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Three’s network movie premiere of Rocky sequel Creed was laid low by the competition on Thursday. It averaged an abysmal 1.2% of Three’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, and only 1.0% of 18-49s. The latest in the Rocky Balboa saga wasn’t helped by Jono and Ben’s bantam-weight lead-ins: 2.9% of 25-54 and 1.9% of 18-49. But even […]

➢ TVNZ 2 will launch a Grey’s Anatomy spin-off the same week it resumes Young Sheldon, The Middle, Travel Guides, Booze Patrol and Sensing Murder. Station 19 is a firefighting drama that will screen 9.30 Mondays from July 16. Variety thought the pilot “really good — a refreshingly gimmick-free character drama about the heightened atmosphere […]

TVNZ 2 will screen the latest season of The X-Files within hours of the US. The 11th season will air 8.30 Thursdays from January 4, ahead of season five re-runs of Sensing Murder. “Season 11 appears to centre on Mulder and Scully’s son, William, whom Scully had to give up for adoption for his safety not […]

TVNZ 1 will pre-empt Code Black for a Mrs Brown’s Boys Easter special on April 13 but if the hospital drama’s ratings don’t improve, it may go the way of Blindspot. Blindspot was dumped from 8.30 Thursdays to 9.30 Mondays after failing to sustain enough viewers. And although Code Black has improved on its performance, and […]

The critics abhor it but TVNZ 2’s Sensing Murder is one of the network’s most popular shows. Duncan Grieve in the NZ Herald dubbed it a “grotesque sham” that’s “made an unwelcome return from the grave”. And Steve Kilgallon in a 2016 Stuff article declared TVNZ “should be ashamed” of renewing the psychic sleuthing hour for a […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  The Wonder of Animals (TV3, 4.55)  Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson (TV1, 5.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.05, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) Outback Pilots (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Inkheart (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Garfield (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Antiques Roadshow (Prime, 7.30) Te Radar’s Chequered Past (TV1, 8.05)  […]

SoHo debuts Girls’ sixth and final season 8.30 tonight on a new night. Traditionally it’s aired Thursdays but SoHo’s switched it to Wednesday so it could air new drama Legion (8.30 Thursdays) within 24 hours of the US. From next week it will be teamed with the Pete Holmes comedy, Crashing, and from March 8 re-runs […]

Next year TVNZ will live-stream its linear channels, which are being rebranded this weekend in the face of Twittersphere outrage, and will premiere more shows first online. Here’s TVNZ’s new-season announcement in full: Coming to a screen near you: TVNZ is applying fresh thinking to its 2017 line-up. Viewers can expect more shows available OnDemand first, […]

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