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Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Monica battles another shopper for the perfect wedding dress; Ross and Joey compete for the same woman. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Lana sets the rules for Vinnie; Jill gets itchy feet; Jasmine meets her match. What Would You Do? (TV One, 8.00) ✫✫✫ Season premiere: Kevin Milne and Sonia Gray meet Kiwis […]

Kiwi gangster spin-off Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud took a hit last night when HD rival The Walking Dead out-rated it in the 25-54, 18-49 and 18-39 demographics. Whereas last week’s premiere of the crime franchise rated 9.7%-10.6% of these key demos, the second episode rated 6.5%-7.4%. The penultimate episode of The Walking Dead, […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ The gang are forced to stay up all night as Joey and Ross are stuck on the roof, Chandler and Monica can’t sleep, and Phoebe’s fire alarm won’t stop beeping. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Rachel won’t forgive Jonathon; Nicole decides Luke’s love life needs help; Brooke races to save Alex’s life. […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i Saturday Under the Grill (TV3, 4.00, R) Best of Carters’ Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook (TV One, 5.25, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The Voice (TV2, 7.30) Sunday Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00) World […]

TV critics for The Dominion Post and the NZ Herald have pumped full of praise last night’s HD premiere of Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud. The DomPost’s Jane Clifton reckons viewers of TV3’s ’70s drug lords drama needed a strong stomach — “for the fashions alone” – thought the casting “terrific”, the storytelling […]

Kiwi drama producers and NZ On Air will be celebrating this morning after a new local series topped last night’s ratings. TV3’s premiere of Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud won its slot in the key age groups — 25-54, 18-49, 18-39 — while TV One commission Nothing Trivial bounced back after last […]

Tonight’s belated premiere of Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud (TV3, 9.30) comes days ahead of the latest Australian Underbelly, Razor, going to air across the Tasman. Scheduling conflicts have delayed the debuts of both series: Underbelly NZ, because of an industry stoush over whether two, costly, publicly funded NZ dramas should go […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫✫ Chandler’s former girlfriend, Janice, manipulates Chandler and Monica; Rachel and Phoebe meddle in Joey’s relationship. Kristin Davis guest stars. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Vasa poisons Nicole’s new friendship; Callum hopes for a breakthrough; Hunter graduates to the next level. $#*! My Dad Says (TV2, 8.00) ✫ Ed objects when Rosemary wants to […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i Saturday Worst Week (TV3, 5.1, 4.00) Best of Carters’ Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook (TV One, 5.25, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The Voice (TV2, 7.30) Movie: Thank You […]

TV One will run a season of NZ-made HD telefeatures in its Sunday Theatre slot from August 14. It opens with a dramatisation of the 1951 Tangiwai railway disaster and is part of an HD rev-up on the channel. It starts with next week’s premieres of Global Radar (7pm Sunday), in which Te Radar investigates […]