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Bull (Prime, 8.30 Thursdays) “Bull is based (rather loosely) on the early career of Phil McGraw, better known as ‘Dr. Phil,’ who became acquainted with Oprah Winfrey while working as a trial consultant. In the CBS drama, Michael Weatherly plays Dr. Jason Bull, a psychologist who works with lawyers by profiling jurors and tweaking trials to his clients’ […]

SoHo Highlight: Treme (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Toni tracks down a former cop in search of clues about Daymo; Janette considers suspending operations; the Bernettes make a splash at the Krewe du Vieux parade. As The AV Club said of this series six episodes in: “[Creator David] Simon and his writers are unsparing in drawing out the instances of corruption, inefficiency, […]

TV3’s primetime gamble on its new high-octane HD drama, Sons of Anarchy, paid off last night when the premiere blitzed the competition. This “Easy Rider meets The Sopranos“ drew 9% of the network’s core audience, 18-49 year-olds, although it did slip from a peak of 10.5% to a low of 7.6% during the hour. TV2’s […]

TV3’s HD sensation, Outrageous Fortune, continues to out-rate TV2’s Tuesday night movies by almost four to one while the network’s body language sleuth series, Lie to Me, which is nearing the end of its second HD season on Wednesdays, is again keeping the competition honest. It had been struggling against TV2’s SD alternative, Chuck, but last night […]

TV3’s HD combo of NZ’s Next Top Model and the movie, Juno, helped the network to win Friday night’s ratings contest. The season-two launch of Model attracted 9.1% of TV3’s target audience, 18-49 year-olds, and the free-to-air premiere of Juno, 10.9%. Model ranked behind TV2’s comedy duo, Two and a Half Men and Gary Unmarried, but […]

Would I lie to you? TV3 will resume season two of Lie to Me from episode 11 on August 4. The HD drama about a body language sleuth (Tim Roth) was one of the network’s most popular shows this year before its Wednesday night run was interrupted for Underbelly: The Golden Mile. Its return will […]