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Sky has picked up the war-of-the-worlds drama series TV2 quit, Falling Skies, but not in HD. The Steven Spielberg production, which first aired here 15 months ago, will resume on Sky’s SD entertainment channel, The Box, from April 7, in the 9.30 Sunday slot. There’s more bad news for fans impatient to see season two: [...]

The year’s highest-grossing movie, The Avengers, goes on sale this week — a month earlier than in the US. UK fans of the superheroes franchise also have to wait longer, with the disc not being released there until mid-September, even though it’s for sale in European territories this week. It’s surprising to see such a [...]

Falling Skies has been renewed for a third season on the eve of season one’s Blu-ray release. The two-disc disc goes on sale on August 29 and TV2 will re-run the Steven Spielberg production in HD late-night from July 22 — which probably means season two will premiere in October. “Falling Skies is television storytelling at [...]

Wednesday’s HD premiere of TV3’s Kidnap and Ransom didn’t captivate enough viewers to out-rate the season finale of Falling Skies. The sci-fi mini-series had the advantage of starting 45 minutes earlier and averaged 6.1% of 25-54 year-olds compared to K&R’s 4.6%. There was a similar gap with 18-49 year-olds but it was smaller with TV2’s [...]

SoHo Highlight: Weeds (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Nancy and Silas argue about who’s in charge of their drug business; Doug takes his best shot at distracting an SEC agent from his hedge fund scam; Nancy’s sister returns; and Shane becomes a cop. The shocking cliffhanger sets up new plot twists for the eighth and final season while Shane’s thin blue [...]

Last night’s HD clash of the critters was largely a draw. TV2’s G-Force was tops with 18-39 and 18-49 year-olds: respectively 7.7% vs 7.3% for TV3′s Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and 7.1% vs 6.4%. But the Madagascar sequel was much more popular among household shoppers with kids: 8.2% vs 6%. With 25-54 year-olds, each movie premiere rated [...]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (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: G-Force (TV2, 7.00) Movie: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Movie: Meet [...]

SoHo Highlight: Missing (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) In episode 11 of 13, Sarah and Holder discover more on Rosie, but the investigation stalls when they have to set out on a search for Jack. “In terms of the larger story this show is telling, Missing was absolutely pointless, and yet another reminder that it’s very hard to stretch a [...]

Last night’s HD re-run of Kung Fu Panda didn’t have enough punch to dent the appeal of TV One’s new-look line-up. The ‘toon did out-rate TV2’s family movie, Race to Witch Mountain, in the channel’s 18-39 and household shoppers with kids demographics but lost to it in other key demos. It averaged 7.6% of 18-39s [...]

SoHo Highlight: The Killing (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) The cops regroup while Richmond goes up in the polls; Stan faces consequences for his ill-thought out actions, leaving Mitch alone to keep the family afloat. ”This week’s episode, which after the absurd twists and turns of Stonewalled and Undertow, felt like a modest step in the right direction,” The AV Club [...]