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Cowabunga! TV3 is bringing back The Simpsons to primetime. It’s replacing its disastrous Thursday line-up with double-episodes of the HD ‘toon and movies from next week. Of course, there’s a “D’oh!” — the episodes are culled from the show’s 25th season, which aired last year in SD on Four, starting with the 13th (the Sideshow Bob […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday The ITM Fishing Show (TV1, 5.00, F) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Inkheart (TV2, 7.00, R) Safe Crackers (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) American Ninja Warrior (TV3, 7.30) Motive (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Movie: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (TV2, 9.05) SVU (TV3, 9.35, 5.1) Puberty Blues (TV1, 9.30, F) […]

Normal service has resumed. Apologies for the dearth of posts this week but I have been empanelled on a jury. As someone who’s self-employed, I was not only reluctant but pretty darn grumpy about having to give up several days of my working week to sit in judgment. However, the experience was enlightening and enriching, […]

TV3’s dynamic crime-fighting duo helped it to win the night on Tuesday with its target audience, adults 25-54. The Yuletide episode of NCIS averaged 7.2% – 8.9% to beat TV2’s Step Dave (5.8% – 9.3%) in all the key demographics except household shoppers with kids. And at 9.30, NCIS: Los Angeles (6.1%- 8.1%) decisively out-rated HD […]

TV2’s Step Dave scored near-season high ratings on Tuesday but TV3’s NCIS remained competitive while its sister show overpowered Revenge. Step Dave averaged 8.3% – 12.1% of the major demographics opposite NCIS’ 5.4% – 11.1%. It crushed the crime drama in the 18-39 and 18-49 demos but the gap was much narrower among adults 25-54 […]

Tuesday night newcomer Step Dave is evolving into one of TV2’s biggest new-season hits. This week’s episode averaged 8.6% – 11.4% of the key demographics, and was most popular with TV2’s target audience of adults 18-39 and household shoppers with kids. It was bolstered by sensational ratings for lead-ins Shortland Street (14.1% – 19.0%), Nabbed […]