TVNZ and TV3 go head to head to argue about whose new programmes performed better. It’s not often the networks utter the names of their competitor’s programmes out loud in public, but the monthly news releases is one occasion they do. TV3 got in first with its release, but TVNZ’s wasn’t far behind.
Both networks’ releases played to their strengths, as far as they were able to use numbers to support them, with TV3 focusing on Tonight’s performance against its own end of day offering and TVNZ sticking the boot into Sunrise.