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TV2’s Sunday movie ratings were way up with its HD premiere of Up. It rated gangbusters in all the key demographics, ranging from 12.6% of TV2’s target audience, 18-39 year-olds, to 17.2% of household shoppers with kids. TV3’s HD re-run of Date Movie was competitive with TV2’s repeat of Bad Santa among HHS/kids, but trailed […]

SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) In the wake of a personal loss, Nucky solicits advice on his political situation from Arnold Rothstein; Eli remain suspicious of his brother’s actions; Jimmy flexes his muscles at Mickey Doyle’s expense. “Two Boats and a Lifeguard was written by Terence Winter (the show’s creator), and directed by Tim Van Patten (its […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i   Saturday Accidentally on Purpose (TV3, 4.00, 5.1, R, F) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Keeping Up With the Joneses (TV One, 7.00) Special: Michael Buble’s Christmas (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Movie: Fanboys (TV2, 11.10) Winners and Losers (TV One, 11.25, R) Sunday Hellcats (TV2, 5.30) North (TV One, 7.00, R) […]

Up: Sky Movies, 4.55pm Saturday. Toon titan Pixar is on the up and up with this funny and touching fantasy about a cranky old man and an eager-beaver boy scout who float off to a mystical South American jungle in a house held aloft by thousands of balloons. It seems you’re never too old or […]

Michael Jackson’s This Is It, Up and Avatar top Sky Movies’ HD premieres in December. James Cameron’s ET phenomenon will first screen on December 19, This Is It on Christmas Eve and the Oscar-winning Pixar ‘toon on Christmas night. The pick of December’s comedies isn’t complicated – it’s It’s Complicated, on December 5 – while the […]