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New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  5 Star Family Reunion (TV1, 4.55) My Kitchen Rules New Zealand (TV2, 5.00, R) Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers (TV3, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00, R) 1 News at 6pm (TV1, 6.00) The Barefoot Bandits (TV2, 6.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00) ITM […]

➢ British quiz show The Crystal Maze will anchor 7.30 Sundays on TVNZ 2 from Nov-ember 5. The IT Crowd’s Richard Ayoade is the “Maze Master” who leads five contestants on a series of ingenious games and fiendish challenges in a giant fantasy world. A re-make of a ’90s series starring Kiwi Richard “Rocky Horror Show” […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Series Premiere: Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth (TV3, 4.55) The ITM Fishing Show (TV1, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00)  Wonderful World of Disney: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV2, 5.10, R) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: 17 Again (TV2, 7.00, R)  Movie: Ghostbusters(TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Britain’s Got Talent (TV1, 7.30)  Coronation […]

Sleepy Hollow at last can be seen here as it should have been broadcast. It’s one of four series that bow here this week on Blu-ray but is the only one to have suffered an SD telecast. The Complete First Season has an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. “Shot digitally with the Red Epic, Sleepy […]

TV3 may rue sacrificing Sleepy Hollow as part of its restructured Fox deal after Tuesday’s series premiere on Prime largely out-rated NCIS. NCIS averaged a season low of 1.5% – 3.3% of the key demographics while Sleepy Hollow opened with 1.8% – 3.1% (Prime will repeat the premiere 11pm Saturday, to increase sampling on the […]

Great news for HD drama fans who subscribe to SoHo — Sky has picked up Homeland, The Americans and American Horror Story as part of a content deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Not such good news is HD drawcards Modern Family, Bones and Sleepy Hollow are going to Prime, where they’ll screen only in SD. While […]

American Horror Story may lead this year’s Emmy nominations, with 17, but that hasn’t stop MediaWorks relegating the second season and the HD Psycho spin-off, Bates Motel, to Four. It’s galling to see HD production of this calibre languish in SD on Four when inferior fare like Chicago Fire gets plum peak-hour slots. American Horror […]