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New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i   Saturday The Secret Lives of Dancers (TV3, 4.00, R) Accidentally on Purpose (TV3, 4.30, 5.1, R) Hunger for the Wild (TV One, 4.55, R) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Winners and Losers (TV One, 12.00, R) Sunday Hellcats (TV2, 5.30) Raising Hope (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Mike […]

SoHo Highlight: The Killing (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Sarah and Holder track down a potential witness to the murder and are led to a new suspect. By episode three, Time magazine pointed out “the most gripping—and sometimes hard to take—project of The Killing is to reverse the audience’s desensitization to murder itself as a plot device.” Whereas US crime dramas […]

Underbelly: Razor improved in the ratings last night – by a whisker. The Aussie crime drama that last week languished below 4% of key demographics averaged 5.1% of 25-54 year-olds and 4.7% of 18-39 year-olds, which in each case was up one-and-a-half points. It also was up slightly with 18-49 year-olds (from 4% to 4.6%) […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Joey and Phoebe conspire to reunite Ross and Rachel, and set them up on the worst blind dates ever. ✫✫✫ Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) Lana is unconvinced by a change of heart; Jonathon gets his hopes up; Jill’s best laid plans end in disaster. ✫✫✫ Bigger Better Faster Stronger (TV3, 8.00, R) Can […]

HD dramas Underbelly: Razor and The Borgias continue to languish for viewers, with last night’s episodes drawing fewer than 4% of TV3’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds. The former was down from last week’s low of 4%, to 3.6%, while the latter barely improved from 3.5% to 3.7%. It’s amazing TV3 is tolerating these ratings. Continuing […]

TV One’s new HD legal drama, Harry’s Law, took a hit last night amid ratings so woeful that TV2 is axing Charlie’s Angels after only four weeks. The news wasn’t any better for TV3, with its HD duo, Underbelly: Razor and The Borgias, dipping to new lows. The latter drew only 3.5% of the network’s […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Phoebe realises that she’s never had a long-term relationship; Monica makes a startling discovery while visiting Chandler in Tulsa. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Bella despairs over the perfect man; Jonathan fights old appetites; Vasa plays politics with Vinnie and Brooke. Underbelly: Razor (TV3, 8.30) ✫✫✫✫ Jeff is charged with rape – a […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i   Saturday The Secret Lives of Dancers (TV3, 4.00, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) Season premiere: Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Get Fresh With Al Brown (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (TV2, 7.30, R) Hamish & Andy’s […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Rachel goes into the longest labour of all time, and a marriage proposal is on the cards – but who’s doing the proposing? Entourage’s Debi Mazar guest stars. (Part one of two.) Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Brooke fights to free Winston; Evan and Ula face off; Daniel makes a serious accusation. […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i   Saturday The Secret Lives of Dancers (TV3, 4.00, R) Best of Carters’ Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Get Fresh With Al Brown (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the  Black Pearl (TV2, […]