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   It wasn’t a happy Easter for The Bachelor NZ, with Monday’s episode getting crushed by the HD competition. It averaged only 2.6% of Three’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to 5.9% for TVNZ 1’s Saving Mr Banks and 6.6% for TVNZ 2’s My Kitchen Rules. TBNZ’s low turnout also was bad news for lead-out The […]

The season seven finale of The Walking Dead was the lowest rating on US TV since season two’s in 2012 and down sharply on season six’s. But here it improved on what’s been a lacklustre mid-season and exited with the zombie drama’s highest ratings this year. It won the 9.45 hour in all the core demographics, […]

TVNZ 2 has found the perfect match for Monday nights: My Kitchen Rules and The Undateables. Double-billing the two has helped it to sew up the 7.30-9.45 zone, with the duo winning the two hour-plus block in three of the four core commercial demographics. The Undateables averaged 4.7% of 25-54s, 4.2% of 18-49s and 4.1% of 18-39s. […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  The Hunt (TV3, 5.00, R) Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson (TV1, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.05, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) Outback Pilots (TV1, 7.00) Network Movie Premiere: Annie (TV2, 7.00) Network Movie Premiere: How to Train Your Dragon […]

TVNZ 1’s Monday line-up must be on borrowed time as the ratings for APB and Blindspot continue to languish. Monday’s episode of APB averaged only 2.0% of the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, while Blindspot averaged 1.9% and was out-rated by the second half of Prime’ movie, Exit Wounds. In the 18-49 demographic, the crime dramas and […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson (TV1, 5.00) The Hunt (TV3, 5.00, R) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.00, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) Outback Pilots (TV1, 7.00) Movie: The Spiderwick Chronicles (TV2, 7.00, R) Antiques Roadshow (Prime, 7.30) Te Radar’s Chequered Past (TV1, […]

Three will restore some overdue dramatic integrity to its schedule with new scripted fare in the same week it launches The Bachelor NZ. The reality hit will air 7.00 Sundays and 7.30 Mondays from March 18, with Monday’s instalment leading into The Wrong Girl at 8.35. The Australian romantic comedy stars Jessica Marais (above) as the producer of a cooking […]