HD Heads-Up: March 15-21

March 6, 2025 0 Comments

➢➢ Free-to-air sport fans will be busy switching channels for simultaneous live Friday night coverage of Black Caps cricket, All Whites football and Super Rugby Pacific. The third T20 International match in the series between the Black Caps and Pakistan screens from 7.00 on TVNZ 1 — the same time as the All Whites’ critical semi-final against Fiji to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026 airs on TVNZ 2, and Sky Open transmits the SRP clash between Moana Pasifika and the Chiefs. Here’s the line-up of FTA live/delayed sport for the week:

SRA: Matatu v Blues (Sky Open, 2.00 Saturday)
SailGP Los Angeles (Three, 4.30 Saturday & Sunday)
SRP: Chiefs v Blues (Sky Open, 7.00 Sarturday)
NRL: Cowboys v Sharks (Sky Open, 9.30 Saturday)
A-League Men: Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix (Sky Open, 11.30 Saturday)
Cricket 2nd T20 International: White Ferns v Sri Lanka (TVNZ 1, 10am Sunday)
Premier League: Goal Rush (Sky Open, 10am Sunday)
Cricket 1st T20 International: Black Caps v Pakistan (TVNZ 1, 2.00 Sunday)
Sal’s NBL: Wellington Saints v Taranaki Airs (Sky Open, 2.00 Sunday)
FIA Formula 1: Australian GP Pre Race (Sky Open, 4.00 Sunday)
FIA Formula 1: Australian GP (Sky Open, 4.55 Sunday)
Cricket 3rd T20 International: White Ferns v Sri Lanka (TVNZ 1, 10am Tuesday)
Cricket 2nd T20 International: Black Caps v Pakistan (TVNZ 1, 2.00 Tuesday)
Cricket 1st T20 International: White Ferns v Australia (TVNZ 1, 2.30 Friday)
Cricket 3rd T20 International: Black Caps v Pakistan (TVNZ 1, 7.00 Friday)
Football: FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers – All Whites v Fiji (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Friday)
SRP: Moana Pasifika v Chiefs (Sky Open, 7.00 Friday)
NRL: Warriors v Roosters R3 (Sky Open, 10.00 Friday) …

➢➢ “The din of barrel-scraping is deafening,” The Guardian quipped of Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals (TVNZ 1, 7.30 Saturday). “Jamie Oliver jumps on the culinary bandwagon in this bewilderingly cringey two-parter. Hasn’t even he tired of his own shtick by now?” The Telegraph similarly slammed the “glorified advertorial content” but acknowledged it did feature “some genuinely useful recipes”. For those still interested, the premiere has Jamie dishing up “prosciutto-baked bliss” from frozen fish, a roast chicken dinner curry and a peach Alaska dessert …

➢➢ Traitors UK’s Claudia Winkleman guest hosts Thursday’s Graham Norton Show (Three, 7.30) while he’s touring Australia. “Filling for one night only, she proved such a success in the chair of chat that the BBC should be scrambling to sign up Winkleman for her own series,” The Telegraph said. “Her warm, witty performance was even more impressive when you consider the underpowered guest list.” It includes Chris Pratt, Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Rob Beckett …

➢➢ Sky Open double-bills the FTA debut of Mrs. Davis (11.30 Tuesday) with the S2 premiere of Made for Love (12.30am Tuesday). The former is a Peacock Original about a vengeful nun who targets the artificial intelligence that ousted her from the convent. It originally screened on Neon nearly two years ago. “Positively bonkers while undergirded by an intelligent design, Mrs. Davis makes Betty Gilpin a hero for modern times in a highly imaginative mixture of spirituality and technology,” was the Rotten Tomatoes consensus …

➢➢ Doom Patrol launches on air the same day it streams on ThreeNow (Three, 10.05 Friday). Also new that night is another season of Thank God You’re Here (8.00) while ending their runs are: