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Three’s fast-tracking season of The Rookie was no defence against TVNZ 2’s re-run of the 10-year-old movie, Paul Blart: Mall Cop. The latter started an hour earlier than Rookie, and held most of its audience from 7.30-9.20, which robbed the newcomer of viewers who otherwise might have switched over from TVNZ 2 at 8.30. The […]

Thursday It’s not surprising TVNZ 2 has postponed a new season of The Undateables for continuing re-runs of The Best of Travel Guides Australia, given how well the series is rating. Thursday’s episode won the 8.30 hour with 3.2% – 5.9% of the core commercial demographics, compared to 1.2% – 3.7% for TVNZ 1’s The Posh […]

There’s a new billing for Wednesday’s Grand Designs NZ (Three, 7.30): Musicians Justine and Marc swap their Auckland home for the mountains of Central Otago, where they risk all by adapting an American design they found online for the Southern Hemisphere. On this weekend’s Sunday (TVNZ 1, 7.30): New Zealand is in the middle of a measles […]

➢➢ Three will use the live auction finale of The Block NZ: Firehouse on September 8 to launch a slew of newcomers for spring, starting with the return of Married At First Sight NZ as soon the final credits roll. Three will have high hopes for season three of MAFS NZ given the Australian version this year […]

TVNZ 1 has greenlit a three-part documentary series about the origins of Maori. NZ On Air today announced it would contribute more than $1.3 million towards Origins, aGreenstone TV and Scottie Douglas production that Professor Scotty Morrison (above) will present. Greenstone also is behind Honey Wars, an eight-part half-hour observational series for Prime, which also […]

TVNZ 2 is dropping Will & Grace from its vulnerable Wednesday night comedy block and bringing forward an improving Australian Survivor. The changeover will occur November 28, when Survivor will air at 8.30, a re-run of Hotel Hell at 9.30, and reinstated re-runs of Two and a Half Men and 2 Broke Girls from 10.30. […]

Jono and Ben’s final broadcast didn’t win its slot on Thursday but Three’s live telecast of the Vodafone NZ Music Awards was top of the pops. The ceremony won its two-hour slot in all of the core commercial demographics, proving vulnerable to only TVNZ 2’s Seven Year Switch (UK) in its opening half-hour because of spillover […]

Three’s top-rating Grand Designs NZ lost to TVNZ 2’s resurgent sitcoms in all the key demographics for the first time this season on Wednesday. It averaged 4.8% of 25-54 year-olds compared to 5.7% for Young Sheldon and 5.8% for The Big Bang Theory. And in TVNZ 2’s 18-49 demo, it averaged 3.4% vs 4.4% for YS […]

TVNZ 2’s comedy block rebounded on Wednesday from the previous week’s lows, partly because of aggressive promotion. If you watched The Big Bang Theory at 8.00, you’d have noticed a sharply-cut promo for Will & Grace straight after the opening credits. It emphasised the episode’s guest appearance by Friends star David Schwimmer as Grace’s love […]

TVNZ 2’s once unassailable Wednesday night comedy block has turned into no laughing matter for the network. Last week’s line-up underperformed in all the core commercial demographics and even struggled against Three’s Gogglebox. From 7.30-8.30, fast-tracked episodes of Young Sheldon and The Big Bang Theory proved defenceless against Three’s Grand Designs NZ. And the network’s inexplicable […]