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What/If | Netflix, from Friday ☆☆☆☆ “It’s tricky to explain Renee Zellweger’s new Netflix show What/If to somebody who hasn’t seen it, because it’s an exercise in diametrically opposed contradictions. It’s a sexy thriller, even though it’s about as sexy as slow-transit constipation. Its unique selling point is that it follows the consequences of actions, […]

Kiwi crowdpleaser Go Girls may have gone west long ago but TV2 is still heavily skewing Tuesday nights female with four hours of back-to-back girl power. Its new-look Tuesday will be anchored by one of the US season’s hottest new HD dramas, How to Get Away With Murder. It will screen in the 8.30 slot […]

TV2’s My Kitchen Rules scorched even Shortland Street in the ratings on Wednesday. It out-rated the perennially popular soap in every key demographic, averaging 14.3% – 20.2% compared to Shortland Street’s 13.4% – 18.9%. TV3’s HD Aussie rival, House Rules, responded with only 3.1% – 4.1%, which was bad news for lead-out 3rd Degree (1.7% – 3.1%). […]

NCIS stood up to the tough competition TV2 threw at it on Tuesday when the procedural perennial went head-to-head with HD sitcoms Mom and Two and a Half Men. Both hours were evenly matched, with the channels seesawing in the ratings. Despite having a powerhouse lead-in in My Kitchen Rules (11.8% – 17.7% of the […]

My Kitchen Rules’ popularity earned Step Dave some of its highest ratings for the season on Tuesday. The final episode averaged 8.9% – 12.4% of the major demographics and won the 8.30 hour across the board. That was a big step up from the previous week, when its penultimate episode averaged only 4.6% – 7.4% […]

Britain may have talent — but not enough to topple TV3’s NCIS in its 11th season. The long-running procedural largely won the 8.30 hour with 5.6% – 9.6% of the key demographics. It lost only among adults 18-39 to the penultimate episode of Step Dave (4.6% – 7.4%). TV One’s HD premiere of Britain’s Got Talent […]

Tuesday continues to be one of the week’s most competitive nights, with all three HD networks see-sawing in the ratings. TV2 made big week-on-week gains with household shoppers with kids while TV3 won the night with its target audience, 25-54 year-olds. The up-and-down nature of the night was highlighted at 8.30, when TV2’s Step Dave […]

TV2 took another hit Tuesday with near-season lows for Step Dave and Revenge while TV One was on a roll with its earlier wildlife hour delivering a strong lead-in for its two-hour doco block. TV One sharply improved its peak-hour ratings and shares week-on-week, TV3’s were steady (with the bonus an upsurge among household shoppers […]

TV3’s dynamic crime-fighting duo helped it to win the night on Tuesday with its target audience, adults 25-54. The Yuletide episode of NCIS averaged 7.2% – 8.9% to beat TV2’s Step Dave (5.8% – 9.3%) in all the key demographics except household shoppers with kids. And at 9.30, NCIS: Los Angeles (6.1%- 8.1%) decisively out-rated HD […]

TV2’s Step Dave scored near-season high ratings on Tuesday but TV3’s NCIS remained competitive while its sister show overpowered Revenge. Step Dave averaged 8.3% – 12.1% of the major demographics opposite NCIS’ 5.4% – 11.1%. It crushed the crime drama in the 18-39 and 18-49 demos but the gap was much narrower among adults 25-54 […]