ScreenScribe

Thursday’s Roseanne recorded season-low ratings. The hit reboot that Three fast-tracked from the US averaged 2.8% of the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to 3.5% the previous week. Lead-out Modern Family also slipped week-on-week, from 3.6% to 2.9%, while the movie, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, averaged 3.4% versus 3.7% for Robin Hood on […]

Shortland Street bowed out this week with a season cliffhanger that restored its double-digit ratings in the four core commercial demographics. Monday’s hour-long send-off averaged 10.3% of 25-54 year-olds and TVNZ 2’s target audience, 18-49s, 10.0% of 18-39s, and 14.1% of household shoppers with kids. While these numbers were down on cliffhangers from the soap’s heyday, they were […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  Chasing Monsters (TV1, 4.55) Africa (TV3, 4.55, R) Movie: The Pirates! Band of Misfit (TV2, 5.15, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Wonderful World of Disney: The Muppets (TV2, 7.00, R) Season Premiere: The X Factor Australia (TV3, 7.00) The Great Pottery Throw Down (TV1, 7.30) The X Factor Australia […]

Doug spells it out … First Dates NZ gets TV2 date … Cold turkey farm …  The masterminds of programming at TV One have scheduled Spellbound for 7.30 Sundays from October 9. Host Toni Street’s disappearance from Seven Sharp to record the show generated headlines but closer to home readers might like to know one of […]