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TV3’s Bodyshockers suffered a body blow on Thursday when Tabatha Takes Over took over TV2’s 20/20 slot. Tabatha won the 9.30 hour with 4.0% – 5.6% of the key demographics, compared to 2.8% – 5.5% for Bodyshockers. Only among household shoppers with kids was it a tight contest — which is astonishing given Bodyshockers’ premiere […]

How much longer can TV One afford to keep Mr Selfridge open in peak hour after Thursday’s episode? The department store drama was beaten by not only HD rivals Arrow and CSI but also the TV One programmes that preceded and followed it. It averaged merely 1.6% – 3.0% of the major demographics, and only […]

The return of department store drama Mr Selfridge in a new 8.30 Thursday slot didn’t ring up the ratings till for TV One. The season two premiere averaged 2.3% – 3.5% of the major demographics, which was down sharply on its July 2013 series premiere of 3.5% – 6.3%. HD rivals Arrow (5.4% – 7.6%) and CSI […]

TV2’s Shortland Street bounced back on Thursday after Wednesday’s unusually low ratings but the network’s faltering fantasy drama Arrow proved vulnerable to TV3’s CSI (above). The veteran crime procedural averaged 4.2% – 9.9% of the key demographics and easily beat Arrow (5.2% – 8.2%) among adults 25-54 and household shoppers with kids. Arrow was tops […]

House of Cards and Scandal fans won’t want to miss another top political drama that TV2 will debut late-night in HD the same week TV One replaces struggling Australian drama Rake with another drama from across the Tasman. Political Animals is a 2012 mini-series that tries to get inside the mind of Hillary Clinton and […]