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Top TV Shows: 7th - 13th March 2010

March 15th, 2010

Top TV Shows: Week 10 (7th - 13th March 2010) (5+) Source: AGB Nielsen Media Research

Show Channel Date Audience (000s)
Dog Squad TVOne 08/03/2010 624.0
Sunday(PM) TVOne 07/03/2010 565.0
The Inspectors TVOne 08/03/2010 535.8
The Zoo TVOne 07/03/2010 521.4
Close Up TVOne 08/03/2010 521.3
National Bank Country Calendar TVOne 13/03/2010 510.8
Sunday Theatre TVOne 07/03/2010 506.4
Sensing Murder TV2 11/03/2010 494.8
Coronation Street TVOne 11/03/2010 491.2
One News TVOne 08/03/2010 486.7
American Idol TV2 12/03/2010 485.3
Packed to the Rafters TVOne 10/03/2010 478.4
Shortland Street TV2 08/03/2010 476.4
Desperate Housewives TV2 08/03/2010 471.2
MasterChef New Zealand TVOne 10/03/2010 451.9
The Big Bang Theory TV2 10/03/2010 431.6
Highway Patrol TV2 11/03/2010 419.5
Private Practice TV2 09/03/2010 406.4
Brothers & Sisters TV2 08/03/2010 400.2
Grey's Anatomy TV2 09/03/2010 398.9
Band of Brothers (R) TVOne 08/03/2010 380.1
Supernanny (USA) TV2 08/03/2010 377.4
The Big Bang Theory (R) TV2 12/03/2010 375.2
3 News TV3 08/03/2010 370.8
Two and a Half Men TV2 10/03/2010 364.9
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Top stories on ONE News and 3 News: March 15, 2010

March 15th, 2010

ONE News:

  1. Cyclone fury (Sarah Azam)
  2. Cyclone fury - weather update
  3. Mining review (Live cross, Guyon Espiner)
  4. Quincey update (Melissa Stokes)
  5. Boating near-misses (Joy Reid)

3 News:

  1. Fiji cyclone (Kate Lynch)
  2. Chile power cut
  3. Mining review (Rebecca Wright)
  4. Great Barrier Island mining proposal (Bob McNeill)
  5. Bingle/Clarke update (Dan Parker)

Commentary:

I really didn't see the need for a Quincey update in the Top 5 tonight.

Ugh at the Bingle/Clarke update "no comment, sorry guys!  No comment, sorry guys!  No comment, sorry guys!"

More soon - what did you think of tonight's news bulletins?

Verdict:
TBA

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TV3's new current affairs show "The Nation" premieres on Saturday

March 15th, 2010

The current affairs game has just stepped up a level as TV3's new show The Nation finally makes it to screen this weekend.  While TVNZ's Q&A has broken a number of stories already this year, the opportunity now exists for TV3 to upstage the state broadcaster by broadcasting the show on Saturday mornings and repeating it again an hour before Q&A at 8am.

Hosted by Stephen Parker and Duncan Garner, TV3 describes The Nation as an in-depth weekly current affairs show focusing on the major players and forces which shape New Zealand.

The show's executive producer is Richard Harman who was also at the helm of Q&A's predecessor, Agenda, which was axed by TVNZ in 2008.

Game on!

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TV Ratings: 14 March 2010

March 15th, 2010

Most watched

  1. The Zoo: 516,860 (TV ONE, 7:00pm - 7:30pm)
  2. Sunday: 512,280 (TV ONE, 7:30pm - 8:30pm)
  3. One News: 431,310 (TV ONE, 6:00pm - 7:00pm)
  4. Sunday Theatre: 326,420 (TV ONE, 8:30pm - 10:25pm)
  5. The Heartbreak Kid: 303,580 (TV2, 8:30pm - 10:55pm)

Most watched evening (7.30pm - 11pm)

  1. Sunday: 512,280 (TV ONE, 7:30pm - 8:30pm)
  2. Sunday Theatre: 326,420 (TV ONE, 8:30pm - 10:25pm)
  3. The Heartbreak Kid: 303,580 (TV2, 8:30pm - 10:55pm)
  4. The Amazing Race: 303,300 (TV2, 7:35pm - 8:30pm)
  5. Bones: 292,340 (TV3, 8:30pm - 9:30pm)

Most watched daytime (9am - 5pm)

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Top stories on ONE News and 3 News: March 14, 2010

March 14th, 2010

ONE News:

  1. Trans-Tasman rower (Live cross, Melissa Stokes)
  2. Trans-Tasman rower (Amy Kelley)
  3. Trans-Tasman rowing history
  4. Phoenix game fallout
  5. Fatal car crash in Auckland

3 News:

  1. Trans-Tasman rower (Jane Luscombe)
  2. Trans-Tasman rower (Melissa Davies)
  3. Mining in conservation land (Bob McNeill)
  4. Internet filter (Dave Goosselink)
  5. Fatal car crash in Auckland

Commentary:

Great achievement but I thought both networks went a little overboard with their coverage of the Quincey's Trans-Tasman rowing feat.  ONE News spent about 9 minutes on it, 3 News about 7 minutes.

Verdict:

Tie

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Outrageous Fortune spinoff

March 14th, 2010

How would you like to see the glory days of Ted West in a new drama spinoff from South Pacific Pictures' Outrageous Fortune?  A prequel if you like.

When a show such as Outrageous Fortune comes to an end, as it will with its sixth and final season on TV3 in 2010, they leave enormous holes in the television landscape.  Characters who have become so loved and, in many cases, identified with are taken like a close relative and the mourning that ensues can be heart wrenching.  Thankfully though, writers and producers seem to becoming more and more adept at reinventing the stories and giving charatcters an extended lease on life.

