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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% – [...]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks:   Saturday Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 5.30) Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) MasterChef MasterClass (TV One, 7.30) Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (TV2, 7.30, F) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Movie: I Am Legend (TV2, 8.45 5.1, R) Arrow (TV2, [...]

A week ahead of TV3 running two episodes back to back, Bones out-rated HD rival Once Upon a Time in all of the major demographics. The two series have been seesawing in the ratings for the past month. Last night Bones averaged 6.0% – 9.2% versus 4.8% – 9.1% for Time. But it couldn’t match SD [...]

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 [...]

Tuesday’s premiere of Kingdom of the Plants sprouted fewer viewers than Africa in the same slot the previous week. It averaged 3.9% – 7.3% of the key demographics but in each finished behind HD rivals Revenge and NCIS. The two dramas see-sawed in the ratings, with the former having the edge: it averaged 7.2% – 10.4% [...]

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 [...]

TV One’s HD premiere of Africa on Tuesday captured shockingly few viewers for a natural history series of this distinction. In the 25-54 hunt with TV3, Africa snared 7.5% compared to NCIS’s 7.9% while neither could beat TV2′s HD movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which rated 8.6% over three hours. Overall, Africa [...]

NZ’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks: Saturday Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) The Food Truck (TV One, 7.00, R) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) CSI: New York (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) CSI: Miami (TV3, 9.30, 5.1) Pan Am (TV One, 9.35, 5.1) Sunday Hart of Dixie (TV2, 5.30, 5.1, F) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 5.30, [...]

Weaker competition on TV2 helped The Block to top the ratings on Wednesday. It won the 7.30 hour in all the key demographics, averaging 10.4% – 14.2% against the first half of TV2’s Two and a Half Men re-run marathon (10.3% – 13.3%). This helped lead-out The Slap to rate higher among household shoppers (7.2%) [...]

Series Premiere: First Crossings (TV One, 8.30) In this next-generation Matthew and Marc meets Intrepid Journeys, Kiwi adventurers Kevin Bigger and Jamie Fitzgerald recreate the journeys of early pioneer explorers. As the NZ Herald observed in recommending this as one of the week’s top-five picks: “Over the past 10 years, Kevin and Jamie have taken on some tough [...]