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MediaWorks won’t be commissioning another series of X Factor NZ or even screening the UK version. Following comments by readers of this site, I asked the broadcaster if another series of the talent quest format was on the radar. And if not a local version, would it be picking up new episodes of the UK […]

TV3 is rescheduling Sunday’s X Factor NZ so the live performance broadcast doesn’t clash with the ICC Cricket World Cup Final on Sky Sports (in HD) and Prime (in SD). It will now screen on Monday, pre-empting The Blacklist, with the results show shifting to 7.30 Tuesday, pushing back The Bachelor NZ to 8.30 and pre-empting NCIS; replacing Sunday’s […]

After nights of Our First Home closing the gap with The X Factor NZ, TV2’s Motorway Patrol and Random Breath Testing overtook both on Tuesday. Motorway Patrol averaged 8.4% – 13.2% of the commercial demographics and RBT, 7.3% – 12.2%. X Factor edged out RBT in its last quarter hour but overall averaged only 6.5% – […]

TV2’s network HD movie premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides challenged but couldn’t sink Sunday’s X Factor NZ semi-finals. The latest in the blockbuster franchise averaged 8.9% -10.9% of the key demographics over nearly three hours compared to 9.9% – 11.6% for X Factor’s 95-minute broadcast. Pirates won its first hour among […]

It’s showtime, with the networks launching a slew of HD series the same week The X Factor NZ ends its run. The talent quest finale will screen on July 22, in a two-hour special that will screen from 7.30 instead of 8.00. The earlier time is due to Shortland Street reverting to Monday half-hours that […]

TV3’s ratings took a hammering on Tuesday when it used Aussie DIY hit House Rules to spearhead a new-look line-up. House Rules didn’t rule in any of the key demographics, failing to rate above 4.0% for its premiere. Instead, it averaged only 2.8% – 3.4% against 11.4% – 16.7% for TV2’s Mitre 10 Dream Home […]

TV One’s season premiere of Person of Interest on Monday registered more interest from viewers than the previous week’s season finale of Criminal Minds. It averaged 5.0% – 8.1% of the key demos compared to Criminal Minds’ 3.7% – 5.4%. The premiere provided a strong lead-in to Castle, which scored its highest ratings this season: […]

The season nine premiere of Grey’s Anatomy largely won its slot in key demographics on Monday. But the last half-hour of The X Factor NZ proved too irresistible, with viewers switching over in the middle section of the hospital soap to see the talent quest’s double-elimination round. Grey’s Anatomy averaged 9.6% – 14.5% of the key […]

Top ratings for both live HD and delayed SD coverage of the All Blacks-versus-France test on Saturday stalled the start of two new vehicles for Logan Brown restaurant founders Steve Logan and Al Brown. Sky Sport 1’s live broadcast averaged 8.1% – 11.5% of adults 18-39, 18-48 and 25-54 to win its slot in every […]

TV3’s rescheduling of Monday night’s X Factor NZ paid off, with the ratings up sharply on the previous week’s season low. The first live results show averaged 9.6% – 10.3% of the major demographics compared to 6.8% – 8.5% a week earlier. Although this was no match for My Kitchen Rules (15.9% – 23.6%), with […]