HD Heads-Up: November 22-28

➢➢ TVNZ 2 is banishing The Voice Australia to late-night thrice a week. And being relegated to an even later slot than originally announced is Fortune Hotel, which now screens 10.15 Thursday after a new 7.30 franchise movie slot opens with The Hunger Games. The Thursday night revamp appears to be due to the popularity of Three’s 7.30 anchor, The Celebrity Traitors. The Voice Australia, meanwhile, loses its 7.30 midweek berths to Caught on Dashcam (Tuesday) and The Hundred With Andy Lee (Wednesday). The singing contest, which enters its blind auditions stage, switches to 11.00 Monday and post-10.30 Tuesday and Wednesday. In Australia, where the grand finale aired on November 2, it was a top-rating rival of The Block …

➢➢ A year out from the next general election, You, Me and the Economy (TVNZ 1, 7.30 Tuesday) has Jack Tame quizzing financial experts, business leaders and the rest of us about everything from prospects for an economic recovery to how viewers can ease their cost of living pressures …

➢➢ Apples Never Fall (TVNZ 1, 10.35 Sunday) is the latest premium drama to cross over from TVNZ+. Based on the novel by Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty, it stars Sam Neill, Annette Bening and Alison Brie in a seven-part series about how a mother’s disappearance forces her children to re-examine their parents’ seemingly perfect marriage and reckon with the dark secrets that surface. The Peacock commission didn’t fare well with critics. Rotten Tomatoes summed it up thus: “There’s the seed of a strong series in Apples Never Fall thanks to its outstanding cast and intriguing hook, but those promising elements can’t quite polish up a rote story” …

➢➢ Appearing on The Graham Norton Show (TVNZ 2, 7.30 Friday) are Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Ben Stiller, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and singer-songwriter sombr …

➢➢ Ending their runs are:

• The Iris Affair
• Gary Barlow’s Food & Wine Tour Australia
• The Chase New Zealand
• The Red Stag Timber Hunters Club
• Elsbeth
• The Ridge 
• World’s Biggest Cruise Ship
• World’s Most Secret Hotels
• I Escaped to the Country 
• Tulsa King …

➢➢ Live/delayed free-to-air sport includes:

• Cricket: Blackcaps v West Indies — 3rd ODI (Duke, 1.30 Saturday)
• Football: A-League Men — Wellington Phoenix v Macarthur FC (Sky Open, 4.30 Saturday)
• Premiere League: Goal Rush — Liverpool v Nottingham Forest (Sky Open, 10am Sunday)
• Rugby: QNS — Wales v All Blacks (Sky Open, midday Sunday)
• American Football: NFL — R12 (Duke, 7am Monday) …

➢➢ HD coming attractions include:

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Saturday)
• Pokemon Detective Pikachu (Three, 7.00 Saturday)
• Monster Family 2 (Whakaata Māori, 7.30 Saturday)
• Crazy, Stupid, Love (Three, 9.00 Saturday)
• Braven (Whakaata Māori, 9.15 Saturday)
• Hollow Man (Sky Open, 9.30 Saturday)
• Fast Five (TVNZ 2, 9.35 Saturday)
• Clash of the Titans (Three, 11.25 Saturday)
• Last Seen Alive (TVNZ 2, 12.10am Sunday)
• To Die For (TVNZ 2, 1.50am Sunday)
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 (TVNZ 2, 3.10 Sunday)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Sunday)
• Paris Memories (Whakaata Māori, 8.45 Sunday)
• Saw 4 (TVNZ 2, 12.05am Monday)
• Making the Grade (Whakaata Māori, 8.30 Monday)
• Back to the Future III (Duke, 9.30 Monday)
• The Foreigner (Duke, 8.30 Tuesday)
• The Hunger Games (TVNZ 2, 7.30 Thursday)
• Fighting With My Family (Sky Open, 7.30 Friday)
• Monster Family (Whakaata Māori, 7.30 Friday)
• Corsage (Whakaata Māori, 9.00 Friday).