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Network movie premieres in HD for the week starting October 18 are limited to the Temuera Morrison adventure Tracker (TV One, 10.30 Saturday), after his variety show Happy Hour, and the musical comedy Pitch Perfect (TV3, 8.05 Sunday), starring Super Fun Night’s Rebel Wilson. There’s little to keep track of plot-wise in Tracker, a visually […]

TV2’s Mistresses looks likely to lose its coveted 8.30 Thursday slot after this week’s episode drew only 3.8% of the channel’s target audience, 18-39 year-olds. This was its poorest showing yet, down from the premiere’s 4.9% two weeks earlier. It was also down sharply among adults 25-54, slipping from 5.5% for the premiere to 3.9%, […]

One of TV One’s biggest drama hits, Packed to the Rafters, has gone from rating through the roof to hitting rock bottom. Thursday’s episode averaged only 2.4% – 5.5% of the major demographics while the news wasn’t better for the HD drama it screens opposite, TV2’s Mistresses. The latter averaged 3.3% – 5.0% and was […]

The X Factor USA proved too harsh a mistress for Thursday’s premiere of Mistresses. TV2’s new HD drama averaged only 4.5% – 5.8% of the major demographics. It ranked ahead of TV One’s Packed to the Rafters except among household shoppers (3.1% – 6.5%) but was well behind the second half of TV3’s two-hour X […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks:   Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) The ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 5.30) Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Duck Dynasty (TV2, 7.00) Series Premiere: This Town (TV One, 7.30) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (TV One, 8.30) Blue Bloods (TV3, 9.25, 5.1) Outrageous Fortune (TV3, […]

The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals are the latest series to launch online ahead of on air. TVNZ Ondemand will premiere season five of Diaries and the series premiere of The Originals barely a day — 28 hours — after they bow in the US. It’s a double-edged sword for fans: they’ll be […]