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Arrow continues to fly high on TV2, with Wednesday’s episode drawing 2-4 times the viewership of the competition on TV One and TV3. It averaged 9.7% – 13.6% of the major demographics, which is phenomenal for a 9.30 drama. Arrow’s popularity also is helping to boost viewership of lead-out Revolution, which averaged an unusually high [...]

New HD drawcards for the last week of May are limited to the fifth season premiere of Castle and the network premiere of Tron: Legacy. Castle will return to its 9.30 Monday slot on TV One, picking up from where the fourth season left off. It opens the morning after Richard Castle and Kate Beckett’s [...]

TV3 has done a flip-flop over The Blue Rose and will screen the HD series as planned. The network was going to run out the remainder of the season in double-episodes from Monday, to limit its low ratings in primetime. Such a strategy would have raised screen industry ire because of NZ On Air’s $7 [...]

The series finale of Africa on Tuesday largely won the 8.30 hour while an NCIS bounce-back left Revenge in third place for the first time. Africa averaged 5.8% – 10.1%, its highest ratings for the season, compared to NCIS’ 4.6% – 10.3% and Revenge’s 4.9% – 9.1%. NCIS: Los Angeles also rated strongly at 9.30, with [...]

NZ’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks: Saturday MasterChef NZ (TV One, 4.55, R) Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) The Food Truck (TV One, 7.00, R) First Crossings (TV One, 7.30, R) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) CSI: New York (TV3, 9.30, 5.1) The Following (TV One, [...]

TV3 is taking back The Simpsons from sister channel Four to help anchor its strongest sitcom slate in years. With comedies back in vogue on US TV, and TV3 beefing up local content to distinguish its programming, the network has lined up an unprecedented number of HD half-hours from the week starting February 2. The [...]

The monster-size, 3D collector’s edition of Prometheus costs only $5 more than the 2D version. “Here it is, folks – my new favourite demo disc. The four-disc 3D Blu-ray release of Prometheus never stops wowing … “Having watched both the 2D and 3D discs, I can attest to the 3D carrying a brighter image to [...]

The Hollywood Reporter has just posted online  its inside Modern Family cover story of its September 28 print issue. It’s a terrific insight into the genesis and execution of the HD hit that’s about to kick off its fourth season in the US with a slew of challenges for the characters and writers, including: Gloria going [...]

SoHo Highlight: Hell on Wheels (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) “Slaughterhouse focuses on the repercussions of Elam killing Schmidt, the man who killed a prostitute, for Lily,” says Paste magazine. “The easiest show to compare Hell on Wheels to has been Deadwood, clearly, but Slaughterhouse somewhat distinguishes it from that show, probably more than any other episode has before. With [...]

Sky Movies Premiere: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Sky 20, 8.30, 5.1) They saved the best boy wizard adventure for last. As The Hollywood Reporter declared: “Fully justifying the decision, once thought purely mercenary, of splitting JK Rowling’s final book into two parts, this is an exciting and, to put it mildly, massively [...]