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SoHo Highlight: Hell on Wheels (Sky 10, 5.15, 5.1) If you missed Sunday’s screening, catch up with this repeat, in which Cullen’s search for the sergeant is unexpectedly diverted and Durant organises a search party for Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott, above). ”Choo-choo!” exclaimed New York magazine at this stage of the series. “We’re three episodes into Hell on Wheels and [...]

TV One’s Monday night HD reality hits Piha Rescue and Rapid Response last night took a tumble in the ratings. Each averaged 7.6% of the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to 10.6% for Piha’s premiere two weeks ago and 12.2% for Rapid’s. TV One’s HD crime drama, Criminal Minds, also has slipped, from 11.9% [...]

Last night’s HD premiere of Person of Interest proved interesting enough to win the 9.30pm hour with TV One’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds. But TV3’s HD repeat of 2 Fast 2 Furious easily overtook it in the 18-49 and 18-39 demos. Last night also was notable for the return of Shortland Street, Piha Rescue, Rapid [...]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i Saturday TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Keeping Up With the Joneses (TV One, 7.00) Sunday Hellcats (TV2, 5.30) The War at Home (TV2, 6.30, R) North (TV One, 7.00, R) Movie: Kung Fu Panda (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Monday Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Season premiere: Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) Modern [...]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R)  Monica burns her first Thanksgiving dinner as the Underdog balloon gets away; Joey becomes a poster boy for an embarrassing illness; Ross sings to his unborn child. ✭✭✭ Modern Family (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) It’s Luke and Manny’s first school dance. ✭✭✭✭ Drug Bust (TV3, 7.30, R) Te Manurewa CIB plan to bust meth-dealers; [...]

The ratings mileage TV One continues to exact from HD re-runs of Criminal Minds verges on criminal when superior first-run dramas, like stablemate Southland, draw half as many viewers. Last night’s repeat of the lurid procedural was watched by 8.2% of TV One’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to 3.3% for SD lead-out Southland. It [...]

TV One’s new American police drama, Southland, last night sharply improved on its premiere and even out-rated HD lead-in Criminal Minds in one key demographic. It drew 7.1% of household shoppers with kids, which was nearly three times as many as last week’s episode and only a point lower than TV2’s rival cop show, Rookie [...]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Ross has trouble understanding Joey’s revelation about his feelings for Rachel; Phoebe meets Monica’s soulmate, much to Chandler’s dismay. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Brooke can’t shake a devoted friend; Luke looks into the future; Maxwell finds it hard to say no. The Mentalist (TV2, 9.00) ✫✫ Patrick Jane butts heads with a [...]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ In the aftermath of her wedding, Monica emphatically denies the rumour of her pregnancy, which has reached Ross. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ TK struggles to keep everyone happy; Jill goes in search of the truth; Bella chooses to live life on her own terms. The Mentalist (TV2, 8.30) ✫✫ When Patrick Jane [...]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Monica and Chandler reconcile and, on the roll of the dice, decide to go to a chapel and get married. But once there, they run into some familiar faces. (Part two.) Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) Rachel is challenged to step up; Sarah seeks answers from Owen; Bella witnesses a private moment. [...]