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TV One’s new HD legal drama, Harry’s Law, took a hit last night amid ratings so woeful that TV2 is axing Charlie’s Angels after only four weeks. The news wasn’t any better for TV3, with its HD duo, Underbelly: Razor and The Borgias, dipping to new lows. The latter drew only 3.5% of the network’s […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Phoebe realises that she’s never had a long-term relationship; Monica makes a startling discovery while visiting Chandler in Tulsa. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Bella despairs over the perfect man; Jonathan fights old appetites; Vasa plays politics with Vinnie and Brooke. Underbelly: Razor (TV3, 8.30) ✫✫✫✫ Jeff is charged with rape – a […]

Last night premiere of Harry’s Law blazed its way to the top of the 25-54 ratings for TV One. It drew an astonishing 10.5% of the audience the network targets, which made it TV One’s most popular show after One News (10.6%). The Kathy Bates dramedy out-rated its lead-in, the season finale of Nothing Trivial (10.2%), […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Rachel goes into the longest labour of all time, and a marriage proposal is on the cards – but who’s doing the proposing? Entourage’s Debi Mazar guest stars. (Part one of two.) Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Brooke fights to free Winston; Evan and Ula face off; Daniel makes a serious accusation. […]

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) Best of Carters’ Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Get Fresh With Al Brown (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the  Black Pearl (TV2, […]

On the eve of the Blu-ray release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, TV2 will screen the free-to-air HD premiere of Captain Jack Sparrow’s first hearty ha-ha adventure. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl will air 7.30pm on October 8 – the same week TV2 screens in HD the movies […]