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LIMITLESS | Prime, 8.30 Wednesday You know it’s not going to be a good day when men in black overcoats start chasing you … the best thing to do is run down to the subway station and try your best to lose yourself amongst the teeming throng of film crews shooting chase sequences. And so begins […]

TV2’s Empire made a modest debut on Tuesday, winning its slot but with ratings that were a long way off being #1 with a bullet. The musical-cum-soap opera averaged 4.8% – 5.4% of the commercial demographics, losing only to TV1’s Person of Interest (3.8% – 6.7%) among household shoppers with kids. That was off the […]

TV3’s premiere of The Bachelor NZ didn’t win its time slot on Tuesday but is set to woo more viewers tonight. The 90-minute launch averaged an impressive 6.6% – 7.4% of the commercial demographics, and grew in its last half-hour to peak at 8.5% – 8.6% of three of the four key demos. TV2’s 7.30-8.30 […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) The Amazing Race (TV2, 5.45) Movie: Pocahontas (TV2, 6.45, 5.1, R) Along for the Ride (TV1, 7.00) Storage Hunters (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30) Movie: My Sister’s Keeper (TV2, 8.30, 5.1, R) CSI (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Chicago PD (TV3, 9.25, 5.1) Nashville (TV1, […]

The pick of the new HD attractions for the week starting March 14 is premiering online first, but in SD. iZombie, which stars Kiwi Rose McIver, can be streamed from TVNZ Ondemand from March 19, barely a day after its US broadcast premiere on the CW Network. It’s fantastic that TVNZ is fast-tracking shows from […]

TV3’s leaders debate on Wednesday was streets ahead of Benefits Street in the ratings. The controversial Channel 4 series averaged only 3.8% – 4.8% of the major demographics compared to the debate’s 7.1% – 8.3% and since its premiere two weeks ago, has shed half its audience. The debate won the 8.30 hour in the […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday ITM Fishing Show (TV One, 5.00) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) The Simpsons (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00, F) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Movie: Grandma’s Boy (TV2, 9.10, 5.1, R) Blue Bloods (TV3, 9.25, 5.1) Series Premiere: Happy Hour […]

Good news for fans of TV3’s The Good Wife: September 9′s season-four finale will be followed by the premiere of season five on September 16. This week star Julianne Marguiles won the best actress in a drama series Emmy Award for playing the title character in the show’s fifth season, which shocked fans with the sudden […]

TV One at last dusts off the HBO comedy, Life’s Too Short, for a late-night Friday run the same week TV2 launches two high-profile movie slots to plug holes in its schedule. The network HD premiere of The Help will open Monday Night at the Movies on November 11 while the network HD premiere of […]

In the first of the year’s Monday night movie shootouts, TV3’s HD re-run of 12 Rounds was shot to pieces by TV2’s The Pursuit of Happyness. The former averaged only 4.5% – 4.9% of the key demographics compared to the latter’s 6.7% – 9.9%. TV One’s Unforgettable also packed more heat than 12 Rounds, notching […]