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TV3 is shifting new Aussie drama Tricky Business back an hour because of dismal ratings while TV One is devoting primetime Wednesdays to re-runs of Criminal Minds and Castle. Tuesday’s episode of Tricky Business averaged only 2.5% – 3.6% but TV3 saw the ratings on the wall even before the second episode aired. It alerted […]

The live season finale of The Block NZ helped TV3 to win the night on Thursday but couldn’t turn its new musical drama into a smash hit. The Block NZ averaged 11.4% – 15.8% of the key demographics, peaking with 22% of household shoppers and 19% of 25-54 year-olds in its last quarter-hour. It largely […]

HD comedy Auckland Daze will be leaving TV One programmers feeling dazed and confused. Thursday’s episode rating significantly better than the previous week’s premiere, averaging an extraordinary 7.2% of TV One’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, and 4.5% – 6.7% of other key demographics. That’s a dazzling turnout for a post-10pm local comedy — at least on […]

Thursday’s premiere of HD comedy Auckland Daze out-rated the series it replaced, Episodes, but viewers may not be quick to return. It averaged 4.2% of TV One’s 25-54 demographic, although viewership fell sharply during the half-hour, from 4.9% to 3.6%. There was a similar fall in other key demos, which averaged 2.0% – 4.7%. TV […]

Sky Movies Greats: We Own the Night (Sky 22, 8.30, 5.1)  The film noir promise of its title and opening credits isn’t fulfilled but this is still an intense and atmospheric police thriller. Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg play estranged brothers on opposite sides of the law: one’s a New York cop on his way to […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i: Saturday What Would You Do? (TV One, 4.25, R) Judy Bailey’s Australia (TV One, 4.55, R) TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) CSI: New York (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Movie: The Other Man (TV2, 9.30, 5.1) CSI: Miami (TV3 9.30, […]

TV One is prematurely dumping season two of Episodes after only two episodes to launch its own entertainment industry spoof, Auckland Daze. Originally an online series, it will screen in HD from August 23 in a relatively late slot but one that should benefit from having the hugely popular Mrs Brown’s Boys as its lead-in. […]