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HD in primetime is increasingly looking like chips off the same old block. As of the week starting October 20, TV3 will run the Australian version of The Block three nights in a row (7.30 Monday-Wednesday). With The X Factor USA already airing 7.30 Thursday-Friday, TV3’s primetime line-up will now be anchored with a reality […]

Would you believe TV2’s HD premiere of the movie, Get Smart, was the most watched programme on Sunday night? It drew 11.3%-11.8% of the 18-39, 18-49 and 25-54 demographics, whereas its HD rival, TV3’s Funny People, averaged 4.4%-5.2%. Earlier in the evening, TV2’s HD sitcoms, Mike & Molly and The Middle, slipped slightly from previous […]

SoHo Highight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Generation Kill director Susanna White makes her Boardwalk debut with episode three of season two. Said The AV Club in its B+ appraisal: “This week’s Boardwalk Empire ostensibly follows three big plots — Van Alden’s weird relationship with Lucy Danziger, Margaret’s search for her relatives, and Nucky’s political standoff with The Commodore — but I’d say only […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i    Saturday The Secret Lives of Dancers (TV3, 4.00, R) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Get Fresh With Al Brown (TV One, 7.00) Special: 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments (TV2, 7.00) Series premiere: Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30) Movie: Max Payne (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Sunday Hellcats (TV2, 5.30) Raising Hope (TV3, […]

Max Payne: TV3, 8.30pm Saturday. Yet another atmospheric video game adaptation that starts promisingly only to go down one dead end after another. The hero (Mark Wahlberg) is a New York City cop who’s investigating a chain of bizarre murders when he stumbles upon a conspiracy linked to the slaying of his wife and child […]

TV3 will screen Ice Road Truckers in HD for the first time when season three debuts on November 12. It will take over Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year’s 7.30pm slot the same night TV2 screens a Harry Potter HD special, 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments (which precedes the Blu-ray 3D release of Harry Potter and the […]