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How much lower will Magnum P.I.’s ratings have to sink before they trigger its demise? Tonight’s teaming with The Block NZ: Firehouse, ahead of the return of Hawaii Five-O, may be the reboot’s last chance to earn its primetime stripes. Last week’s episode averaged an abysmal 1.3% of Three’s core commercial demographic, 25-54 year-olds, 0.9% […]

   ➢➢ TVNZ 1 will launch its winter schedule with three series premieres and the return of three staples in the week starting June 8. Despite the ratings disappointment of The Bay, the network will continue its 8.30 Wednesday crime drama slot with Manhunt, the compelling true-life dramatisation starring Martin Clunes that already can be […]

Manhunt | TVNZ OnDemand, from Sunday ☆☆☆☆ “This sober, responsible production that has even managed to avoid the temptation of hyping it as Martin Clunes’s first foray into straight drama and aggrandising him or the production at their expense. Clunes does fine work as an utterly ordinary detective finding himself in charge of an utterly extraordinary […]