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Prodigal Son | TVNZ OnDemand, from Tuesday ☆☆☆☆ “Fox’s newest crime procedural that has a delicious twist: Our titular hero Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne) is a brainy, frenetic serial killer profiler who also happens to be the son of one of New York’s most infamous murderers, Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen), aka The Surgeon … Together, they are […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday The ITM Fishing Show (TV1, 5.00) Season Premiere: Rheem Great Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: The Shaggy Dog (TV2, 7.00, R) Storage Hunters (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Our World: Inside the Animal Mind (TV1, 7.30, F) Highway Thru Hell (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Motive (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) […]

Westside spearheads a slew of season and series finales in the first full week of July. It will end its six-week, high-rating run on July 4, three days ahead of the series’ release on DVD. The same night TV2 will take on Westside lead-in Dancing With the Stars with a second weekly episode of The Voice […]

TV1’s stable of crime procedurals has been decimated by cancellations in the US. Not returning to the networks in in 2015/16 are Stalker, The Following, Forever, The Mentalist and the upcoming Battle Creek while Unforgettable has been dumped by CBS but picked up by A&E (which airs Bates Motel). However, Castle’s been renewed for an eighth season, […]

A day after Spark announced a year’s free Lightbox access for its broadband customers, TVNZ has unveiled a revamped ondemand service — but not one that includes HD streaming. However, the broadcaster is promising better streaming quality by the end of March. “Shortly after the release of our redesigned OD service we will offer an […]

Two of the worst reviewed dramas of the last year have been awarded plum primetime slots tonight on TV1 and TV2. Launching at 8.30 on TV1, in the slime crime slot that for years was the domain of Criminal Minds, is Stalker, which US critics reckon was even more lurid than another of the network’s […]

The Following may have been renewed for a third season but don’t expect to see it back in primetime on TV One. Credit to the network for sticking with the series for its full run, given the persistently low ratings and a history of dumping dramas with higher ratings much quicker. But its meagre following […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Modern Family (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (TV2, 7.00, 5.1, R) MasterChef Masterclass (TV One, 7.30) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) CSI: NY (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Hannibal (TV3, […]

After a slow start, TV3’s runaway train thriller proved unstoppable in the ratings on Monday. The re-run of Unstoppable out-rated TV2’s penultimate fourth-season episode of The Walking Dead in all the key demographics except household shoppers with kids despite the network’s 8.30 comedy block delivering Dead a full-steam-ahead lead-in. Averaging 5.4% – 6.1% over two […]

D’oh! TV3’s scheduling of Simpsons re-runs at 5.30 weeknights failed to dent Home and Away’s appeal on Monday. The ex-TV3 property averaged a staggering 7.6% – 13.7 % of the major demographics, compared to The Simpsons’ 1.4% – 2.7% and Millionaire Hot Seat’s 0.9% – 2.3%. This time last year Home and Away was averaging […]