Tag Archives: Odyssey
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HD Ratings: Shark Tank Fans Left High and Dry

TV3 has yet to reschedule Shark Tank, which it’s replacing mid-season with Heroes Reborn. Monday’s episode was the seventh of 15 in a series that has built week-to-week, to the point where it was competitive with TV2’s Reno Rumble and Wentworth in key demographics. Whereas TV3 will continue its stablemate, Odyssey, in a late-night Sunday […]

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HD Ratings: Wentworth Locks Up Monday

HD Ratings: Wentworth Locks Up Monday

The return of Aussie prison drama Wentworth captivated enough viewers on Monday night to win all the commercial demographics for TV2. The season three premiere averaged 4.5% – 8.2% opposite TV1’s Criminal Minds (3.0% – 4.7%) and TV3’s Shark Tank (2.2% – 4.0%). Wentworth seesawed over the hour but in each of the key demos finished with […]

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HD Ratings: Reno Doesn’t Rule the House

The second episode of Reno Rumble improved in an earlier slot but isn’t shaping up to be another My Kitchen Rules for TV2. Monday’s broadcast averaged 5.7% – 10.4% of the commercial demographics, which was roughly half the viewership of lead-in Shortland Street (12.5% – 17.4%). TV1’s The Force (8.7% – 13.2%) and Criminal Minds (5.5% […]

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A PERSONAL VIEW By Doug Coutts

Doug Coutts’ TV Preview: Odyssey

TV Preview: Odyssey | TV3, 9.30 Monday If you’re a career soldier smart enough to know an Al Qaeda scam in a single glance at a laptop, and smart enough to quickly download it onto a memory stick before the intel guys get there, and smart enough to work out the intel guys are actually […]

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This Week in HD: August 8-14

This Week in HD: August 8-14

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Zoom (TV2, 7.00, R) MasterChef NZ (TV3, 7.00, R) Motive (TV3, 8.30, 5.1, F) Network Movie Premiere: Here Comes the Boom (TV2, 8.45) Mr Selfridge (TV1, 9.30) SVU (TV3, 9.35, 5.1) Hannibal (TV3, 10.20, 5.1, R) Word Up (TV1, 10.30, R) […]

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HD Heads-Up: August 8-14

HD Heads-Up: August 8-14

TV3 has quite a story to tell in the week starting August 8: it will launch Campbell Live successor Story amid a raft of new dramas and specials, including the Channel 4 sensation Humans. The robot dramas that’s been a critical and ratings hit in the UK will air 8.30 Tuesdays, against soft competition on TV1 […]

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MediaWorks Secures Heroic New Shows

MediaWorks Secures Heroic New Shows

MediaWorks TV today announced a new agreement with US studio NBCUniversal, securing programming for both TV3 and Four that first was reported here.  This deal gives MediaWorks TV exclusive New Zealand broadcast rights to: Heroes Reborn, the highly anticipated reboot of the hit sci-fi series; State of Affairs, starring Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy) as a […]

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