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The two-hour season finale of MasterChef NZ won its time period in all the key demographics but may have opened the door for The Blacklist to beat Agents of SHIELD for the first time. TV One’s cooking hit averaged 7.6% – 12.5% and was most popular with TV One’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds. As the […]

With the new seasons bedded in, none of the networks has anything new of note to report for the week starting April 5. Further out, CSI fans later in April can look forward to a double-episode crossover with its NY spin-off that will air as two episodes back-to-back on a Saturday night. It opens with […]

After last week’s comeback, The Blacklist was a write-off on Sunday. The General Ludd episode, which guest starred Weeds’ Justin Kirk (above), was out-rated in the major demographics by both Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD and Offspring a week out from TV3 airing a double-episode. The FBI drama averaged only 3.1% – 5.5% compared to SHIELD’s […]

The season-three premiere of Sherlock boosted TV One’s elementary Saturday night ratings. It averaged 2.8% – 4.8% of the major demographics, which was well up on the previous week’s season finale of The Doctor Blake Mysteries (0.6% – 3.8%), and out-rated HD sleuthing rival CSI: NY (2.4% – 4.6%). But neither could compete with TV2’s Harry […]

TV2’s superhero spin-off Agents of SHIELD made a flying start in the ratings on Sunday, when it tore TV3’s The Blacklist to shreds. The Marvel series averaged 9.7% – 15.5% of the major demographics and delivered dynamic duo stablemate The Tomorrow People enough of a lead-in for it to win the 9.30 hour with a […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks:   Saturday Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 5.30, R) NZ Story (TV One, 7.00) Movie: Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (TV2, 7.00, 5.1, R) The Doctor Blake Mysteries (TV One, 8.30) Season Premiere: CSI: NY (TV3, 8.3-0, 5.1) […]