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Shifting TV One’s Fair Go from  7.30 Wednesday to 7.30 Monday boosted the consumer show’s ratings at the same time as TV3’s House Rules doubled its Monday night viewership. Their extra eyeballs came at the expense of Australian Survivor, which dropped more than a point in the 25-54 demographic. Fair Go averaged 8.9% of this demo and […]

TV3’s new season of House Rules opened to shockingly low ratings on Monday, averaging only 2.3% of the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds. Traditionally reality shows like House Rules start slowly as more viewers wake up to their return, and TV3 will be banking on viewership to build after a few more nights on air and online catch-ups. Even so, it […]

Wentworth and What Really Happens in Thailand helped TV2 to win Monday primetime in all the key commercial demographics. TV3’s The Block NZ: Girls vs Boys lost to the last half-hour of Shortland Street but beat Code: 1 and Renters while its re-run of The Heat was too hot for TV One’s Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and Lucifer. One […]

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New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Tiger – Spy in the Jungle (TV3, 4.50) The ITM Fishing Show (TV1, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00)  Wonderful World of Disney: Chicken Little (TV2, 5.20, R)  Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: The Smurfs 2 (TV2, 7.00, R)  Movie: Rio 2 (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Series Premiere: Tonight at the London Palladium (TV1, 7.30) […]

Saturday night at the Palladium … Holy HD comeback for Gotham … More Wednesday sitcoms … Return to Gloriavale … Roadshow modernised … TV One and TV3 are soon to launch rival British variety hours in weekend slots. The former will air Tonight at the London Palladium 7.30 Saturdays from July 23 and the latter will premiere Michael McIntyre’s Big […]

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Extended Edition combines a cut that’s 20 minutes longer than the theatrical edit with more than nine hours of new extras. They include an audio commentary with Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens, who’s just signed to write the first in a Young Merlin franchise, and The Appendices, a multi-part documentary focusing […]

TV3 will be rethinking its 5.30 strategy for Come Dine With Me NZ, with re-runs of the season that replaced Campbell Live tanking ahead of 3 News. Monday’s repeat averaged only 0.7% – 1.3% of the core commercial demographics, which contributed to 3 News averaging only 3.2% – 4.3%. It was a similar pattern last week, […]

Within days of announcing it wasn’t renewing MasterChef NZ, TV3 has revealed it’s planning to axe HD current affairs half-hour 3D. The announcement follows another week of lousy ratings, with Monday’s 9.30 broadcast averaging only 1.2% – 3.0% of the core commercial demographics. 3D has struggled from the outset. The fault lies not in the calibre of the field reportage, which has notched up […]

TV2 is quitting a series that’s been a drag on its Friday night ratings for new episodes of Killer Karaoke. Season two, in which Mark McGrath takes over from Steve-O, will replace RuPaul’s Drag Race from November 6 at 9.30 in a bid to stiffen competition for TV3’s time-slot winning 7 Days. The overhaul is part of […]