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There has been a little bit of criticism of TVNZ for their decision to can Nothing Trivial.  Shifting it from Sunday night had a huge impact on the shows ratings after it lost the enormous lead in that New Zealand’s Got Talent had provided it. What replaced Nothing Trivial on TV One this year is A Place Called Home which has rated 19% higher despite the NZGT audiences being lower.

I was asked to take a look at a few more numbers so here they are.

The first thing to really address is how the 8:30-9:30pm timeslot has fared in 2013 compared to 2012.  In 2012, Ramsay’s Best Restaurant and Criminal Minds were the shows that Nothing Trivial has replaced and despite the argument that it was the move to Wednesdays that affected the rating, the numbers would suggest that isn’t the full story. Continue reading »

Top 20 most time shifted shows

1. Under the Dome: 56380 (PRIME, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
2. Nothing Trivial: 52160 (TV ONE, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
3. Cougar Town: 25970 (TV2, 9:00pm – 9:30pm)
4. Scandal: 25560 (TV ONE, 9:30pm – 10:30pm)
5. Prison Families: 16720 (TV3, 8:05pm – 8:35pm) Continue reading »

Since The Vote has been dumped for 2014 it is completely unsurprising that the experts on the panel for this month include two comedians from TV3′s Jono and Ben at Ten.  I’m not sure if the reason they’re on the show is because they’re young enough, without actually being teenagers, to qualify as having an authoritative voice on the subject or because the show they appear on, which could loosely fall into the current affairs category, rates nearly double what The Vote usually does and their presence may draw across their fans.

TV3 ASKS KIWIS TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON OUR TEENS: THE VOTE DEBATES ‘TEENAGERS HAVE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD’

Today’s world is full of opportunities for Kiwi teens, but with opportunities come risks.  Two New Zealanders – Lorde and Lydia Ko – have topped Time Magazine’s 2013 list of the world’s most influential teenagers.  But back home, the Roast Busters story has called into question whether our teens are really coping with the pressures of modern life.

This month, two teams led by Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner will argue the moot ‘Teenagers have never had it so good’ in TV3’s national debate programme The Vote, screening at 8.30pm next Wednesday night.  Broadcaster and lawyer, Linda Clark is again the referee, charged with keeping the debaters in line and on topic. Continue reading »

Most watched

1. One News: 658,830 (TV ONE, 6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Shortland Street: 495,560 (TV2, 7:00pm – 7:35pm)
3. High Country Rescue: 401,500 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:00pm)
4. Seven Sharp: 396,400 (TV ONE, 7:00pm – 7:30pm)
5. Two and a Half Men: 355,600 (TV2, 7:35pm – 8:05pm)

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I’m quite happy with how these TV Talk’s are going as a space for everyone to have a general chin wag about television.  As a conversation starter, what has been your favourite moment on TV recently?

Stoppress have some interesting thoughts from TVNZ’s General Manager of Acquisitions, Production and Commissioning, Andrew Shaw:

On local content:

“It’s easy to give it a one line description of local content, but it’s an awful lot harder to execute it to a standard that the audience expects. The beauty of original television is that if you get it right your audience rewards you with loyalty, regular viewing and engagement. Get it wrong and the opposite applies. We are blessed to have a tremendous local production community who make really compelling New Zealand content, and across the widest possible genres. We’ve got tremendous children’s dramas that will be coming to the screen in the next year, adult drama, reality observation, documentary, entertainment, one-off films and the like. There are fewer companies than there were but the 80/20 rule applies in any industry. And the companies that have configured themselves so they’ve got resources for development, vertical integration overseas, or have a strong sales history and are successfully exporting content, they’re doing well and it’s great to be in business with them.”

On ratings:

“My perspective is that there will have to be a lot of change in the measurement system in the next five years. If you think about what we now look at, whether it’s live, delayed, recorded or through various sites, there’s a great deal we don’t know about who and how they’re using media and those are questions the industry will have to ask. But we shouldn’t underestimate the power of a good mystery.”

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Unafraid of a little publicity, the ABC has released their 2014 new season promo online to showcase the extensive list of local content Australians will be enjoying in 2014.

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Top 20 most time shifted shows

1. Hawaii Five-O: 46560 (TV3, 9:35pm – 10:30pm)
2. The Walking Dead: 32850 (TV2, 9:30pm – 10:30pm)
3. The Mentalist: 31620 (TV2, 8:35pm – 9:30pm)
4. North America Revealed: 23320 (TV ONE, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
5. The River: 10940 (TV2, 10:30pm – 11:30pm) Continue reading »

Do you get the feeling I miss this show?

After losing Home and Away, TV3 have struggled to make anything work in the 5:30pm timeslot that leads into their news bulletin.  Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals was down 80% on what HAA had been delivering but it’s still been the best choice of what’s been on offer so far.

Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals had an average of 55,486 viewers during the series while Celebrity Masterchef was down 19% on that to 45,166 viewers per episode.  Big Brother Australia, which started on Monday and screens from 4:30pm, is already down 4%.  Granted, we’ve only had two episodes though, the average audience is well below where the other shows started. Continue reading »