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TV3’s faith in Hawaii Five-O is paying off, with the crime reboot proving competitive at 9.30 Wednesdays. Last week in the US it celebrated its 150th episode by topping the Friday night ratings. Here, after years off being shuffled in and out of primetime, the fifth season is proving to be an effective counter-programming tool […]

  Love Child will air in peak hour for the last time tonight at 9.50. As of next week, the Australian drama will screen 11.10pm Fridays and its Wednesday slot will be filled by an extra episode of Dirty Laundry. TVNZ 1 appears to be burning off the Kiwi drama as quickly as it can […]

TV One’s new local drama, Dirty Laundry, didn’t make a clean sweep of the ratings when it launched on Wednesday but improved on the British series that previously aired in the 8.30 slot. It averaged 5.4% of the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, which was well ahead of TV3’s Chicago Med (2.1%) but well behind […]

Potty programming half-baked  …  Extra Dirty Laundry  … Go Girl …  “Anyone still pining after the soggy bottoms and cringeworthy puns of The Great British Bake Off, make a note in your diaries, for … the launch of its ‘messier cousin‘, The Great Pottery Throw Down,” said The Independent of TV One’s new Saturday night attraction, which premieres 7.30 on September […]

New Zealand On Air’s drama commissioning bill has topped nearly $31 million for the year with the greenlighting of two more series. A five-part series based on the life and career of the late criminal lawyer Mike Bungay, Dear Murderer, will be made for TV One, with NZOA contributing $3.945 million to the Screentime NZ production. […]

TVNZ today unveiled its line-up for 2016 and issued this press release emphasising its “strong focus” on local content and some of the best of what’s available from around the world. Leading the local slate is the new multi-night drama series Filthy Rich; spectacular Sir Edmund Hillary drama series Hillary; and gritty new drama Dirty Laundry. Other […]