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  Game of Games is no longer a game changer for TVNZ 2 while its newest Friday folly, Japandemonium, flopped in last week’s debut. TVNZ 2 had been chipping away at Three’s light-en supremacy on Fridays with last month’s launch of Game of Games, which started strongly and at one point out-rated The Graham Norton […]

Three is relegating The Spinoff TV from 9.45 Fridays to 10.45 Fridays for the rest of its run. The pop culture half-hour spun off the website has rated dismally since its debut, despite being delivered a substantial lead-in from 7 Days. And on Saturday it was blasted in the NZ Herald for being $700,000 worth of […]

➢ A Sunday Theatre take on horse-racing legend Kiwi will precede the season premiere of another Kiwi favourite Westside. Kiwi (TVNZ 1, 8.30 July 8) goes behind the stable doors to reveal how a farm hack went on to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup and will premiere 24 hours ahead of the return of Westside on […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday  Nature’s Weirdest Events (TV1, 4.55, R) My Kitchen Rules New Zealand (TV2, 5.00, R) Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers (TV3, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00, R) 1 News at 6pm (TV1, 6.00) The Barefoot Bandits (TV2, 6.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00) Flog It! (Prime, […]

➢ TVNZ 2 is giving its Friday night make-out marathon a make-over, with two October 27 premieres sandwiching Take Me Out: Love Connection at 7.30 and Naked Attraction at 9.45. The former is a revival of theChuck Woolery classic, with Bravo’s Andy Cohen, who’s just been announced as Kathy Griffin’s replacement for CNN’s New Year’s Eve show, […]