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“Daddy’s Home features a proficient and enjoyable 1080p transfer. The digitally sourced image reveals spurts of source noise and nighttime blacks occasionally border on crush, but the image is otherwise good to go. “The colour palette looks fine and the black levels in the film are pretty consistent. Whites push a tad toward the hot side, […]

TV3 isn’t shortchanging fans of The Night Manager, despite each episode running up to 15 minutes shorter than the BBC’s version. Over the weekend reader thx1138 pointed out TV3’s premiere of the Sunday night spy drama had a running time of 42 minutes compared to 57 minutes on iTunes and the BBC iPlayer. Similarly, lead-in The Hunt […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Robson Green’s Ultimate Catch (TV1, 5.00) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) The Simpsons (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R, F) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: The Game Plan (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Kung Fu Panda 2 (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Posh Pawn (TV1, 7.30) Father Brown (Prime, 7.30) Partners in Crime (Prime, 8.35) Movie: Mission: Impossible II (TV3, […]

❏ Sunday night viewers could be mistaken for thinking TV3 was the new TV One, with a line-up that includes a landmark David Attenborough series as the lead-in to the top BBC spy drama The Night Manager. The latter starts this weekend and The Hunt will screen 7.30 Sundays from March 6. The Telegraph called […]

Arrow will be the only new primetime addition to TV2’s schedule in the first week of February. It will also be premiering the comedy, One Big Happy, but in a late-night slot (11.45 Wednesday). Where are the Wednesday sitcoms, the Monday night dramas, the Sunday entertainment shows? Don’t expect to see these return to the […]

Prime has picked up the new-look Top Gear after MediaWorks says it opted not to relicense the BBC series. It’s one of a raft of BBC newcomers that both broadcasters announced today, with other highlights including TV3’s David Attenborough coup The Hunt and Prime’s dramas The Coroner and Unforgotten. “Prime has been the ‘spiritual home’ of […]