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The season finales of MasterChef NZ and My Kitchen Rules clobbered The X Factor NZ over the long weekend. On Monday, MKR averaged 19.4% – 23.8% of the key demographics compared to X Factor’s 9.6% – 14.0% Sunday’s contest between X Factor and MasterChef was closer, with the former averaging 7.9% – 9.6% and the […]

It wasn’t just John Key who was on a roll at the weekend – so, too, was TV3, which won Friday and Saturday nights outright, and dominated the 18-49 ratings on Sunday. TV3’s election night coverage was more popular than TV One’s on Saturday while its HD premiere of It’s Complicated on Sunday was a […]

Quick long-weekend catch-up: What a difference a time slot can make: Rove LA doubled its 25-54 viewership on Thursday when it aired at 9pm instead of 9.30pm. It averaged 7.8%, the same as lead-in The X Factor USA, an improvement that was mirrored in the other key demographics — although, worryingly for TV3, the 25-54 […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Following Rachel’s acceptance of Joey’s accidental proposal, confusion reigns as Rachel wonders whether it was the right thing to do. Shortland Street (TV2. 7.00) ✫✫✫ Evan plays a dangerous game; Bella forges a new connection; Callum plays Mona and loses. Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (TV2, 7.30) ✫✫✫✫ In his third […]

Titanic will have its maiden HD voyage on free-to-air TV when TV3 screens it in 1080i for the first time, on September 15. It will help to launch a new look for Thursday nights on the channel that will see it become the home of Simon Cowell’s X-Factor USA and Rove LA that will screen […]