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Midsomer Murders (Prime, 8.30 Sundays) “Like death and taxes, Midsomer Murders remains one of life’s less palatable certainties. Amid a veritable morgue’s worth of sub-par detective shows on ITV, since the demise of Poirot this is now the oldest and stinkiest of the lot. Mostly, it’s the smell of out-of-date cheese, with only the occasional whiff of self-awareness that […]

Australian Survivor won its slot on Sunday night with TV2’s target 18-49 audience, despite tough competition from TV One’s Sunday and TV3’s repeat of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. After a slow start, it averaged a 5.3 rating/23.5% share and built to dominate the 7.00-8.30 hour in the 25-54 demographic, too. Despite generally good reviews, Hillary trailed its 18-49 and […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday The ITM Fishing Show (TV1, 5.00)  Wonderful World of Disney: Mulan (TV2, 5.20, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00) Rio 2016 Kiwi Highlights (Prime, 6.00)  Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Green Lantern (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (TV3, 7.00, R) Tonight at the London Palladium (TV1, 7.30)  […]

Sunday night schedules will get a pre-spring clean later this month when TV One launches its Hillary miniseries, TV2 unveils a local version of You’re Back in the Room, TV3 triple-bills movies and Prime moves Weekend Murders from Saturdays. Hillary is a six-part dramatisation of the mountaineer’s life and triumphs starring Andrew Munro (The Kick) as Sir Edmund Hillary, […]