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TV3’s season finale of The Bachelor NZ on Wednesday wooed more viewers than TV2’s My Kitchen Rules. It averaged 10.78% – 11.1% of the commercial demographics compared to MKR’s 6.8% – 8.9% and even won more 5+ viewers (10.2% vs 6.4%). The penultimate episode on Tuesday had the edge on MKR in the 25-54 stakes and lost narrowly in the other […]

Lest we forget TV1 used to fly the flag for public broadcasting, the network will commemorate Anzac Day’s centenary with all guns blazing. In the last few years its April 25 coverage has been overshadowed by Maori TV’s. But not this year. On April 25 it will screen wall-to-wall Anzac specials, a mix of drama, […]

TV One has brought the curtain down on HD newcomer Showtime in record time. The well-reviewed reality show about amateur dramatics flopped so badly that it’s not getting a second chance in primetime. The network is dumping Showtime for a new season of Border Security after it averaged only 2.0% – 3.7% of the key […]

The day after TV2 rightly trumpeted the ratings for Monday’s movie-length episode of  Shortland Street’s, its other Kiwi drama staple , Go Girls, suffered a series low for its double-episode finale. Given the revamped twentysomething drama averaged only 5.0% – 6.4% of the key demographics against weak to middling competition, and on the back of […]