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The ratings mileage TV One continues to exact from HD re-runs of Criminal Minds verges on criminal when superior first-run dramas, like stablemate Southland, draw half as many viewers. Last night’s repeat of the lurid procedural was watched by 8.2% of TV One’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to 3.3% for SD lead-out Southland. It [...]

SoHo Highlight: Game of Thrones (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) The Lannisters press their advantage over the Starks; Robb rallies his father’s northern allies and heads south to war. “The bloodiest episode yet sees great houses going to war, dark things stirring in the north, and a character with the unfortunate name of Shagga,” wrote The Daily Telegraph. ”The trouble with reviewing [...]

SoHo Highlight: Game of Thrones (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Ned confronts Cersei about her secrets; Jon takes his Night’s Watch vows; Drogo promises to lead the Dorthraki to King’s Landing. The Atlantic said episode seven “finally kicked its ‘game of thrones’ into high gear” following what The AV Club dubbed warned was “a truly shocking death, both in how [...]

SoHo Highlight: Game of Thrones (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Ned makes a controversial decree; Tyrion confesses to his ‘crimes’; Viserys receives final payment for Daenerys. “Two thirds of the way through is often when a series can start to lag,” The Daily Telegraph pointed out. “Not a bit of it here. Tonight’s episode was a corker: an hour [...]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i   Saturday The Secret Lives of Dancers (TV3, 4.00, R) Accidentally on Purpose (TV3, 4.30, 5.1, R) Hunger for the Wild (TV One, 4.55, R) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Winners and Losers (TV One, 12.00, R) Sunday Hellcats (TV2, 5.30) Raising Hope (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Mike [...]

SoHo Highlight: Game of Thrones (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Ned refuses an order from the King; Tyrion escapes one perilous encounter, only to find himself in another. Said The Daily Telegraph: “The steadily building heat and pressure between the various factions in Game of Thrones brings things to the boil in episode five – an episode notable for a dramatic leap [...]

Meat Loaf’s meltdown on last night’s The Celebrity Apprentice helped the HD reality challenge to win its two-hour slot for the first time this season. It averaged 10% of TV2’s target audience, 18-39 year-olds, versus 9.5% of NCIS and 7.2% of NCIS: Los Angeles on TV3, and 13.1% of household shoppers with kids vs the NCIS [...]

SoHo Highlight: Game of Thrones (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Ned probes Arrynís death; Jon tries to protect Sam; Tyrion is caught in the wrong place. If you’re new to this malevolent medieval malarkey, the Los Angeles Times has a terrific “cheat sheet” to identify who’s who. Time magazine said episode four, Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things, neatly sets [...]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Ross begs Joey to stay away from Emma’s hot new nanny; Mike meets (and accidentally kills) Phoebe’s unusual pet. ✫✫✫ Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) Maxwell struggles with forbidden fruit; Luke can’t resist Halloween; Jasmine contacts the other side. ✫✫✫ The Mentalist (TV2, 8.30) A member of the CBI team is the prime suspect in [...]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Ross finds that he can make baby Emma laugh by singing the inappropriate Baby Got Back; Phoebe meets Mike’s parents with disastrous results. ✫✫✫ Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) Roimata struggles with love; Maxwell resorts to lies; Bella has the chance to scupper her rival. ✫✫✫ James May’s Toy Stories: The Great Train Race (TV3, 7.30) James May, with [...]