Its probably not a big surprise, they should have scheduled it after the news rather than giving it Bondi Rescue as a lead in. Almost the entire Three schedule now looks like ‘filler’ and I imagine it will be much worse next year with WBD not investing in anything themselves. Although to be fair even the TVNZ schedules now are quite pitiful but outside of news bulletins and the odd local series most of my viewing is via streaming.
I get WBD don’t care about Three but to go from a audience share of 20 to 9 is terrible for it’s news bulletin. Was it really worth gutting the news division for these terrible ratings.
Season 6 of Love Island Australia will stream on TVNZ+ daily from next Tuesday, October 29, with each episode shown the day after the Australian broadcast.
Nine Network in Australia has bought two NZ dramas: A Remarkable Place to Die (TVNZ) which will air before the end of this year, and Madam (ThreeNow) which will premiere in 2025.
As you would’ve heard, SoHo, a general entertainment channel from Sky, has just been rebranded as HBO with effect from today (30 October) - just one day out from my birthday.
Max, an online streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), also launched as a dedicated hub on Sky and Neon.
To be honest, a lot of the content on there was already on Neon, they have just arranged the content by the distinct brands. It will be interesting to see how much back catalogue stuff makes it on there.
Trackside Premier coverage of the 2024 Melbourne Cup will be simulcast tomorrow, 4:30pm-5:30pm on TVNZ1, TVNZ Duke+1 (Sky 504, Freeview 12) and online on the Trackside website.
No dedicated studio coverage for TVNZ this year, but will be simulcasting Trackside with their lead presenter Emily Bosson.