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After two weeks of disastrous ratings for Safe House, TV3 is burning off the rest of the top British drama series in a double-episode on Sunday. The hasty rescheduling also will see the previously scheduled late-night movie, Martha Marcy May Malene, pre-empted by the episode of Rush that was programmed for 9.30. The good news […]

TV1’s David Attenborough Meets President Obama special was the most watched programme in its time slot on Monday but finished third in the commercial demographics. Screening here a day after the BBC, it averaged 7.2% of the country but only 2.5% – 6.0% of the key demos. More popular in these demos was TV2’s My […]

The year’s first hour-long Monday episode of Shortland Street boosted the ratings warhorse’s popularity and was almost as widely viewed in the major demographics as lead-out juggernaut My Kitchen Rules. Up against the series premiere of Come Dine With Me NZ, it averaged 10.8% – 14.4% of the commercial demos compared to MKR’s 10.6% – 14.8%. […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday The ITM Fishing Show (TV1, 5.00) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Storage Hunters (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Network Movie Premiere: Adventures in Zambezia (TV2, 7.00) Our World: David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals – Triumph of the Vertebrates (TV1, 7.30) Highway Thru Hell (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) […]

TV1 will use the final season of The Mentalist to launch a new David Duchovny drama that’s just gone to air in the US. Aquarius will air 9.30 Tuesdays from June 16, only two-and-a-half weeks after the US and off the back of season seven of The Mentalist, which TVNZ’s already screened on-demand. It stars Duchovny as […]