Throng

Most watched

1. One News: 528,040 (TV ONE, 6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Shortland Street: 518,220 (TV2, 7:00pm – 7:30pm)
3. Two and a Half Men: 466,970 (TV2, 7:30pm – 8:00pm)
4. The Big Bang Theory: 440,780 (TV2, 8:00pm – 8:30pm)
5. American Idol: 415,950 (TV2, 8:30pm – 10:30pm)

Most watched evening (7.30pm – 11pm)

1. Two and a Half Men: 466,970 (TV2, 7:30pm – 8:00pm)
2. The Big Bang Theory: 440,780 (TV2, 8:00pm – 8:30pm)
3. American Idol: 415,950 (TV2, 8:30pm – 10:30pm)
4. America’s Next Top Model: 219,880 (TV3, 7:30pm – 8:30pm)
5. Come Dine With Me: 197,520 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:35pm)

Most watched daytime (9am – 5pm)

1. Entertainment Tonight: 152,370 (TV3, 4:30pm – 5:00pm)
2. Hannah Montana: 147,560 (TV3, 4:05pm – 4:10pm)
3. Sticky TV: 143,840 (TV3, 4:10pm – 4:30pm)
4. Emmerdale: 136,100 (TV ONE, 12:30pm – 1:30pm)
5. ONE News Midday: 117,960 (TV ONE, 12:00pm – 12:30pm)

Most watched on TV ONE

1. One News: 528,040 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Close Up: 306,620 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
3. Come Dine With Me: 197,520 (7:30pm – 8:35pm)
4. Making Over America with Trinn: 188,350 (8:35pm – 9:30pm)
5. Breakfast: 161,030 (6:55am – 8:00am)

Most watched on TV2

1. Shortland Street: 518,220 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
2. Two and a Half Men: 466,970 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
3. The Big Bang Theory: 440,780 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)
4. American Idol: 415,950 (8:30pm – 10:30pm)
5. My Wife and Kids: 242,700 (6:30pm – 7:00pm)

Most watched on TV3

1. 3 News: 317,160 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Home and Away: 311,740 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
3. The Holiday: 268,480 (8:30pm – 11:10pm)
4. Campbell Live: 249,940 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
5. America’s Next Top Model: 219,880 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)

Most watched on C4

1. Nitro Circus: 109,700 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
2. Family Guy: 80,800 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
3. Steven Seagal Lawman: 78,970 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)
4. 24: 57,170 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
5. America’s Most Wanted: 56,170 (9:30pm – 10:25pm)

Most watched on PRIME

1. Prime News: 124,150 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
2. Deal or No Deal: 105,910 (6:30pm – 7:00pm)
3. Deal Or No Deal: 101,650 (5:00pm – 5:30pm)
4. Millionaire Hot Seat: 99,210 (6:00pm – 6:30pm)
5. The Real Swiss Family Robinson: 80,000 (7:30pm – 8:35pm)

Most watched on the BOX

1. Raw: 33,800 (8:30pm – 10:30pm)

Most watched on SKY Sport 1

1. Super 14: 194,080 (7:30pm – 9:15pm)
2. Super 14 Post Game: 66,520 (9:15pm – 9:25pm)
3. Sports Extra: 66,520 (9:30pm – 9:30pm)
4. NRL: 49,340 (9:35pm – 11:25pm)
5. Golf Masters Tour: 42,800 (7:50am – 11:40am)

Most watched on SKY Sport 2

1. NRL Pre Game: 43,870 (9:30pm – 9:40pm)
2. NRL: 35,350 (9:40pm – 11:30pm)

Biggest increases

1. One News: TV ONE 528040 – up from 423270 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Sticky TV: TV3 143840 – up from 52860 (4:10pm – 4:30pm)
3. Deal Or No Deal: PRIME 101650 – up from 56710 (5:00pm – 5:30pm)
4. Sticky TV: TV3 108750 – up from 67490 (4:00pm – 4:00pm)
5. 3 News: TV3 317160 – up from 282400 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)

Biggest decreases

1. Close Up: TV ONE 306620 – down from 482120 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
2. Te Karere: TV ONE 51580 – down from 87190 (4:00pm – 4:30pm)

New

1. Nitro Circus: C4 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
2. The Real Swiss Family Robinson: PRIME (7:30pm – 8:35pm)
3. America’s Next Top Model: TV3 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
4. Come Dine With Me: TV ONE (7:30pm – 8:35pm)
5. Two and a Half Men: TV2 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
6. Steven Seagal Lawman: C4 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)
7. The Big Bang Theory: TV2 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)
8. American Idol: TV2 (8:30pm – 10:30pm)
9. 24: C4 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
10. Making Over America with Trinn: TV ONE (8:35pm – 9:30pm)
11. Blackadder II: PRIME (8:35pm – 9:10pm)
12. Krod Mandoon and the Flaming S: PRIME (9:10pm – 9:40pm)
13. America’s Most Wanted: C4 (9:30pm – 10:25pm)
14. Restaurant In Our Living Room: TV ONE (9:30pm – 10:30pm)
15. Tonight: TV ONE (10:30pm – 11:00pm)

