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Easter Weekend will deliver ad-free, free-to-air, HD movie mania. TV3 will drop its Simpsons/Family Guy double-bill on Easter Sunday to screen the network HD premiere of Hop at 7pm. It will air opposite TV2’s HD re-run of the Adam Sandler comedy, Bedtime Stories. TV2’s Easter Sunday schedule will overflow with HD movies, starting in the morning with […]

Thursday’s premiere of HD comedy Auckland Daze out-rated the series it replaced, Episodes, but viewers may not be quick to return. It averaged 4.2% of TV One’s 25-54 demographic, although viewership fell sharply during the half-hour, from 4.9% to 3.6%. There was a similar fall in other key demos, which averaged 2.0% – 4.7%. TV […]

Dogs gone? That could be the fate of TV3’s Dogs in the City following its disastrous ratings debut on Thursday. The HD reality hour averaged only 2.9% – 3.2% of key demographics, compared to 10.3% – 13.4% for its lead-in, The Block NZ. That’s half the viewership Bones was delivering in the same slot and was […]

Series Premiere: Dogs in the City (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Canine expert Justin Silver helps dog owners with dilemmas, starting with a celebrity skateboarding bulldog, YouTube sensation Beefy, that is driving a wedge between its owners. It sounds like lifestyle fodder for an off-peak slot but US critics gave it two paws up. “Alert to every deranged impulse of his […]