HD Heads-Up: February 2 – 8

➢➢ Three will bed in its new season schedule with the February 2-8 rollout of four primetime drama series, the return of two modern family comedies and Married at First Sight Australia (which will screen within a week of its Australian launch), and the premiere of America’s Got Talent: The Champions (7.00 Saturdays) …

➢➢ Billed the “Olympics of talent”, the AGT spin-off will feature winners, finalists and other successful contestants from previous series of the franchises worldwide, from Australia to Holland, and South Africa to Britain. Squaring off in the premiere will be Bianca Ryan (first winner of America’s Got Talent), Justice Crew (winners of Australia’s Got Talent) and Susan Boyle (runner-up of Britain’s Got Talent) …

➢➢ MAFS Australia will screen 7.00 Sundays and 7.30 Monday-Wednesday. On Mondays it will be the lead-in to new US dramas The Rookie (9.00) and Designated Survivor (10.00). The former stars Nathan Fillion as the police force’s oldest rookie and, despite middling reviews, has been renewed; Survivor stars Kiefer Sutherland as a second-tier cabinet minister who unexpectedly becomes the US President after a catastrophic attack on the Capitol. It’s already streamed on Netflix and season three is about to screen in the US …

➢➢ Three will refresh Tuesdays with new seasons of NCIS (9.00) and Tin Star (10.00). The latter will screen within weeks of the UK while the 100th episode of NCIS spin-off, New Orleans, will air on February 3 (Prime, 9.30) …

➢➢ On Thursdays, Three will pair season 10 of Modern Family (7.30) with Roseanne successor The Conners (8.00). The spin-off ended its first season on a ratings high note this week in the US and overcame the loss of star Roseanne Barr to be ABC’s second highest-rating scripted series of 2018/19, behind Grey’s Anatomy but ahead of Modern Family …

➢➢ The same week Prime will premiere the documentary, Underarm: The Ball That Changed Cricket (8.30 Sunday 7.30 Monday), which reveals the player emotions behind the most infamous ball in trans-Tasman sporting history …

➢➢ Appearing on the February 8 broadcast of The Graham Norton Show (Three, 8.00) will be: Laura Linney, Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, Stephen Mangan and The 1975 …

➢➢ The Cruise will set sail again on February 3 (Prime, 7.30 Sundays) while ending their runs that week will be Bride and Prejudice, Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, The Job Interview, Police Tapes, 10K Holiday Home, Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport and Highway Cops …

➢➢ TVNZ 2 will premiere two movies in HD in the week starting February 2: Life (8.25 Sunday) and The Accountant (8.55 Monday). Other HD coming attractions for the week will include:

• The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Saturday)
• Cloverfield (Three, 8.55 Saturday)
• Panic Room (Duke, 9.25 Saturday)
• To Have and to Kill (Three, 10.35 Saturday)
• Grudge Match (TVNZ 2, 12.50am Sunday)
• The Martian (Three, 8.30 Sunday)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (TVNZ 2, 10.35 Sunday)
• Rush (Prime, 9.30 Monday)
• Rambo: First Blood (Duke, 8.30 Tuesday)
• The Wedding Date (TVNZ 2, 8.55 Tuesday)
• No. 2 (TVNZ 2, 7.30 Wednesday)
• Pain & Gain (TVNZ 2, 8.30 Thursday)
• Oblivion (Three, 8.30 Thursday)
• Hudson Hawk (Duke, 8.30 Friday)
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (TVNZ 2, 8.45 Friday).