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TVNZ 1’s natural history hit, Our Big Blue Backyard, continues to dominate Sunday night ratings.  This week’s season finale was tops with two of the network’s core commercial demographics, 25-54 and 18-49 year-olds, and ranked second with all viewers aged five-plus. TVNZ 1’s Victoria is also holding firm after a slow start and finished in the […]

Will Victoria reign? … Moore trumps Trump … Just the (food) facts, ma’am … TVNZ 1’s October 30 launch of costume drama hit Victoria will crown a weekend of HD premieres on the network. It will air 8.30 Sundays, off the back of new episodes of Our Big Blue Backyard, while leading into 1 News from that night will […]

NZ On Air is bankrolling another series of the HD spectacular, Our Big Blue Backyard, for nearly $2.1 million. The Natural History NZ commission rated strongly for TV1 and the second series of six hour-long episodes will explore the farthest reaches of our oceans, up to the Kermadecs and down to the Antarctica. News of […]

In a week of season and series finales, TV One’s Sunday night line-up went out on top. Our Big Blue Backyard, Happy Valley and Secrets and Lies largely won their slots with the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds. Backyard averaged 5.3% – 9.1% to win or be competitive in each of the major demos while […]

TV One’s premiere of Happy Valley on Sunday proved there’s still an audience for quality drama on free-to-air TV. Predictably it bombed with 18-39 year-olds but was competitive with Gotham in the 18-49 demographic and won the 8.30 hour with 25-54 year-olds – TV One’s target audience – and household shoppers with kids. It averaged […]