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The shock sacking of two of the judges on The X Factor NZ could be just what the talent show needs to get back on top. The appalling comments of Natalia Kills and Willy Moon on Sunday’s live broadcast aren’t all that will have MediaWorks executives worried. The previous Sunday’s edition won all four commercial demographics (6.1% […]

In the Club: TV1, 8.30 Sunday At first glance, this wasn’t looking promising – an ensemble cast playing a stereotypical set of characters centred round an unlikely premise for drama – an antenatal class. I’ve been to antenatal classes – as a participant I hasten to add (nothing creepy about me) – and in our […]

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, 5.40) Movie: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV2, 6.40, 5.1, R) Along for the Ride (TV1, 7.00) Storage Hunters (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Our World – The Great Bear Stakeout (TV1, 7.30) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30) Movie: The Pursuit of Happiness (TV2, 8.30, […]

TV1 will lighten Sunday nights with its Broadchurch replacement: In the Club. This BBC newcomer is another chums drama from Kay Mellor (Fat Friends, The Syndicate). The Independent dubbed it an “enjoyably melodramatic series about the never-ending crises of six new mums in the same prenatal class”. And although The Guardian felt it “deftly plotted […]