SoHo Pre-Empts Babylon for HBO Drama
SoHo’s had to postpone next month’s premiere of Babylon because Channel 4 has not yet scheduled the police drama. It was tentatively slated for November but Channel 4 has still to announce a date....
View ArticleHD Heads-Up: October 25-31
Among the raft of TV One series ending their runs in the week starting October 25 is A Place to Call Home. But what was meant to be have been the series final now looks like being just the end of...
View ArticleHD Ratings: Flash Leads Crowded Drama Field
TV3 this week reversed its drama woes with a rebound for two of its most popular series and a solid start for Thursday’s season premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. CSI was up against week two...
View ArticleThis Week in HD: October 25-31
New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday The ITM Fishing Show – Classic Episodes (TV One, 4.55, R) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Bondi Vet (TV3,...
View ArticleHD Ratings: Pitch Perfect Pulverises Gotham
Sunday’s network movie premiere of Pitch Perfect proved to be just that in the ratings against a Gotham on the skids. The musical comedy averaged 7.1% – 8.5% to top all the major demographics and...
View ArticleMy Sky + … Movies in November
Sky adds more HD newcomers to its vintage channels next month, although Action and Classics are still a long way shy of of their schedules being 95% HD. Western fans will appreciate at last being able...
View ArticleThe Zone Scores With HD Classics
Sky’s new cult channel The Zone will screen not only series premieres like Helix, The Strain and Defiance in HD but also library classics like Star Trek, Space 1999, Quantum Leap and Buck Rogers in...
View ArticleHD Ratings: Bogans Bounce Back
More Kiwis discovered The Bogan Hunters in the reality show’s second week than the first. Tuesday’s episode averaged 8.2% – 10.8% of the major demographics, which was well up on the premiere’s 5.4% –...
View ArticleHD Heads-Up: November 1-7
TV One is teaming the top new British police drama Happy Valley with what’s been dubbed Australia’s answer to Broadchurch, complete with Kiwi Martin Henderson. “Secrets and Lies, a drama imported from...
View ArticleNext Week in HD: November 1-7
Saturday The ITM Fishing Show – Classic Episodes (TV One, 4.55, R) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Bondi Vet (TV3, 5.30, 5.1) Movie: Monster House (TV2, 5.45, 5.1, R) Annabel Langbein Free Range...
View ArticleHD Ratings: Some A-List Dramas Flasher Than Others
TV One’s The Mentalist is on top of more people’s must-see lists than TV3’s The Blacklist. Tuesday’s episode out-rated its HD rival in all the key demographics, averaging 4.2% – 7.1%. Despite...
View ArticleHD Heads-Up: November 8-14
You can tell your achy-breaky heart that Nashville and Hawaii Five-O will resume their primetime runs in the second week of November. The country music drama that TV One pulled only a few weeks from...
View ArticleTV3′s New Season Master Stroke NZ
TV3 has picked up MasterChef NZ and will launch a Kiwi version of The Bachelor in 2015. The two properties hitherto have been TVNZ staples but TV One quit MasterChef for the lower-rating My Kitchen...
View ArticleNext Week in HD: November 8-14
New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday The ITM Fishing Show – Classic Episodes (TV One, 4.55, R) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Bondi Vet (TV3,...
View ArticleHD Ratings: Happy Days For Premium Drama
TV One’s premiere of Happy Valley on Sunday proved there’s still an audience for quality drama on free-to-air TV. Predictably it bombed with 18-39 year-olds but was competitive with Gotham in the...
View ArticleHD Ratings: Tuesday Tussle Tightens
TV3’s The Blacklist and Sons of Anarchy rebounded on Tuesday but still couldn’t beat TV One’s The Mentalist and Unforgettable – although all the HD dramas largely rated higher than TV2’s reality...
View ArticleHD Heads-Up: November 15-21
Sons of Anarchy takes a pit stop on November 18 due to the bikie drama being pre-empted the same week on FX in the US. SOA is one of several HD series fast-tracked from the US whose runs are being...
View ArticleNext Week in HD: November 15-21
New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly on the networks in 1080i Saturday The ITM Fishing Show – Classic Episodes (TV One, 4.55, R) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Bondi Vet (TV3,...
View ArticlePress Release: TVNZ’s Thunderous New Shows Are Go!
TVNZ has unveiled a powerhouse programming catalogue for 2015 featuring a choice of quality shows for viewers every night of the week. After a stellar 2014 which saw TVNZ hold the number one programme...
View ArticleHD Heads-Up: November 22-28
TV2 will launch late-night its version of SoHo’s The Americans the same week TV One’s MasterChef Australia goes head-to-head with TV3′s The Block: Glasshouse. MasterChef Oz isn’t in HD but the Aussie...
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