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The DVD of Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud went on sale today less than 12 hours after last night’s series finale. The turnaround from primetime to shopfront is unprecedented — and partly why the HD series isn’t being released simultaneously on Blu-ray. Roadshow Entertainment general manager John Davie says a Blu-ray was […]

TV2’s security guard comedy, Observe and Report, last night blitzed the HD competition, despite starting half-an-hour later. Its 9pm premiere dominated all-but one of the key demographics, narrowly losing to Tom Scott’s 1981 Springbok tour dramatisation, Rage, in the 25-54 ranking. Otherwise, it roughly drew double the viewership of Rage and TV3’s The Boat That […]

Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00, F) ✫✫✫ Julie Le Clerc learns how to make Okere Falls Store’s famous baked potatoes and shares a recipe for wagyu steak sandwich with onion jam. World Kitchen (TV3, 5.30, F) ✫✫✫ After an Indian inspired breakfast of Roti Canai, Nici Wickes visits a Chinese clan jetty for a cooking lesson by the […]

 New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i Saturday Under the Grill (TV3, 4.00, R) Coasters (TV One, 4.55, R) Best of Carters’ Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook (TV One, 5.25, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00, F) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The Voice (TV2, 7.30) […]

TV2’s struggling HD spy romp, Chuck, will air 8.30pm Thursday for the last time next week. After weeks of middling to low ratings, TV2 will pull the show mid-season and resume it late-night in November. The network is replacing it with reality newcomer, Embarrassing Fat Bodies, which, mercifully, won’t air in HD. The same week […]