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The popularity of Kiwi crowdpleaser Hunt for the Wilderpeople on Sunday wilted viewership of another local favourite, The Brokenwood Mysteries. TVNZ’s re-run of the Taika Waititi hit won its slot in the four core commercial demographics but was most popular with the 25-54 viewers Prime targets with its Kiwi whodunit. Wilderpeople averaged 5.6% of this […]

This month is your last chance to stream on Neon season four of Elementary, S1 of Motherland and S1-3 of The Brokenwood Mysteries. All three will leave the Sky platform on September 30. Also exiting is a raft of Disney movies ahead of the studio launching its own streaming service here on November 19. Meanwhile, […]

NZ On Air this morning announced it would fund as series two of the Kiwi comedy pilots that recently aired on Three: Mean Mums and Golden Boy. It’s also bankrolling a new vehicle for Guy Williams, two TVNZ OnDemand initiatives, including a psychological horror, and a sixth season of Prime’s The Brokenwood Mysteries. Here’s the […]

Several years of flat-lining NZ dramas in primetime haven’t stopped NZ On Air from breathing new life — and about $15 million — into the risky genre both on-air and online. It’s commissioned four new dramas and renewed three more, including Prime’s The Brokenwood Mysteries for a fifth season. They include a black comedy, a psychological […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i   Saturday  Series Premiere: 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, […]

➢ “Pretty much one long OMG WTF” — that’s how The Guardian summed up TVNZ 2’s polygamy documentary series, Three Wives, One Husband, which will air 8.55 Tuesdays from October 31. It’s a four-part Channel 4 take on how 14 Mormon families live in harmony in a desert community when half of the men have multiple wives. “Apart from the […]

NZ On Air is bankrolling four more two-hour episodes of The Brokenwood Mysteries for $3.63 million, despite the last season never averaging more than 2.6% of Prime’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds. However, the picturesque whodunit was competitive by Prime’s standards given the fierce opposition: TVNZ 1’s Victoria, TVNZ 2’s Lethal Weapon and TV3’s Grand Designs. The premiere averaged […]

  TV3’s Grand Designs NZ and Prime’s The Brokenwood Mysteries rated higher than usual on Sunday due to viewers deserting TVNZ 1’s Victoria and TVNZ 2 having to pre-empt Lethal Weapon at the 11th hour. Grand Designs averaged a season high, with 6.9% of 25-54 year-olds and 5.7% of 18-49s. It won the 8.30 hour against Victoria, […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  Grand Designs NZ (TV3, 4.55, R) Chasing Monsters (TV1, 5.00) Series Premiere: Cupcake Wars (TV2, 5.00) Black-ish (TV2, 6.00, 5.1, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  University Challenge (Prime, 6.00)  MasterChef USA (Prime, 6.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Wonderful World of Disney: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (TV2, […]

Home and Away fans left high and dry … Homer gets his own hour … 7 Days turns seven … Brokenwood “fixed” for re-runs … Westside goes west … Home and Away and The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon are going “on hiatus” during the Olympic Games. Because the domestic networks on which these shows air in Australia and […]