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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 [...]

TV3′s current affairs initiative, 3rd Degree Presents The Vote, whetted critics’ appetites but was dog tucker with viewers. The monthly debate had its debut on Wednesday, when its fast food gasbfest posted 3rd Degree’s lowest ratings to date. Despite being warmly previewed by media pundits, and hailed as “a show with a purpose and a [...]

TV3 will relaunch Hawaii Five-O late-night Wednesdays from March 27 but the bad news for fans is the episodes won’t be new. Like The Good Wife, with which NZ lags two seasons behind the US, the network is inexplicably delaying the resumption of overdue first-run eps. The reboot of the ’60s cop show is into its [...]

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 [...]

Rescheduling The Blue Rose from 8.30 Monday to 9.30 has largely arrested the Kiwi drama’s audience erosion. This week’s episode haemorrhaged household shoppers but held firm with other key demographics. It averaged 1.4% – 4.3% compared to last week’s 2.8% – 4.5% and in most demos tripled the viewership of The Americans the previous week [...]

TV3’s historic 7pm win against TV One on Tuesday, when Campbell Live out-rated Seven Sharp even in the 5+ demographic, wasn’t the only setback for TVNZ. TV2 programmers would have been disappointed Revenge averaged 7.5% – 10.2% of the key demos given summer re-runs and a primetime recap special preceded the double-episode season premiere. This [...]

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, [...]

TV2 becomes the last HD network to roll out its new-season slate, with a slew of hits returning mid-February, but the big premieres are on TV One. As well as The Following on Monday, it will launch 24 hours earlier, either side of new episodes of Packed to the Rafters, MasterChef NZ (inexplicably not in [...]

NZ’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks: Saturday Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30, 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 ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 5.30, R) I Hate My Teenage Daughter (TV2, [...]