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TVNZ 1 will deliver the Call the Midwife Christmas Special 2016 within 12 hours of the BBC’s broadcast. It will air Christmas Day in the UK whereas TVNZ 1 will premiere it 8.30 on Boxing Day (see the trailer here). According to the blurb, “As Poplar celebrates a white Christmas, Nonnatus House receives an SOS call from Hope […]

TV One is following up Inside Tatler and Posh Pawn with another HD take on how tough it is to be rich in the UK. You Can’t Get the Staff, which will air 9.30 Thursdays from May 26, goes behind the doors of some of Britain’s poshest homes to see how the cream of society handle […]

Viewers were hopelessly devoted to TV3’s Grease: Live special on Friday. The three-hour musical that aired to top ratings only days earlier in the US averaged a 7.1 rating/24.7 share of TV3’s target audience, 25-54 year olds. It averaged 6.3% – 8.5% of the other core commercial demographics and won its slot across the board with shares of […]

POSH PAWN | TV One, 8.10 Saturday Posh Pawn … even though the double entendre has been done to death with shows like Pawn Stars and Hardcore Pawn, this show about pawn dealers (oops, another one) is a cut above the other two. The other two are handicapped by being shot in the US, featuring family […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Hikoi: The Land March (TV1, 5.00, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) The Simpsons (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) MasterChef Australia (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Herbie: Fully Loaded (TV2, 7.00, R) Network Movie Premiere: Turbo (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Series Premiere: Posh Pawn (TV1 8.10) Network Movie Premiere: Zoolander (TV2, 8.50, R) The Great […]

TV1’s newest reality half-hour, Posh Pawn, which will screen 7.00 Saturdays from February 6, didn’t get the flashest reviews. Quipped The Guardian: “I’m not suggesting that the target demographic is dead-eyed subhumans without two brain cells to rub together, but I would like to see a species breakdown of its viewing figures.” The Telegraph thought it […]