Tag Archives: I Am Innocent

Networks Rush to Win Premium Demos

A sharp ratings rise for Three’s NCIS wasn’t enough to beat TVNZ 2’s re-run of cycling thriller Premium Rush on Tuesday. In its third week, the veteran procedural averaged 4.0% of Three’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to 2.5% the previous week. And with 18-49 year-olds, which is TVNZ 2’s key demographic, it improved from 2.6% – 3.6%. […]

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Will Innocent Unlock Bigger Ratings for TVNZ 1?

TVNZ 1 is banking on new seasons of I Am Innocent and The Missing to lift its Tuesday night ratings. They go to air tonight from 8.30-10.30, when they will square off against the movies that have restored TVNZ 2’s popularity after 24: Legacy flopped and Three’s new season of NCIS. The latter began last week, […]

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This Week in HD: March 25 – 31

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  The Hunt (TV3, 4.55, R) Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson (TV1, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.00, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) Outback Pilots (TV1, 7.00) Network Movie Premiere: The Nut Job (TV2, 7.00) Antiques Roadshow (Prime, 7.30) Te Radar’s Chequered […]

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New Season: Call (Brooklyn) 999

TV2’s rescuing of its Wednesday comedy block can’t come quick enough after last night’s line-up was thrashed in all the commercial demographics by TV1 and TV3’s. Marry Me averaged only 3.5% – 4.4%, Two and a Half Men 0.7% – 3.5%, Mom 2.2% – 3.7% and Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2.2% – 3.7%. Even before its disastrous […]

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New Season: Bachelor Rebuffed, Marry Me Dumped

Despite lower ratings for TV3’s The Bachelor NZ on its second night, TV2, as suspected, has opted to dump Marry Me for double-episodes of Two and a Half Men. TV2 trialled the strategy last night, when an hour of Two and a Half Men averaged 5.1% – 7.7% of the commercial demographics. Viewership wasn’t high enough […]

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A PERSONAL VIEW By Doug Coutts

TV Preview: I Am Innocent

I Am Innocent: TV1, 8.30 Wednesday I Am Innocent – well, that’s what they all say. But sometimes they’re right, as TV1’s new series sets out to show. Each episode tells the story of a person or persons unjustly convicted of a crime they didn’t commit. Lord knows there’s enough material out there, as the […]

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This Week in HD: March 14-20

This Week in HD: March 14-20

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) The Amazing Race (TV2, 5.45) Movie: Pocahontas (TV2, 6.45, 5.1, R) Along for the Ride (TV1, 7.00) Storage Hunters (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30) Movie: My Sister’s Keeper (TV2, 8.30, 5.1, R) CSI (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Chicago PD (TV3, 9.25, 5.1) Nashville (TV1, […]

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HD Heads-Up: March 14-20

HD Heads-Up: March 14-20

The pick of the new HD attractions for the week starting March 14 is premiering online first, but in SD. iZombie, which stars Kiwi Rose McIver, can be streamed from TVNZ Ondemand from March 19, barely a day after its US broadcast premiere on the CW Network. It’s fantastic that TVNZ is fast-tracking shows from […]

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