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Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Monica comes to suspect her new cleaning lady is a thief; Rachel decides to move out of Joey’s apartment in preparation for the baby’s arrival. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Nicole struggles to keep the peace; Lana lets in a nosy neighbour; Brooke leaves honesty too late. Under the Grill (TV3, 8.00, F) [...]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Phoebe’s former boyfriend returns for one night only, but Joey could ruin their plans, and Monica plots revenge on her cousin’s wedding day. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫ Under the Grill (TV3, 8.00) ✫✫ With $4 million and 100 days, Sean Connolly’s quest to turn a demolition site into Auckland’s top dining destination [...]

TV3’s 9.30pm Tuesday ratings gap with the competition widened last night when Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year fared even worse than last week’s dismal debut. The second episode drew only 3.3% of 25-54 year-olds compared to HD rival Private Practice’s 8.8% on TV2, a channel that skews 18-39. It was less than half the 8.5% [...]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫✫ Rachel and Phoebe compete to be Monica’s maid of honour, but Monica doesn’t want to make the decision; Chandler tries to apologise to a girlfriend from his youth; Ross and Joey awake from a deep sleep that deeply troubles them. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Jill and Callum patch things up; a [...]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i Saturday Worst Week (TV3, 5.1, 4.00) Best of Carters’ Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook (TV One, 5.25, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The Voice (TV2, 7.30) Movie: Thank You [...]

TV One will run a season of NZ-made HD telefeatures in its Sunday Theatre slot from August 14. It opens with a dramatisation of the 1951 Tangiwai railway disaster and is part of an HD rev-up on the channel. It starts with next week’s premieres of Global Radar (7pm Sunday), in which Te Radar investigates [...]