Channel Share

• SKY Network: 28.3%
• TV2: 21.9%
• TV ONE: 20.1%
• TV3: 18.3%
• PRIME: 5.2%
• C4: 3.4%
• Other TV Channels: 2.2%
• Maori TV: 0.3%

Source: AGB Nielsen, 5+

If you’re hanging out at Mission Bay on Sunday (April 11, 2010) around 1pm then please don’t be alarmed by all the (mock) explosions and the dogfight between japanese fighters and a New Zealand Kittyhawk in the skies above you.  It’s all part of the build up to the new TV One epic The Pacific that starts on Monday night at 8:30pm

TVNZ have alerted us to this with the following message:

Should you receive any calls from alarmed members of the public, please feel free to assure them that all appropriate authorities have been involved in the planning, and the exhibition is being conducted by the same highly experienced people who manage the Wanaka “Warbirds” Air Show.

Sounds like it’s ‘to Mission Bay’ on Sunday afternoon to me!

Q+A – 9am Sunday 11 April 2010 on One

Guyon Espiner interviews Police Commissioner Howard Broad. After years in decline, the crime rate seems to be trending back up. What can turn it around? Is the tough approach working? And why have we lost so much respect for the police?

Paul Holmes talks to two Washington DC-based nuclear security experts – Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Corey Hinderstein, Vice-President of International Programs for the Nuclear Threat Initiative. As John Key heads to President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit in Washington with 46 other world leaders, is enough being done to stop terrorists getting their hands on ‘loose nukes’? Is a world without nuclear weapons really possible?

 Joining Paul Holmes and Dr Jon Johansson on the panel are Waitakere City Mayor and vice-president of Global Mayors for Peace, Bob Harvey, and former ACT MP and journalist Deborah Coddington.

Q + A is broadcast live 9-10am Sunday on TV ONE and repeated at 9.10pm on Sunday nights and 10.10am and 2.10pm on Mondays on TVNZ 7.

ONE News:

1. Crafar farms (Live cross, John Newton)
2. Nuclear treaty (Paul Hobbs)
3. Nuclear treaty response
4. Spy base (Simon Bradwell)
5. Tongan ferry disaster update

3 News:

1. Crafar farms (Tony Field)
2. Tiger Woods (Sky)
3. Quincey reunion (Melissa Davies)
4. Spy base (Patrick Gower)
5. Spy base tourist attraction (Dan Parker)

Commentary:

ONE News had a far superior top 5 tonight.

While both had a story on the Crafar farms, the angles they took were quite different.  ONE News focused on the $40,000 fine they were handed down today for effluent and that it was their 6th prosecution, outlining the previous convictions as well.  They had a video interview with Allan Crafar.  At the end, they mention the possible eviction and rent-free offer.

3 News had a much more sensational story and didn’t mention the fine or the past convictions.  They focused on the possible eviction from their farm, mentioning the “baseball bats” threat mentioned to John Campbell earlier in the day but then saying it was a joke as one of them was blind.  They just had a phone interview with him.

The Spy base story was also on both networks.  ONE News tried to learn more about what the base is and isn’t involved with and ended up getting a senior official answering a few questions anonymously via phone.

3 News didn’t get any response from the spy base officials so instead spoke to conspiracy theorist Nicky Hager and we got to hear all his speculation along with nice clips of past protests and George Bush.

3 News followed this up with a human interest fluff piece about how the spy base is becoming a tourist attraction.

Other stories in the bulletins:

Yet more Tiger Woods updates on 3 News, including re-playing the Nike ad.  Pointless.

3 News had another human interest story in the top 5 – Shaun Quincey’s reunion with his dad at the airport.  Have no idea why this was so high up in the bulletin.

Meanwhile, ONE News had a useful summary of the important nuclear treaty which was signed by the US and Russia.

The Tongan ferry update story seemed too much of a minor update to me though.

Verdict:

ONE News

The sun set on TV3’s axed breakfast show Sunrise this morning with Oliver Driver and Carly Flynn saying farewell to viewers for the last time.

The one-hour special this morning featured the whole crew of both Sunrise and ASB Business reminiscing on the past two and a half years and cracking jokes about the sudden news of their unemployment yesterday and the fact they are being replaced by re-runs of Magnum, P.I.

