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TV3′s HD sitcoms Modern Family and Go On gave up their gains of the last two weeks when TV One spellbound viewers with Tuesday’s premiere of Dynamo — Magician Impossible. What sounds like a laundry detergent special cleaned up, averaging an extraordinarily high 10.1% – 16.2% of the major demographics. Modern Family rated 5.3% – [...]

While the US networks unleash their summer schedules, NZ’s are poised to give theirs a mid-year spring clean. A slew of season finales will unspool in the week starting June 22, including HD staples NCIS, NCIS: LA, Bones and Criminal Minds (above). It’s possible that even Castle may be on the move after a dismal [...]

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 [...]

The season-five premiere of Castle took a hit from TV3’s movie on Monday. It averaged only 2.1% – 3.8% of the key demographics, losing both to Kitchen Nightmares Revisited on TV2 and TV3’s HD re-run of the movie, Hitman (5.6% – 8.6%). Hitman’s second half was competitive with Nightmares but the first half was trounced [...]

The year’s first hour-long “winter” edition of Shortland Street led to the lowest ratings yet for The X Factor NZ. Monday’s episode still rated extraordinarily well for its TV3 time slot, averaging 8.1% – 11.2% of the major demographics. But it was dwarfed by Shortland Street’s 16.6% – 27.5%, with the serial’s viewership peaking in [...]

Spare some pity for network programmers. A week after TV3 reversed its Blue Rose strategy, and reinstated weekly one-hour instalments on the back of improved audience share, the local drama last night took a ratings tumble. It slipped from last week averaging 5.8% of adults 25-54, TV3′s target audience, to 3.7% — which meant its [...]

TV3′s struggling HD commission The Blue Rose challenged TV One crime drama The Following in the ratings on Monday. It averaged 2.6% – 4.3% of the key demographics, which was scarcely a convincing case for renewal. But it marginally improved on the previous week’s ep (2.5% – 3.7%). And was more popular than The Following (2.1% [...]

TV One’s serial killer thriller The Following faltered in the ratings on Monday but still drew up to twice as many viewers as Kiwi HD rival The Blue Rose. The Kevin Bacon drama, which Fox TV today renewed for another season, along with Four’s Raising Hope, New Girl and soon-to-screen The Mindy Project, averaged 3.2% [...]

Two of TV’s grisliest hours will screen back-to-back in HD from February 11, when TV One pairs The Following with Criminal Minds. From the creator of the Scream horror franchise, Kevin Williamson, The Following stars Kevin Bacon as an ex-FBI agent who’s recruited to catch a serial killer nemesis (James Purefoy) with an Edgar Allan [...]

TV3′s HD premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader out-rated most of the competition on Monday. It averaged 7.0% – 10.1% of the key demographics, compared to 4.9% – 7.5% for the return of Criminal Minds on TV One and 6.6% – 9.9% for Grey’s Anatomy on TV2. Viewership built [...]