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➢➢ Network movie premieres will abound in the week starting December 11, as the networks surrender their schedules to phone-in programming: The House (TVNZ 2, 8.30 Sunday), McLaren (Prime, 8.30 Sunday), No (Maori TV, 8.30 Sunday), Collateral Beauty (Three, 8.40 Tuesday), The Layover (Three, 8.40 Wednesday) and CHiPs (TVNZ 2, 9.00 Thursday). Other HD coming attractions […]

Three is replacing the double-episode finale of Wanted with another re-run of the movie True Lies on Monday. The Australian crime caper starring Rebecca Gibney that was partly shot in NZ has been a ratings disaster for the network. Last Monday’s episode averaged only 1.9% of Three’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, which earned the channel […]

➢ Game of Thrones returns for season seven tonight (SoHo, 8.30), with a premiere that The Hollywood Reporter reckons “sets the stage for the endgame … Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen coming together over dragon glass, full-on war against the new Lannister-Greyjoy partnership, and a White Walker war to end all wars”. The New York […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i   Saturday  Extreme Road Rescue (TV1, 4.55) The Block NZ (TV3, 5.00, R) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) Movie: Toy Story (TV2, 5.30, R) 1 News at 6pm (TV1, 6.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00) Flog It! (Prime, 6.00) Britain’s Got Talent (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Kung Fu Panda (TV2, 7.00, R) […]

➢ TVNZ 2 is turning Emerald City into a mini-series event. The Wizard of Oz re-imaging that ran for only 10 episodes in the US will screen as double-episodes after the Saturday Family Movie from July 1. “Fans of the alternate reality/fantasy genre should enjoy Emerald City, and I think they’ll get a kick out […]

Having just added 130 more countries to its reach, Netflix may sound as if it’s about to rule the world of home ent but ratings for some of its most popular shows released by an NBC Universal executive suggest it’s not yet a threat to the networks: from September to December, Jessica Jones averaged only 4.8 million […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: A Cinderella Story (TV2, 7.00, R) Safe Crackers (TV3, 7.00) American Ninja Warrior (TV3, 7.30) Season Premiere: Blue Bloods (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Movie: How Do You Know (TV2, 8.55) SVU (TV3, 9.25, 5.1) Mr Selfridge (TV1, 9.30) Hannibal (TV3, 10.25, 5.1, R) […]

TV3 is rejuvenating its three-hour Thursday night factual block with three newcomers in HD, including Kevin McCloud’s latest grand redesign. In Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild (7.30 Thursday), the Grand Designs guru ventures further beyond suburbia to follow the (mis)fortunes of British families who have gone bush. It will be followed by the premiere of Child Genius and the […]

A super-duper week for superheroes is looming, with Gotham’s mid-season finale airing ahead of a crossover plot for Arrow and The Flash. In the December 4 double episode of The Flash and Arrow, the superheroes enter each other’s worlds in what’s being billed as a “dramatic face-off”. Although The Flash’s Barry Allen was introduced in an episode of Arrow, […]

The Graham Norton Show roared back for a new season on Friday to help TV3 win the night in all the major demographics. Sandwiched in-between The Block NZ and Kiwi comedies 7Days and Jono and Ben at Ten, it was the centrepiece of a three-hour block that saw TV2’s The Voice hit a season low. […]