Highlights were played of the early days of Sunrise with shots of both Flynn and original presenter James Coleman on day one and Driver’s first day on set. The presenters joked about their appearances, with emphasis on Driver’s dishevelled look for his first Sunrise outing.

In the latter half of the show, highlights were shown from its popular segments “Hurricane Josh” and “Emma’s gadget Emporium”.

Driver and Flynn described how the crew of the show were told of the news yesterday following their Thursday morning show.

“We were all called into the studio … and given envelopes. It was suggested that we didn’t do another show, but we did.”

“They did say we shouldn’t do it, we don’t have a whole lot planned.”

“All we did want to do was [have] a final show, we didn’t want to end it like we did yesterday,” said Flynn.

The hour closed with Driver and Flynn saying good-bye in front of the shows logo adapted to say “Sunset”.

“Thank you TV3, it’s been an honour and a pleasure.” Driver said.

Pure gold!

Most watched

1. One News: 608,810 (TV ONE, 6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Highway Patrol: 525,150 (TV2, 8:00pm – 8:30pm)
3. Coronation Street: 508,500 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:30pm)
4. Close Up: 497,300 (TV ONE, 7:00pm – 7:30pm)
5. Police Ten 7: 493,200 (TV2, 7:30pm – 8:00pm)

Most watched evening (7.30pm – 11pm)

1. Highway Patrol: 525,150 (TV2, 8:00pm – 8:30pm)
2. Coronation Street: 508,500 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:30pm)
3. Police Ten 7: 493,200 (TV2, 7:30pm – 8:00pm)
4. Criminal Minds: 371,500 (TV ONE, 8:30pm – 9:25pm)
5. 20/20: 361,590 (TV2, 9:30pm – 10:30pm)

Most watched daytime (9am – 5pm)

1. Emmerdale: 116,620 (TV ONE, 12:30pm – 1:35pm)
2. ONE News Midday: 115,610 (TV ONE, 12:00pm – 12:30pm)
3. In the Night Garden: 112,600 (TV2, 9:05am – 9:35am)
4. Sticky TV: 96,620 (TV3, 4:10pm – 4:30pm)
5. Out of Jimmy’s Head: 95,940 (TV2, 4:35pm – 5:00pm)

Most watched on TV ONE

1. One News: 608,810 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Coronation Street: 508,500 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
3. Close Up: 497,300 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
4. Criminal Minds: 371,500 (8:30pm – 9:25pm)
5. Criminal Minds: 308,230 (9:30pm – 10:20pm)

Most watched on TV2

1. Highway Patrol: 525,150 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)
2. Police Ten 7: 493,200 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
3. Shortland Street: 482,520 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
4. 20/20: 361,590 (9:30pm – 10:30pm)
5. Go Girls: 328,360 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)

Most watched on TV3

1. 3 News: 402,430 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Home and Away: 287,430 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
3. Survivor Heroes and Villains: 248,750 (8:30pm – 10:25pm)
4. Campbell Live: 240,910 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
5. Wipeout: 221,410 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)

Most watched on C4

1. American Dad: 132,880 (8:30pm – 9:00pm)
2. Futurama: 97,990 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
3. South Park: 91,680 (9:00pm – 9:30pm)
4. The Cleveland Show: 90,610 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)
5. Family Guy: 84,680 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)

Most watched on PRIME

1. Prime News: 121,700 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
2. Rescue Special Operations: 112,440 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
3. Deal Or No Deal: 93,540 (5:00pm – 5:30pm)
4. Millionaire Hot Seat: 76,380 (6:00pm – 6:30pm)
5. Deal or No Deal: 73,410 (6:30pm – 7:00pm)

Most watched on Maori TV

1. Hyundai Code: 33,550 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)

Most watched on the BOX

1. Whose Line Is It Anyway?: 25,650 (4:30pm – 5:00pm)

Most watched on SKY Movies 1

1. Gran Torino: 32,350 (8:35pm – 10:25pm)

Biggest increases

1. One News: TV ONE 608810 – up from 349230 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Shortland Street: TV2 482520 – up from 332180 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
3. 3 News: TV3 402430 – up from 255300 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
4. Police Ten 7: TV2 493200 – up from 352310 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
5. Highway Patrol: TV2 525150 – up from 402300 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)

Biggest decreases

1. Tonight: TV ONE 186520 – down from 260460 (10:20pm – 10:55pm)
2. Tagata Pasifika: TV ONE 61010 – down from 131210 (10:55pm – 11:25pm)
3. Nightline: TV3 124770 – down from 194050 (10:25pm – 10:55pm)
4. Sports Tonight: TV3 80160 – down from 139830 (10:55pm – 11:15pm)
5. Cops: C4 41780 – down from 88690 (9:30pm – 10:30pm)

New

1. Legend of the Seeker: PRIME (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
2. Survivor Heroes and Villains: TV3 (8:30pm – 10:25pm)

Channel Share

• TV ONE: 28.1%
• TV2: 21.8%
• SKY Network: 21.5%
• TV3: 16.1%
• PRIME: 5.5%
• C4: 3.5%
• Other TV Channels: 2.7%
• Maori TV: 0.6%

Source: AGB Nielsen, 5+

As Maori rugby gets set to celebrate its centenary in May, a landmark documentary series on Maori Television will trace the evolution of Maori rugby and examine its place in New Zealand society.

