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In the first of the year’s Monday night movie shootouts, TV3’s HD re-run of 12 Rounds was shot to pieces by TV2’s The Pursuit of Happyness. The former averaged only 4.5% – 4.9% of the key demographics compared to the latter’s 6.7% – 9.9%. TV One’s Unforgettable also packed more heat than 12 Rounds, notching [...]

Monday’s series finale of Desperate Housewives comfortably won its two-hour slot, averaging 11.1% – 14.3% of key demographics. It was twice as popular with household shoppers as TV One’s HD double-bill of Unforgettable and Missing and TV3′s Fantastic Four re-run. Viewership held up across the two hours in all demos except TV2′s target audience, 18-39 [...]

Viewers have given TV3 a slap in the face for daring to launch a quality human interest drama in primetime. Wednesday’s premiere of The Slap averaged only 6.1% of the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to Undercover Boss’ 7.2%, The Big Bang Theory’s 14.1% and Happy Endings’ 7.4%. In other key demographics, it averaged [...]

Series Premiere: Unforgettable (TV One, 8.30, 5.1) Poppy Montgomery stars as a detective with a medical condition that means she can’t forget anything, except for details from the day her sister was murdered. “Montgomery’s last gig on CBS, Without a Trace, lasted seven years,” the New York Daily News said. “Unforgettable has a ways to go, but it’s [...]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i: Saturday The Bionic Vet (TV One, 5.25) TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) Judy Bailey’s Australia (TV One, 8.30) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Sunday Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30, 5.1) The War at [...]

TV3 will replace one Australian HD drama series with another when The Slap takes over from Bikie Wars on July 11. “After luxuriating in the artfully crafted Cloudstreet earlier this year, it was hard to imagine how high-end Australian TV drama could get any better,” said The Age. “Then The Slap arrived … “Based on the best-selling novel by [...]