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TV2’s network HD premiere of Friends With Benefits on Sunday won its time slot in the key demographics. It averaged 7.3% – 9.2% compared to Babylon AD’s 5.5% – 7.0% and Call the Midwife’s 4.3% – 6.8%. But in the 5+ race, Midwife was tops, with 9.1% of the country, Friends second with 5.6% and […]

Top ratings for both live HD and delayed SD coverage of the All Blacks-versus-France test on Saturday stalled the start of two new vehicles for Logan Brown restaurant founders Steve Logan and Al Brown. Sky Sport 1’s live broadcast averaged 8.1% – 11.5% of adults 18-39, 18-48 and 25-54 to win its slot in every […]

TV2 will air an adults-only episode of Two And A Half Men at 9.00 on June 12. The plot revolves around Alan agreeing to a threesome with Lyndsey and Walden, and has the less-than-subtle title of Four Balls, Two Bats and One Mitt (taken from Alan’s description of Lyndsey’s idea of a threesome). Despite the titillation factor, […]

Sky Movies Premiere: Thor (Sky 20, 8.30, 5.1) This superhero franchise thunders on to our screens opens like a cross between Flash Gordon and Paul: a disgraced god stripped of his powers falls to Earth and is run over by a geeky scientist-cum-star-crossed lover. Thor is goofy fun but will disappoint those who prefer Norse […]

TV One was on an HD ratings roll at the weekend, with Call the Midwife, The Food Truck and Hyundai Country Calendar dominating their time slots. Sunday night newcomer Call the Midwife delivered sturdy ratings for the 9.30 hour, averaging 7.3% of TV One’s 25-54 audience compared to Monster-in-Law’s 6.9% and House’s 2.9%. It was […]

Sunday’s season premiere of The Food Truck won its time slot with TV One’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, and was competitive in other demographics. It averaged 10.8% of the 25-54 demo compared to HD rival The Big Bang Theory’s 9.9% and Would I Lie to You’s? 5.6%. Moreover, in the other demos it lagged barely […]

Saturday Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook (TV One, 5.25, R) Annabel Langbein sets off on an adventure with young friends to pick cherries for her chocolate cherry tiramisu. Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Farming on remote and beautiful D’Urville Island. ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The competition reaches its climax this week as […]

Saturday Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) A dairy farmer holds on tightly to her whanau land. ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) With no more teams, each of the potential protégés are out on their own and in charge of their own fishing kayaks. Movie: Night Watch (TV3, 10.30) Russian fantasy about the other-world battle that […]

Elle Macpherson and Cuba Gooding Jr on Friday’s The Graham Norton Show NZ’s Next Top Model again helped TV3 to win Friday’s ratings competition. Although it was largely beaten by TV2’s sitcoms in the key demographics, it built over the hour and delivered a strong lead-in to The Graham Norton Show, which won its slot, […]