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The return of the Auckland-based Zoo on Sunday walloped TV3′s Aussie variation, Wildlife at the Zoo. The season premiere averaged 6.3% – 11.2% of the key demographics compared to the competition’s 3.3% – 6.1%. The Zoo preceded the two-hour semi-final of  NZ’s Got Talent, which averaged an untouchable 10.9% – 18.8%. Saturday’s HD premiere of [...]

Is Homeland, which continues tonight (TV3, 8.35), on the verge of blowing itself up? That’s the question The Hollywood Reporter posed after last week’s episode. “Homeland Red Flags: Will It Crash and Burn or Soar to Greatness?” was the headline for critic Tim Goodman’s review. He went on to argue “several plot developments threaten to [...]

The Walking Dead enlivened TV2’s late-night ratings when season three premiered 10.30 Wednesday. It averaged 3.4% – 5.9% of the key demographics, and out-rated lead-in Revolution (4.6% – 6.9%) among household shoppers with kids. However, it was least popular with TV2’s target audience, 18-39 year-olds, despite the third season largely being acclaimed as the best [...]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i:   Saturday NZ’s Got Talent (TV One, 4.55, R) Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook: Simple Pleasures (TV One, 7.00) Series premiere: On the Grill (TV3, 7.00) CSI: New York (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) CSI: Miami (TV3 9.30, 5.1) Homeland (TV3, 10.30, 5.1, R) Movie: Invictus (TV One, 10.35, 5.1, [...]

The Walking Dead may have become US TV’s highest-rated non-sports hit in the coveted 18-49 demo but that hasn’t stopped TV2 from giving the latest season the graveyard shift. The good news is season three will go to air barely a month after its US premiere – but in a 10.30 slot where other top [...]

The complete series collection of Friends is slated for release here on November 14 for a price still to be disclosed. The 21-disc set will include 17 hours of extras from the DVD releases, plus three hours of new bonus content (incuding a retrospective documentary with new interviews, never-before-released cast appearances, unaired footage, and a new gag reel). [...]

It’s a hallowed week for Hollywood on Blu-ray. Releasing alongside this year’s best picture Oscar-winner, The Artist, are Woody Allen: A Documentary and such seminal classics as Chinatown, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, To Catch a Thief, Sabrina and Funny Face. Don’t try to adjust your set with The Artist: the silent movie homage [...]

SoHo Highlight: The Killing (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Double-episode season-two premiere of a whodunit that polarised many viewers with its inconclusive season-one finale. “If you’re moving on with The Killing, you’re either a sucker for punishment or a hopeless fan of Detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and her Scandinavian sweaters,” declared the Philadelphia Daily News. “The good [...]

TV2′s week-long HD ratings tumble continued Thursday with Once Upon a Time’s fairy tale run taking a dark turn. It slumped in all the key demographics, with household shoppers posting the steepest fall: from 15.6% the previous week to 10.6%. And the news wasn’t much better with TV2′s target audience: the 18-39 average was down [...]

The Walking Dead has turned into just that for TV2′s ratings. Wednesday’s episode was the season’s lowest-rated yet, roughly halving last week’s viewership to only 2.9%-3.6% of the key demographics. Worryingly for TV2, it drew fewest of the network’s target audience, 18-39 year-olds, and was watched by even fewer household shoppers than lead-out Nikita at [...]