Being able to take a highly successful and award winning show and develop a new series based on back story would immediately have a fanbase, and particularly with New Zealand, the reason to fund a pilot and first season.

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Aren't TVNZ 6 and TVNZ 7 already public service-style channels?

March 14th, 2010

I read in one of yesterday's papers that Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman had asked TVNZ chairman Sir John Anderson to prepare a plan to potentially separate the commercial and public broadcasting roles of the state broadcaster.

The Government is moving to set up TVNZ 7 as a public service broadcaster, leaving TV One and the other TVNZ channels to focus on making money.

Coleman yesterday confirmed his preference was to turn TVNZ 7 – and possibly TVNZ 6 – into public service-style channels.

Um. Isn't that already the case?  TVNZ 6 and TVNZ 7 are already publicly funded, non-commercial channels aren't they?

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Ian Audsley upsets TV3 staff

March 14th, 2010

NZ Herald gossip columnist Rachel Glucina had a hand in this morning's story about staff at TV3 being upset by executive director Ian Audsley.  Apparently he's been called "extremely rude", "abrasive" and even "Australian".  I'm fairly sure none of those are new.

Apparently, an executive clique has formed to set itself against Audsley and the board had been informed of the perceived disaster.  Unsurprisingly, the board told the herald that

there had been no board discussion about Audsley upsetting staff

We wanted someone to ... review our television operations and he had all the credentials to do it. If that's ruffled some feathers ... that's an inevitable consequence of someone lifting up some stones and looking under them.

 

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Shortland Street zzzzzzzzz

March 15th, 2010

I sure hope Shortland Street gets better soon.  It's been a dismal start to the year, with the only light so far being a bit of humor thanks to Libby and her Dr McSteamy Lust.

Here's a few on my list of gripes:

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Outrageous Fortune spinoff

March 14th, 2010

How would you like to see the glory days of Ted West in a new drama spinoff from South Pacific Pictures' Outrageous Fortune?  A prequel if you like.

When a show such as Outrageous Fortune comes to an end, as it will with its sixth and final season on TV3 in 2010, they leave enormous holes in the television landscape.  Characters who have become so loved and, in many cases, identified with are taken like a close relative and the mourning that ensues can be heart wrenching.  Thankfully though, writers and producers seem to becoming more and more adept at reinventing the stories and giving charatcters an extended lease on life.

Being able to take a highly successful and award winning show and develop a new series based on back story would immediately have a fanbase, and particularly with New Zealand, the reason to fund a pilot and first season.

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Shake Up At TVNZ?

March 13th, 2010

This was reported yesterday in the New Zealand Herald and I don't know if it was mentioned on Throng at all.

"Television New Zealand is looking at radical solutions to trim $30 million to $40 million from budgets - including halving the 6pm news hour".

Doing this would not be taking TVNZ into the future, it would be taking us back into TV One's News past.

And that's not all...

This was reported today in the same newspaper.

"TVNZ could be rearranged to provide separate commercial and public service broadcasting roles under a new proposal being investigated.

Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman has asked TVNZ chairman Sir John Anderson to look at splitting its broadcasting roles and funding requirements, The Dominion Post reported.

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Oh Snap, Relax TVNZ you're still stupid, but TiVo is dying everywhere.

March 11th, 2010

TiVo FailThere's more bad news for TVNZ today, the parent company of the TiVo technology it's purchased in partnership with Kerry Stoke's '7 Media Group' reported it lost 730,000 consumers during the past year (a 22% decline).

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Paul Henry's obsession with breast milk

March 11th, 2010

After finishing her story about a New Zealander who had found fame in the US after being discovered on twitter by This Week in Tech, Allison Pugh was asked by Paul Henry if he could share something he'd just learned about her.  When Allison didn't object, Paul Henry proceeded to tease out how long she was breastfed for as a child.  When she told him that she was weaned at seven, he sniggered in his typical fashion.

Pippa Wetzell, being the eternal peacemaker, told him to look at Allison now, suggesting that her obvious beauty hadn't at all been affected but Paul continued to joke that she wasn't a weaner.

In Wellington, Matt McLean commented that he was judging her a little and then continued to say she should "enjoy it".

I can hear all the La Leche League mothers crying foul over this one.

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Poor Content Consistently

March 9th, 2010

It is well known that as the reruns increase and the content drop to the quality level rated as "bottom of the barrel" it can be said the budget is being tightened and financial problems loom. Will be eventually see the financial distress of TV or will be just turn if off and change to other entertainment. Whoever at the stations gets paid to accept and program content should be fired unless they are being directed by the finance department. In which case they should resign. If local stations do not soon change tactics, they will be doomed. It seems content is now all about which station gets funding. Advertising, sponsorship, or government funding infect the decision as to content - which is the first soft sign of corruption.

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If I was going to interview Brian Tamaki...

March 5th, 2010

I was hopeful that Mike Hosking would actually ask some good questions of Brian Tamaki tonight but was disappointed.  Mike Hosking came across as poorly researched.

For example, he spent quite a bit of time hassling Brian Tamaki for having EFTPOS machines in their church.  It is common practice now in larger churches - and has been so for years.  In fact, I've seen them in churches 10 years ago.  And why shouldn't they?  Can't Christians have the same convenience everyone else does when spending money?

And as for men's meetings?  Most churches and communities have men's meetings.  What's so wrong about that?  I really don't like how men getting together is being painted as something negative.  The media conveniently missed out that they have women's and children's groups as well.  Brian did clarify this when asked tonight.

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