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TV One at last dusts off the HBO comedy, Life’s Too Short, for a late-night Friday run the same week TV2 launches two high-profile movie slots to plug holes in its schedule. The network HD premiere of The Help will open Monday Night at the Movies on November 11 while the network HD premiere of […]

The ace up TV One’s scheduling sleeve, Dynamo: Magician Impossible, proved less spellbinding than The Block NZ on Monday. The renovation hit averaged 11.1% – 16.9% of the key demos to win the 7.30 hour against Dynamo’s competitive 8.6% – 14.2%. However, Dynamo easily won the slot with viewers aged 5+: 13.3% versus 9.3% for […]

HD dramas Devious Maids and Breakout Kings were buried by SD reality hour Hoarding: Buried Alive. The TV One series beat its HD rivals in all the key demos, averaging 5.7% – 9.7%. TV2’s Maids continued to shed viewers, with only 4.5% – 7.6% of key demos on the back of the network’s top-rating HD sitcom […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks:   Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 5.30) Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Mitre 10 Dream Home: Offcuts (TV2, 7.00) Coasters (TV One, 7.30) The Voice Australia (TV2, 7.30) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Dishing Up Australia With Al Brown (TV One, 8.00) Miss Fisher’s […]

After a scandalous 16-month delay, TVNZ is poised to launch the “latest” drama series from the creator of Grey’s Anatomy. But like The Carrie Diaries, it will be unveiled online before it goes to air on TV One in September. TVNZ Ondemand will release Scandal, which stars Kerry Washington as a Washington DC crisis management […]

NZ TV’s best-kept secret at last has been discovered. Tuesday’s episode of The Secret Lives of Dancers still finished third in its slot but posted its best ratings of the season. It averaged 5.6% of 25-54 year-olds, 5.2% of 18-49, 4.4% of 18-39 and 6.5% of household shoppers. HD rival The Middle danced circles around […]

SoHo Highlight: Strike Back (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Scott and Stonebridge try to thwart Connolly’s ruthless plan to deliver ATAT’s WMD device to Latif. If you haven’t yet discovered this action-packed series, The Huffington Post has a succinct recap of the first three episodes of what it calls “one of the most explosive shows on television — really. […]

Series Highlight: The Middle (TV2, 7.30) Frankie and Mike take the family on a camping trip and revisit memories of their campsite honeymoon. In part two of what was an hour-long season premiere in the US, Ray Romano guest stars as an old pal of Mike’s who stumbles upon their romantic getaway. “You look really familiar,” […]

SoHo Highlight: The Shadow Line (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Gabriel and Joseph find themselves in a three-horse race as they desperately work to get to the driver of Wratten’s car first. The Guardian thought this “a pacy episode that focuses on the plot rather than stilted detail … It’s fair to say that last week’s opener was divisive. Some […]

Top local shows in HD triumphed and tanked last night as the new season ratings contest between TV2 and TV3 intensified. Go Girls made a smashing season-four debut, averaging 16.2% of TV2’s target audience, 18-39 year-olds (of which it had a 44.8% share, second only to Shortland Street’s 45.1% share for the night — although the […]