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Deadloch Locked in for Next Month

A new Australian thriller starring Kiwi Madeleine Sami and Wentworth’s Kate Box as odd-couple cops will stream weekly on Amazon Prime from June 2. Reads the blurb for for the eight-part Deadloch: “When a local man turns up dead on the beach, two vastly different detectives are thrown together to solve the case.” Here’s the media release: Today, […]

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Grand Designs Tops Skyscraper

Sunday’s return of TVNZ 1’s Grand Designs UK after a two-week break drew twice as many viewers in the core commercial demographic as the blockbuster movies on TVNZ 2 and Three. It averaged a 34.5 share of 25-54 year-olds, or 76,601 viewers, vs Skyscraper’s 17.7 share (33,209) for TVNZ 2 and Joker’s 11.8 (21,224) for […]

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HD Heads-Up: April 22-28

➢➢ Buried overnight on TVNZ 1 is the premiere of a grisly South African thriller that will appeal to Scandi-noir fans, Reyka (12.30am Thursday). The Independent said the mystery series “ropes in voodoo, dismemberment and an imprisoned paedophile with shades of Jimmy Savile and Hannibal Lecter … Beautifully filmed in stunning verdant landscapes and endless skies, The Cane […]

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Crimefighting Duos Duke It Out

TVNZ 1’s new Britbox whodunit-duo, Murder in Provence and The Magpie Murders, has strengthened its Saturday night arsenal. They launched last weekend, when Provence delivered a 25-54 share of 10.5 (19,555 viewers) and Magpie a 9.9 share (13,670), helped by Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders opening to a 17.4 share (44,820). Provence’s share exceeded the previous week’s season […]

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Disney+ Giveth and Taketh Away

The best reviewed of the epic fantasy sagas to hit streaming services last year won’t be returning for a second season. Deadline today reported Disney+ has axed Willow: Willow, which picked up years after the events of the film, did not have the zeitgeist cultural impact of the original but was well received by critics, […]

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Celebs Chase Aussie Couples

The return of The Celebrity Chase helped TVNZ 1 to narrow the 25-54 gap with Three’s Married at First Sight Australia on Wednesday —  but the reality juggernaut still coasted to an easy victory. TCC posted a 25-54 share of 23.7 (78,903 viewers) and an 18-49 share of 23.5 (60,036) vs 29.6 (94,271) and 30.1 […]

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HD Heads-Up: March 25-31

➢➢ The Kevin McCloud-fronted Grand Designs returns for its 23rd season (TVNZ 1, 8.30 Sunday) with a classic budget blow-out disaster when a couple in south Manchester takes eight years to build a curved glass-and-wood Swedish design that the Manchester Evening News reports left Channel 4 viewers “gob smacked” — and the middle-aged owners with a 20-year-mortgage. Said one critic: “The […]

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More Bark Than Bite

TVNZ 1’s cute critters combo was the weak link in the network’s ratings chain on Tuesday. SPCA Rescue’s share of the network’s core commercial audience, 25-54 year-olds, was 15.8 (52,600 viewers) and Barkley Manor’s, 10.2 (34,025). These were down sharply on lead-in Seven Sharp’s 29.4 share (83,225) and significantly lower than lead-out Mt Hutt Rescue’s 20.2 (51,864). […]

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Sweet Tooth Post-Easter Treat

Season two of Netflix Emmy-winning Sweet Tooth will premiere on April 27. Based on the DC comic book series, it follows the adventures of Gus ( — part deer, part boy — who leaves his home in the forest to find the outside world ravaged by a cataclysmic event. He joins a ragtag family of humans […]

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Married at First Sight Unmatched

Married at First Sight Australia continues to prove unbeatable for Three. Monday’s episode averaged a 29.9 share of the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds (or 93,180 viewers), vs 24.4 for TVNZ 1’s Fair Go (82,177) and 18.3 for its lead-out Highway Cops (57,063). TVNZ 2’s Travel Guides (Australia) finished third for the 7.30 hour with a 17.6 […]

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