BENEATH THE MAORI MOON, screening from Thursday May 6 at 8.00 PM, is an all areas access pass to Maori rugby. The programme begins with the early pioneers who helped spread the gospel of the game at home and abroad, through to the modern day men who will take to the field for the centenary series in June against Ireland and England.

The 15-episode series profiles important players and colourful characters, and examines the times in which they lived – both world wars, The Great Depression, urban migration of the 50s and 60s, through to the modern professional era of the game.

Whanau and whakapapa play an important role in Maori rugby, and this programme looks at the impressive contribution of the likes of the Goings, the Brookes, the Osbornes and the MacDonalds. Viewers also meet the first families to field husband and wife and mother and son national rugby representatives.

BENEATH THE MAORI MOON does not shy away from the contentious issues. It touches on the battle between union and league for the top talent. It examines the changes brought on by the move to professionalism in the sport, and the impact the South African apartheid policy had on Maori players half a world away.

In the lead up to next year’s World Cup, BENEATH THE MAORI MOON meets those that have left the shores of Aotearoa to play their rugby elsewhere – the player who donned the red rose of England, the Ngaruawahia-born Wallaby and the Ngapuhi boy who hopes to thwart the All Blacks quest to win the World Cup.

We also check in with the players at the flaxroots – those who keep the game hearty and healthy – from regional legends such as Harry Jacob of Horowhenua, to the vigorously contested Pa Wars and those who ensured the success of the Ngati Porou East Coast NPC team in the 1990s.

General manager of programming Haunui Royal says the series expands on the critically-acclaimed book of the same name by Malcolm Mulholland (Ngati Kahungunu). He says it incorporates the views of legendary rugby commentator Keith Quinn and social historian Ranginui Walker, as well as speaking to a host of Maori rugby talents across the decades. “It’s not all talking heads, there’s documentary footage, pictures and re-enactments as well as lots of the flair and exciting play we’ve come to expect of Maori rugby. It truly captures the X-factor that makes Maori rugby so magical.”

“BENEATH THE MAORI MOON is a thorough review of the history of Maori rugby …and the pivotal role it plays in both Maori society and the overall history of New Zealand. It also examines the way that that history can be built on as we move into the next hundred years of Maori rugby. Ka haere whakamua me hoki whakamuri.”

Maori Television, the lead free-to-air broadcaster of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, will screen BENEATH THE MAORI MOON from Thursday May 6 at 8.00 PM. 

Following the sudden departure of Sunrise and ASB Business, the new early morning schedule for TV 3 will look like this:

6:30am: Campbell Live
7am: Magnum, P.I.
8am: Frasier
8:30am: Everybody Loves Raymond

TV 3 will screen a special one-hour farewell episode of Sunrise tomorrow morning at 7am. Tom Selleck and his moustache will take up the 7am slot as of Monday.

ONE News:

1. Spy base update (Live cross, Catherine Wedd)
2. Media changes in Samoa (Live cross, Barbara Dreaver)
3. Violent Kyrgyzstan revolution (ABC)
4. Free private surgeries (Exclusive, Lorelei Mason)
5. Whanau Ora update (Jessica Mutch)

3 News:

1. Spy base update (Live cross, Patrick Gower)
2. Whanau Ora update (Live cross, Rebecca Wright)
3. Tiger Woods update (Simon Shepherd)
4. Sunrise cancelled
5. Violent Kyrgyzstan revolution (Tony Wright)

Commentary:

Lorelei Mason’s story on Auckland’s new regional charity hospital (ARCH) was a fantastic positive news story for once, good on the surgeons for giving back to the community and the criteria all seemed very sound.

An aside – I always find it incredibly painful watching Patrick Gower’s reports.  He’s very stilted and slow in his delivery and ever-frowning.

Gosh National Enquirer and a Nike ad makes the top 5 stories on 3 News?  Do we need commentary from an ad man and a talent manager?  Stupid story.

I’m also not impressed that Sunrise‘s cancellation was deemed more important than what’s going on in Kyrgyzstan.  It’s news but not that big.

Verdict:

ONE News