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  Saturday  Cars | TVNZ 2, 5.05 Batman Begins | TVNZ 2, 7.00 Alpha and Omega | Three, 7.00 Australia | Three, 8.45 Carrie |Duke, 9.00 The Dark Knight | TVNZ 2, 9.30 Saturday Concussion | TVNZ 1, 11.00   Sunday Masterminds | TVNZ 2, 8.30 Bridget Jones’s Baby | Three, 8.30 Birth | Maori TV, 8.30 The Exorcist | TVNZ 2, 11.05 […]

As Billions winds towards the end of its third enthralling season (SoHo, 8.30 Tuesdays), fans will be pleased to learn Sky’s premium drama channel has a new corporate skulduggery drama up its sleeve. Succession, which went to air this weekend on HBO, will premiere here on July 11. It stars Brian Cox as a Rupert […]

How scary is this? Key ratings for The Exorcist in its new late-night slot improved on Sunday. The first four episodes aired 9.30 Sunday before TV2 bumped the movie spin-off to 11.30. Amazingly, episode five averaged 3.3% of 25-54s compared to 2.4% for episode four; in the 18-49 demo, the former averaged 2.8% and the latter, […]

Could this weekend be the last time The Exorcist (TV2, 9.30) screens in primetime? Last weekend the ratings for the Lethal Weapon stablemate sunk to a season low of 1.1% of TV2’s target audience, 18-49 year-olds. The movie spin-off was beaten by both the second half of TV1’s Bombshell: The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior and TV3’s Best […]

The Exorcist (TV2, 9.40 Sunday) “The premiere … doesn’t try to be the movie or outdo it in terms of fright factor, nor does it provide any reasons for mockery. It’s well-made, well-acted television, which is more than can be said for some of the reboots rolling out this fall. Where it’s going after the first episode is anyone’s […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  Chasing Monsters (TV1, 4.55) Africa (TV3, 4.55, R) Movie: The Sword in the Stone (TV2, 5.25, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  Simply Nigella (Prime, 6.00, R) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Wonderful World of Disney: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Dr Seuss’s The Lorax (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) […]

   The start of the fall TV season in the US will see a slew of new dramas fast-tracked on TV2. Season 10 of The Big Bang Theory premieres next week and in the last week of September the network will launch Lethal Weapon, The Exorcist and This Is Us. The movie spin-offs will replace […]

Outcast (SoHo, 9.30 Mondays) “Although it’s too early to tell if Outcast can sustain itself, this Cinemax horror series from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman at least has the right idea. In contrast to the Dead series, or for that matter, any season of American Horror Story, this mysterious, atmospheric tale of demonic and supernatural forces in ordinary lives seems informed by […]

TV dramas spun off the movies The Exorcist and Lethal Weapon are among the first pilots to be picked up as series for the 2016/17 season in the US. The latter stars Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans Sr in the Mel Gibson-Danny Glover odd-couple cop roles that spawned four blockbusters. Being a Warner Bros TV production, it […]

Vampires, exorcists and poltergeists abound on Sky’s movie channels in January. Highlights include The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen and the original Poltergeist and Friday the 13th on Classics, while among the lesser lights are Vampire Academy on Extra and Banshee Chapter on Premiere. All is Lost and Out of the Furnace are the pick of […]