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New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Tiger – Spy in the Jungle (TV3, 4.55) The ITM Fishing Show (TV1, 5.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00) Rio 2016 Kiwi Highlights (Prime, 6.00)  Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: The Lego Movie (TV2, 7.00, R)  Movie: Mrs Doubtfire (TV3, 7.00, R) Tonight at the London Palladium (TV1, 7.30)  Alex Polizzi’s Secret […]

Britain’s Got Talent got traction on Thursday, when the season premiere scored top ratings for TV1. It didn’t win the 7.30 hour outright but the second half out-rated the competition and helped the finale of Offspring to win its slot in two of the network’s key demographics (25-54, household shoppers with kids). Moreover, it led to […]

TV3 didn’t dent TV2’s Thursday night dominance with its replacement programming for low-rating crime dramas Backstrom and Motive. It’s puzzling, given the size of MediaWorks’ film library, why the channel would pick a title as dated and lacklustre as The Jackal to open its action movie season. Abruptly dumping Backstrom and Motive after just two weeks […]

TV3 programmers will need plenty of backbone to keep quirky new cop show Backstrom on air if its rating don’t improve tonight. The series made a disastrous debut when it launched last week, averaging only 1.0% – 2.3% of the commercial demographics. It roughly lost more than half of its lead-in from Top Gear (4.2% […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) Movie: Robin Hood (TV3, 8.50, 5.1, R) Nashville (TV1, 9.30, 5.1) Fat Tony & Co (TV1, 10.25, R) Movie: The Losers (TV2, 11.00, 5.1, R) Movie: My Name is Khan (TV3, 11.50, R) Auckland Daze (TV1, 12.25, R) Movie: Management (TV2, 12.55, R) Movie: Dylan Dog: […]

TV3 is getting the jump on TV2’s new-look Tuesdays by premiering the latest seasons of NCIS (above) and NCIS: LA on January 27. The sister shows will air back-to-back from 8.15 the same night TV2 clears its scheduling deck for the February 3 premiere of How to Get Away With Murder. Expect the first week in […]

The network premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man spun amazing ratings for TV2’s Friday blockbuster slot. It averaged 7.5% – 12.3% of the major demographics and was most watched from 7.30-8.30. But TV3 clawed back some of these viewers with The Graham Norton Show (6.8% – 9.5%) and won the 9.30 hour with its Kiwi comedies. […]

Revved-up ratings for Prime’s Top Gear dented the appeal of Sunday’s cooking shows on TV One and TV3. The season finale of the SD petrolhead hour averaged 6.1% – 6.6% of the major demographics, compared to 4.8% – 8.8% for MasterChef NZ and 3.8% – 6.2% for The Great Food Race. MasterChef only lost to […]

TV One’s faith in Sunday drama Offspring was rewarded this week when it won the 8.30 hour in two of the key demographics and proved competitive in the rest. The episode averaged 4.5% – 8.6% of the major demos and out-rated Agents of SHIELD and The Blacklist among adults 25-54 and household shoppers with kids. […]

After last week’s comeback, The Blacklist was a write-off on Sunday. The General Ludd episode, which guest starred Weeds’ Justin Kirk (above), was out-rated in the major demographics by both Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD and Offspring a week out from TV3 airing a double-episode. The FBI drama averaged only 3.1% – 5.5% compared to SHIELD’s […]