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TVNZ 2’s counterprogramming success against TVNZ 1’s Commomnwealth Games coverage continued on Wednesday, when its re-run of the movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, topped the ratings in all the core demographics. It averaged 6.5% of 25-54s, 5.7% of 18-49s, 5.5% of 18-39s and 9.1% of household shoppers with kids. The Commonwealth Games rated second while […]

   ➢ Movies will dominate Easter schedules, with the highlight being TVNZ 2’s free-to-air premiere of Zootopia (7.00 Sunday). TVNZ 1 will have two network premieres — In the Heart of the Sea (8.40 Sunday) and Burnt (8.30 Monday) — while Maori TV has 45 Years (8.30 Sunday). Three settles for another re-run of ET (7.00 […]

   ➢ Crime procedural fans can look forward to a genre overkill on Three with the return of NCIS: Los Angeles on June 25. Season eight will air 8.30 Wednesdays as the lead-in to Hawaii Five-O, which means on consecutive nights Three will air two two-hour blocks devoted to procedurals. And as well as NCIS and SVU […]

Bravo’s controversial The Real Housewives of Auckland out-rated TV3’s NCIS: Los Angeles for the first time on Tuesday in the 18-49 demographic. The reality hour averaged 2.4% of this audience compared to the action hour’s 2.3%. It was competitive in TV3’s other key demo, 25-54, with NCIS: LA averaging 3.2% against Wives’ 2.5%. The previous week […]

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NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) Wonderful World of Disney: Home on the Range (TV2, 5.30, R) The Goldbergs (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Captain America: The First Avenger (TV2, 7.00, R) Network Movie Premiere: […]

Queen’s Birthday Weekend is shaping up to be a primetime blockbuster with not only Prime’s HD launch of the new-model Top Gear but also three network movie premieres on TV3: Mr. Peabody & Sherman (7.00 Saturday), X-Men: Days of Future Past (8.30 Sunday) and Ride Along (8.30 Monday). And mid-week TV3 will roll out for the first time the RoboCop reboot […]

Two and a Half Men returned for its final season on Wednesday, after first screening on TVNZ Ondemand. While the double-episode premiere averaged only 5.7% – 7.8% of the major demographics, and rated below 6.0% in three of the four, that still was enough to beat the competition in the 18-39 and household shopper demos. […]

The return of NCIS on Tuesday out-rated the network premiere of Looper in the 18-49 and 25-54 demographics. It averaged 3.6% – 5.3% of the major demos, and was most popular with TV3’s 25-54 target audience. That was on the back of The Block: Glasshouse’s 4.6% – 6.2% and ahead of NCIS: Los Angeles’ 3.6% […]