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Sky Movies Premiere: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Sky 20, 8.30, 5.1) They saved the best boy wizard adventure for last. As The Hollywood Reporter declared: “Fully justifying the decision, once thought purely mercenary, of splitting JK Rowling’s final book into two parts, this is an exciting and, to put it mildly, massively […]

Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00, F) ✫✫✫ Julie Le Clerc learns how to make Okere Falls Store’s famous baked potatoes and shares a recipe for wagyu steak sandwich with onion jam. World Kitchen (TV3, 5.30, F) ✫✫✫ After an Indian inspired breakfast of Roti Canai, Nici Wickes visits a Chinese clan jetty for a cooking lesson by the […]

TV2’s struggling HD spy romp, Chuck, will air 8.30pm Thursday for the last time next week. After weeks of middling to low ratings, TV2 will pull the show mid-season and resume it late-night in November. The network is replacing it with reality newcomer, Embarrassing Fat Bodies, which, mercifully, won’t air in HD. The same week […]

Saturday Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook (TV One, 5.25, R) Annabel Langbein’s off to pick up farm fresh meat and vegetables from the farmers’ market, in picturesque old Cromwell town. Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) A Hawke’s Bay couple develop alpaca farming. ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) At a popular summer time beach […]

Saturday America’s Next Great Restaurant (TV3, 4.00) Season finale: The three finalists tap into the knowledge they’ve gained from the series to launch their restaurants for a soft opening. Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Farmers become weekend cowboys as their cutting horses hit the arena. ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The apprentices are put […]

Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30) It’s parent-teacher conferences and one little liar’s father sits face-to-face with the love of her life and better you believe that ‘A’ has something to say about it. Joey (TV2, 6.30, R) Joey gets invited to present an award at the Daytime Soap Awards and finds that it’s more difficult […]

  Bigger Better Faster Stronger (TV3, 5.00, R) James Coleman and Greg Page are challenged to invent a machine that will do a household chore and make tea. Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30) At a crucial swim-meet for the Rosewood Sharks, Emily and Paige are pitted against each other; Caleb calls in his favour with […]

  Bigger Better Faster Stronger (TV3, 5.00, R) Greg Page and James Coleman redesign the BBQ: the former unleashes the power of microwave on his sausages, the latter creates a pressure cooker/bomb. Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30) At a crucial swim meet for the Rosewood Sharks, Emily and Paige are pitted against each other; Caleb […]

MasterChef NZ’s Sunday night dominance ended last night with red-hot ratings for its season finale. But TV3 could take heart from its drama line-up rising in popularity, on the back of sharply improved ratings for 60 Minutes in its new slot (albeit with current affairs rival Sunday being pre-empted for MasterChef). Aging HD franchise CSI: […]

Last night’s return of CSI: Miami proved to be only marginally more popular than time slot predecessor The Good Wife, which was dumped after only three weeks. TV3’s season-nine premiere drew 4.2% of 18-49 year-olds, 5% of 25-54 year-olds and 5.9% of household shoppers with kids. The last episode of The Good Wife to air […]