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Episode two of TV3’s widely acclaimed HD commission Harry was skewered by episode two of TV2’s new HD hit, Arrow. The latter delivered spectacular ratings for the 9.30 hour, averaging 9.2% – 12.2% of the major demographics. That was 2-3 times the viewership of Harry, which averaged only 4.0% – 4.9% compared to 4.1% – [...]

TV3 has scheduled an extra repeat of its low-rating 3rd Degree spin-off, The Vote, for Anzac Day. It will screen less than 24 hours after its 8.30 Wednesday broadcast, at 10.55am on April 25, as well as in 3rd Degree’s Saturday morning repeat slot of 11am on April 27. TV3 won’t release details of the [...]

SoHo Cinema: Bernard and Doris (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) HBO’s 2008 dramatisation of  tobacco billionairess Doris Duke’s relationship with her gay butler, to whom she left her fortune, was given white gloves treatment by critics. “Susan Sarandon is at her scrappy, sexy best as tobacco heiress Doris Duke — think Paris Hilton with brains and genuine hotness,” [...]

Network Premiere: Get Him to the Greek  (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Russell Brand’s rock star from Forgetting Sarah Marshall has an encore in this less memorable romp from that movie’s star and screenwriter, Jason Segel. Jonah Hill, who was the waiter in Marshall, plays a record industry flunky baby-sitting Brand’s fading celebrity en route from London to Los Angeles for a comeback [...]

After a slow start, Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms has kick-started its ratings. Wednesday’s episode three was the highest rating yet, averaging 8.8%-10.4% of the major demographics compared to 6.5%-7.8% the previous week. While it was still miles behind TV2’s HD comedy duo of The Big Bang Theory and Happy Endings, it overtook TV One’s [...]

The season finale of Sons of Anarchy won its time slot on Wednesday, averaging 7.3%-10.5% of the key demographics. It not only outrated the TVNZ competition — HD rival Castle struggled on 2.9%-5.1% — but also its lead-in, the penultimate episode of The Almighty Johnsons (6.9%-7.8%). But TV3′s most popular show of the night was [...]

Sunday’s season premiere of The Food Truck won its time slot with TV One’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, and was competitive in other demographics. It averaged 10.8% of the 25-54 demo compared to HD rival The Big Bang Theory’s 9.9% and Would I Lie to You’s? 5.6%. Moreover, in the other demos it lagged barely [...]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i: Saturday TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30, R) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Terra Nova (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Movie: The Darjeeling Limited  (TV3, 10.40, 5.1, R) Sunday Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30) The War at Home (TV2, 6.30, R) Season premiere: The Food Truck (TV One, [...]

TVNZ’s Sunday night HD hits The Politically Incorrect Guide to Grown-Ups and The Big Bang Theory continue to thwart Would I Lie to You’s prospects on TV3. The Nigel Latta series last night averaged 12.0% of the demographic TV One and TV3 pursue, 25-54 year-olds, compared to Big Bang’s 10.7% and Lie to You’s 4.6%. [...]

Sky Movies Premiere: Let Me In (Sky 20, 8.30, 5.1) What sort of vampire film would schlock-horror merchant Hammer make 35 years after its last? Merely one of the finest since Nosferatu first bared his fangs. Let Me In is that rare Hollywood beast, a re-make that improves on the original: 2008 Swedish art house sensation Let the Right One In. [...]