launch. The show that The Spinoff dubbed “completely ridiculous and utterly riveting” averaged 3.15% of the key commercial demographic for a 19.60 share or 64,657 adults. Episode four still lost to TVNZ 2’s MasterChef Australia (4.42 rating/24.60 share) but […]

TVNZ 1’s new true-crime documentary, Married to a Psychopath, drew more 25-54 year-olds than the previous week’s season final of Murder in the Family. Monday’s premiere averaged 2.67% of the network’s most coveted commercial demographic to deliver a 22.90 share and 54,737 viewers. It won the 8.30 hour against TVNZ 2’s The Rookie (1.94 rating/13.91 […]