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TVNZ 2 is dropping Will & Grace from its vulnerable Wednesday night comedy block and bringing forward an improving Australian Survivor. The changeover will occur November 28, when Survivor will air at 8.30, a re-run of Hotel Hell at 9.30, and reinstated re-runs of Two and a Half Men and 2 Broke Girls from 10.30. […]

➢➢ The pick of the HD network movie premieres for the week starting November 10 is Maori TV’s Raid on Rommel, which is less a comment on the quality of the 1971 release than the paucity of free-to-air premieres. It follows the channel’s peak-hour showcasing of HD true classics, like High Noon and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, on the […]

➢ The Big Three HD networks are refreshing their primetime line-ups in the week starting June 9. TVNZ 1 will screen Coronation Street 9.30 Monday-Friday to launch its audacious catch-up gambit. It will be preceded by a two-hour compilation of 18 months’ worth of storylines (8.30 Sunday) and narrow the gap between NZ and UK […]