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The series finale of Africa on Tuesday largely won the 8.30 hour while an NCIS bounce-back left Revenge in third place for the first time. Africa averaged 5.8% – 10.1%, its highest ratings for the season, compared to NCIS’ 4.6% – 10.3% and Revenge’s 4.9% – 9.1%. NCIS: Los Angeles also rated strongly at 9.30, with […]

Two of the year’s most anticipated TV-on-Blu-ray series release this week: Africa and Game of Thrones’ second season. The former lands here a day after ending its broadcast run and the latter three weeks before SoHo launches the third season. “Game of Thrones continues to absolutely astonish on Blu-ray. This is pure reference quality material.” […]

Rescheduling The Blue Rose from 8.30 Monday to 9.30 has largely arrested the Kiwi drama’s audience erosion. This week’s episode haemorrhaged household shoppers but held firm with other key demographics. It averaged 1.4% – 4.3% compared to last week’s 2.8% – 4.5% and in most demos tripled the viewership of The Americans the previous week […]

NZ’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks: Saturday The Food Truck (TV One, 7.00, R) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) CSI: New York (TV3, 9.30, 5.1) MasterChef NZ (TV One, 9.35, R) Law & Order: Los Angeles (TV3, 11.30) Sunday Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30, 5.1) ITM […]

Two series that specialise in giving people the third degree are about to screen in HD. One already has aired here in 1080i — The Closer — but the other hopefully signals a new HD era in news and current affairs coverage. The March 6 premiere of 3rd Degree (TV3, 8.30) follows the channel’s other […]

NZ’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks:   Saturday Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) The Food Truck (TV One, 7.00, R) First Crossings (TV One, 7.30, R, F) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) House Husbands (TV One, 8.30, R) Movie: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (TV2, 8.30, 5.1, R) CSI: Crime […]

Africa will end its spectacular run on February 26 (TV One, 8.30) with the behind-the-scenes special, Eye to Eye. Bizarrely, it sounds like a compilation of the behind-the-scenes segments that have ended each episode to date, which would seem a weird programming strategy. TVNZ has still to clarify content* but you can expect to learn more about how […]

David Attenborough fans can look forward to capturing two of his natural history series next month on Blu-ray. Both Africa, the HD spectacular that’s two weeks into its six-week run on TV One (8.30 Tuesdays), and Kingdom of Plants will be released on March 6 — just three months after remasters of his landmark series […]

Thursday’s HD premiere of Robyn Malcolm’s first NZ drama series since Outrageous Fortune didn’t rate through the roof for TV One but still proved a sound investment. Agent Anna, a comedy about a fledgling, middle-aged real estate agent, averaged 4.4% – 11.0% of the key demographics, including 8.6% of TV One’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds. […]

TV One’s HD premiere of Africa on Tuesday captured shockingly few viewers for a natural history series of this distinction. In the 25-54 hunt with TV3, Africa snared 7.5% compared to NCIS’s 7.9% while neither could beat TV2’s HD movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which rated 8.6% over three hours. Overall, Africa […]