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TV1’s Monday night newcomer Stalker is still struggling to build an audience, with this week’s episode drawing only 2.5% of household shoppers with kids, one of the major demographics that helped to make Criminal Minds a hit on the same network. It was most popular with TV1’s target audience, averaging 5.8% of adults 25-54 to […]

The season premiere of The Middle helped TV2 to dominate Monday from 7pm-9.30pm. The return of the Hecks averaged 8.1% – 15.6% of the major demographics and was more popular than lead-in Shortland Street among household shoppers with kids. The weeknight serial also posted its best ratings since its hour-long season premiere a week earlier, […]

TV3’s strategy of running comedy movies opposite TVNZ’s HD drama competition continued to prove successful on Monday, when My Life in Ruins won two of the major demographics and was competitive in the others. It averaged 5.0% – 6.9% and topped the 18-39 and 25-54 demos off the back of The X Factor Australia’s 5.9% […]

Criminal Minds continues to be a star performer for TV One midway through its ninth season. Monday’s episode averaged 5.1% – 11.3% of the major demographics to win the 8.30 hour among 25-54 year-olds and household shoppers with kids. Its enduring popularity helped lead-out Castle (2.2% – 5.4%) to beat Grey’s Anatomy (3.5% – 6.2%) […]

After see-sawing last week in the ratings with My Kitchen Rules NZ, The Block NZ hammered the competition on Tuesday by winning the 7.30 hour. It averaged 9.5% – 12.0% of the major demographics but lost to MKRNZ in the all viewers aged 5+ race: 7.4% vs 10.0%. In the other key demos, MKRNZ averaged […]

A suite of series and season premieres on Monday couldn’t stop TV3’s re-run of What Happens in Vegas from coming up trumps in all the key demographics. It averaged 6.4% – 8.2% of viewers in the audience groups that matter most to the networks to win the 8.30-10.30 zone outright except in the 5+ demo. […]

TV2 is resurrecting HD comedies Anger Management and Happy Endings as part of a new-look, late-night comedy block that includes the latest gay rom-com flop from the creators of Will & Grace. Happy Endings will conclude its third and final season 10.30 Wednesdays from November 27, as the lead-in to new episodes of Charlie Sheen’s […]

Wednesday’s episode of The Block NZ was the highest rating yet among household shoppers. It averaged 18.7% of HHS and 10.7% – 11.5% of the other key demos. They were down slightly on Monday’s premiere but still ahead of TV2’s HD sitcoms, Two and a Half Men (9.4% – 12.9%) and The Neighbors (7.6% – […]

Devious Maids has rated well enough in the US to be renewed for a second season on the cable channel Lifetime. But it’s free-to-air fate in NZ is less certain, as the Desperate Housewives spin-off continues to shed viewers at 9.30 Wednesday on TV2. Last week”s episode was the lowest-rated yet, averaging just 3.0% – […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks:   Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 5.30) Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Mitre 10 Dream Home: Offcuts (TV2, 7.00) Coasters (TV One, 7.30, F) The Voice Australia (TV2, 7.30) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Dishing Up Australia With Al Brown (TV One, 8.00, F) […]