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The return of Criminal Minds helped TV1 to win the 8.30 hour on Monday in all the core commercial demographics except household shoppers with kids, who opted for TV2’s re-run of Magic Mike. The 11-year-old crime drama averaged 4.0% – 7.1% of the key demos and was most popular with TV1’s target 25-54 audience, with which it scored […]

TV2’s launch of Grandfathered was a grand hit on Monday, thanks to having the return of Shortland Street as its lead-in.  Shorty’s hour-long season premiere was up 8% on last year’s. It averaged 13.2% – 14.6% of the core commercial demographics and helped its new sitcom stablemate to average 8.8% – 9.7%. They and the movie […]

TV1 will experiment with stripped programming of a new drama series in primetime ahead of TV2 doing likewise with its own multi-night local commission, Filthy Rich. From January 17 – 21, TV1 will air back-to-back 8.30 episodes of the acclaimed UK thriller, Doctor Foster. It stars Suranne Jones (above) as a GP who who discovers sexual […]