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GCB’s Tuesday premiere narrowly won the 8.30 hour with TV2′s target audience, 18-39 year-olds, but was soundly beaten by the season finale of Yellowstone in every other key demographic. The soap opera satire averaged an 18-39 rating of 10.0% compared to Yellowstone’s 9.6% and NCIS’ 5.6%. But in the 18-49, 25-54 and household shopper demos, Yellowstone [...]

TV One’s faith in re-running BBC natural history in HD was again rewarded with Yellowstone’s primetime premiere on Tuesday. It dominated the 8.30 hour with the demographics that matter most to the network, winning the slot with a 25-54 rating of 11.8% and 18-49 rating of 9.7%. And among household shoppers, it scored 11.0% compared [...]

 Series HD Premiere: Yellowstone (TV One, 8.30) America’s best idea – creating the world’s first national park, Yellowstone – turns out to be one of the best the BBC’s had for a natural history series. Yellowstone’s mix of breathtaking high-definition photography and intelligent, thought-provoking storytelling, revolving around the impact of winter, summer and autumn on the volcanic [...]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i: Saturday TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Terra Nova (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Movie: 28 Weeks Later (TV3, 8.30, 5.1, R) Movie: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End  (TV3, 10.35, 5.1, R) Sunday Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30, 5.1) The War at Home (TV2, 6.30, R) The Food [...]

The horror movies, 28 Weeks Later and Wrong Turn 2, will be double-billed in HD on April 28 (TV3, 8.30) The network HD premiere of the star-studded comedy, Valentine’s Day, will air on April 29 (TV2, 8.30) Homeland will end its Monday night run on April 30 with an episode that “will have the fans of the show howling”, [...]

The popularity of Frozen Planet and Nature’s Great Events, which continues tonight at 8.30, has encouraged TV One to screen more natural history content in HD. The next BBC wildlife series to go out in 1080i will be Yellowstone. It originally aired off-peak in SD but in the wake of high ratings for Planet and [...]

Back in the days when Brad Pitt still endured second billing to actors like One Tree Hill’s Craig Sheffer, he starred in a period drama about life and fly-fishing in small-town Montana called A River Runs Through It. This week it bows on Blu-ray and judging by reviews in the US and Europe, does proud [...]