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TVNZ 2’s replacement of 24: Legacy and Lethal Weapon with action movie re-runs has quadrupled its core Tuesday night viewership. Last night’s White House Down averaged 5.1% of the channel’s key demographic, 18-49 year olds, 6.0% of 25-54 year olds and 4.4% of 18-39 year olds. The first hour lost to Three’s Married at First Sight — 6.8% of […]

TVNZ 1 programmers will be praying Sunday’s season three premiere of Broadchurch lifts its weekend ratings in the core commercial demographics. The crime drama’s UK premiere was British TV’s most-watched programme of the evening with 7.5 million viewers and a 34 share in Live+1, which Deadline Hollywood reports was only a “tick down” on the season two […]

  TVNZ 2 is shunting one of its most anticipated dramas for 2017, 24: Legacy, from peak-hour to late-night. Following a second week of unsustainable ratings, it and stablemate Lethal Weapon, which has just been renewed for a second season in the US, have been jettisoned from Tuesday nights. No word on when Lethal Weapon will […]

It’s hard to know which will be more nerve-wracking: tonight’s episode of 24: Legacy for fans or tomorrow morning’s ratings for TVNZ 2 programmers? The overnight ratings for last week’s premiere were not as thrilling as the action, averaging only 3.8% of 25-54 years-olds and 3.0% of TVNZ 2’s target 18-49 audience. That equated to […]

If the acclaimed Good Wife spin-off, The Good Fight, doesn’t land a broadcaster here, expect keen interest from streaming services like Lightbox and Netflix. The series debuted softly on CBS at the weekend but was never intended for broadcast TV, anyway, having been commissioned as the flagship for CBS’ streaming service, AllAccess. Reviewers were quick to embrace the show, […]

24: Legacy (TVNZ 2, 8.45 Tuesdays) “Jack Bauer is gone and in his place we have Eric Carter (Corey Hawkins), a military hero who was involved in an attack on a terrorist compound overseas.  But now he’s back home, trying to fit into civilian life when some shady looking Middle Eastern guys turn up at […]

Most territories around the world will view 24: Legacy up to a week earlier than Kiwis. NZ, Australia and the UK are among the minority that will lag a week or more behind a series that already is making headlines. Given 24’s global rollout to more than 160 markets, and its post-Trump terrorism topicality, it’s surprising TVNZ 2 […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  The Wonder of Animals (TV3, 4.55)  Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson (TV1, 5.00) Animals Make You Laugh Out Loud (TV2, 5.00, R)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.00, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) The Wonderful World of Gordon Watson (Prime, 6.30, R) Posh Pawn (TV1, 7.00, R) Movie: […]

TVNZ 2 will use the return of My Kitchen Rules and the premiere of 24: Legacy to shake up its schedule. The Australian MKR will air 7.30 Sunday-Tuesday from February 12 while 24: Legacy and new episodes of Lethal Weapon will turn traditionally touchy-feely Tuesday nights into an action expo. This Is Us, which originally aired […]

TVNZ 2 will be one of more than 160 channels that rolls out 24: Legacy worldwide within 24 hours of the spin-off’s US premiere. The thriller goes to air on Fox on February 5 and will screen here 8.30 Mondays ahead of The Walking Dead. “The 24 franchise is a true cultural phenomenon and we are excited to […]