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New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday  River Monsters With Jeremy Wade  (TV1, 4.55) The Block NZ (TV3, 5.00, R) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) Movie: Wall-E (TV2, 5.15, R) 1 News at 6pm (TV1, 6.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00) Flog It! (Prime, 6.00) MasterChef Australia (TV1, 7.00) Movie: The Legend of Zorro (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: […]

   ➢ TVNZ 1 will continue its Friday lightweight drama slot with the return of Ordinary Lies on August 4 at 8.40. Series two is set in a Cardiff sportswear firm. Said The Telegraph of the season premiere: “While Ordinary Lies lacks the vim and vigour of its antecedent Clocking Off …  there was enough narrative tension for it to […]

Bravo’s controversial The Real Housewives of Auckland out-rated TV3’s NCIS: Los Angeles for the first time on Tuesday in the 18-49 demographic. The reality hour averaged 2.4% of this audience compared to the action hour’s 2.3%. It was competitive in TV3’s other key demo, 25-54, with NCIS: LA averaging 3.2% against Wives’ 2.5%. The previous week […]

TV2 was the real deal on Tuesday with its blockbuster line-up of Shortland Street, The Middle, The Real O’Neals and Quantico. The network’s 7.30 comedy hour drew about three times as many 25-54 and 18-49 viewers as TV3’s Wedding Surprises: Caught on Camera and was also sharply more popular than TV One’s Kiwi Living except in […]

Tuesday’s premiere of Kiwi Living in its new mid-week slot rated better among 25-54 and 18-49 year-olds than its predecessor, Outback Truckers. It averaged 5.4% of 25-54s compared to 4.1% for the season finale of Truckers the previous week. That helped lead-out The Hard Stuff With Nigel Latta to rate half-a-rating point higher — even though […]

Top 20, 5pm-midnight, 25-54 Top 20, 5pm-midnight, 18-49 Top 20, 5pm-midnight, 5+

Top 20, 5pm-midnight, 25-54 Top 20, 5pm-midnight, 18-49 Top 20, 5pm-midnight, 5+

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Season Premiere: Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) The Goldbergs (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R)  Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00)  Movie: Oz The Great and Powerful (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Robots(TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Britain’s Got Talent (TV1, 7.30) Father Brown (Prime, 7.30)  […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) The Goldbergs (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R)  Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Police Academy (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Ice Age 2: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Season Premiere: Britain’s Got Talent (TV1, 7.30) Father Brown (Prime, 7.30)  Grantchester (Prime, 8.35) […]

TV2 will freshen up its schedule in the last week of April with newcomers like Quantico, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce and First Dates Australia, along with the return of My Kitchen Rules (which will air 7.30 Monday-Wednesday). FBI rookies drama Quantico will screen 8.30 Tuesdays, ahead of Empire, while First Dates and Girlfriends will become a […]