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   Here are the US series that won’t be coming back to an HD network or streaming service near you. Of course, some seasons have yet to play here but below are the shows that have been axed by their domestic broadcasters. TVNZ 1 The Brave Lucifer Graves TVNZ 2 Quantico The Exorcist Kevin Can […]

  TVNZ’s Duke channel will broadcast in HD from 11am today — but only on Freeview | HD. The male-skewing entertainment channel will continue to be SD-only on Sky’s satellite platform. TVNZ hasn’t officially publicised the changeover, other than via promos on Duke and updating progress with ScreenScribe, and the programme billings it provides media […]

   Duke will become New Zealand’s newest HD channel on Thursday. TVNZ confirmed today the channel will broadcast in true 1080i (1920 x 1080) from January 11. The changeover means shows like The Mick, Doomsday, Bare Knuckle Fight, Bar Rescue, Ultimate Vehicles, Travel Man, Black-ish, Swamp People, Duck Dynasty, 8 Out of 10 Cats and […]

TVNZ 1 viewers don’t want another dose of Doctor Foster. The season-two premiere flopped on Monday when it drew fewer 25-54 year-olds — the core commercial demographic for TVNZ 1 — than TVNZ 2’s comedies and barely more than Three’s struggling British drama, Tin Star. It averaged 2.7% of the network’s core commercial demographic compared […]

➢ The networks will ramp up their local drama slates in the week starting July 8 with the return of Westside (Three, 8.30 Monday) and Filthy Rich (TVNZ 2, 8.30 Tuesday) while Shortland Street will start its “winter season” of hour-long Monday episodes. TVNZ 2 will relaunch Filthy Rich with a 90-minute episode and precede […]

TVNZ is replacing its Monday night comedies with new episodes of The Undateables. The latest season of the British reality hit will air 8.45 Mondays from March 27 in place of Life in Pieces and The Mick. The two sitcoms have struggled to rate, even off the back of My Kitchen Rules, allowing Three’s Married […]

TVNZ 2 will take on Three’s top-rating 7 Days with the return of First Dates UK on March 17, from episode three of series two (above). Despite being five series behind Channel 4 in the UK, the show performed strongly on Monday nights and should improve on its predecessor, Balls of Steel, in the 9.00 Friday […]

Life in Pieces (TVNZ 2, 8.00 Monday) “There were signs early on that this CBS show might defy all the usual glum expectations, almost invariably justified, about yet another broadcast family sitcom. By the end of episode one of Life In Pieces, it was clear that this comedy—advertised as being about one big happy family […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  Series Premiere: Expedition Tiger (TV3, 4.55) Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 (TV2, 5.00, R)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.00, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  University Challenge (Prime, 6.00)  The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) The Wonderful World of Gordon Watson (Prime, 6.30, R) Posh Pawn (TV1, 7.00, R)  Movie: The Time Traveler’s […]

  TVNZ 2 will use the hour-long season premiere of Shortland Street on January 16 to launch two new comedy series, one of which went to air in the US over the weekend. This year will mark Shortland Street’s 25th on air and its return will follow the resumption of Neighbours, which will kick off […]