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Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Phoebe believes that her adoptive mother’s spirit resides in a cat; Monica goes on a date with Rachel’s high-school boyfriend, who has trouble letting go of his youth. Shortland Street (TV2. 7.00) Gabrielle falls prey to a master manipulator; Wendy drops a bomb; Sarah faces the fight of her life. Better […]

TV One may not be screening the Royal Wedding in HD but it will broadcast in 1080i the scorned telemovie, William & Kate. It will play 8.30pm on April 30, on a double-bill with Muriel’s Wedding. Reviews for the cable-TV dramatisation of the couple’s relationship ranged from “a familiar story and an entertaining one” (Wall […]

TV2 will be relieved FlashForward at last has done its dash, after its time slot opposition, Underbelly: The Golden Mile, helped TV3 to win the night on Wednesday. As it did with Lost, TV2 is to be commended for sticking with the sci-fi flop to keep the faith with its cult following — unlike TV […]

The Blu-ray of season one of Glee, which continues 8.30pm Fridays on TV3, will include an exclusive, cast-and-crew picture-in-picture commentary on the pilot. But another, less popular HD series, TV2’s FlashForward, which ends its run on Wednesday, is to be released only on DVD. Because the sci-fi series hasn’t been renewed, it seems ABC/Disney (Desperate […]

TV2 will screen the movie-length series finale of Lost within a week of its US broadcast. The penultimate episode will air on May 26 and the last instalment, entitled The End, three days later  (it screens in the US on Sunday). Losing Lost won’t be a great loss to TV2’s schedule ratings-wise, given it’s regularly beaten […]

TV3’s HD premiere of Underbelly: The Golden Mile won its time slot in key demographics on Wednesday but didn’t exactly blow away the competition. The double-episode drew 9.6% of TV3’s target audience, 18-49 year-olds, to claim a 26.6% channel share, compared to FlashForward’s 6.6 rating/17.3 share on TV2 and Packed to the Rafters’ 8.2 rating/21.3 […]

TV2’s new HD sci-fi drama, FlashForward (8.30pm Wednesdays), is among those “on the bubble” in the US. The Hollywood Reporter has compiled a list of “endangered shows” that may not be renewed, including several that air here in HD — FlashForward, Fringe, V — and many that should (24, Trauma, Heroes, Supernatural, Smallville, Chuck, Scrubs). At […]