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The Best TV Shows on Three

Every Three Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of November 2024, our compilation of Three’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. With its programming history stretching from 2001 to 2024, Three offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Notable series such as Being Eve and The Strip from Three first graced the screens in 2001 and 2002.

  • Dancing with the Stars
    Dancing with the Stars (2005)10.0

    The New Zealand version of the British “Strictly Come Dancing” show sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers.

  • Married At First Sight (NZ)
    Married At First Sight (NZ) (2017)9.0

    Can science find your soulmate? Find out on Three when our singles get paired up and Married At First Sight, right here in NZ!

  • David Lomas Investigates
    David Lomas Investigates (2020)9.0

    Following on from the success of Lost & Found, David Lomas is back in this brand new series for Three, investigating New Zealand's family secrets. David travels across the world to find the answers and to reunite families. Have a box of tissues at the ready!

  • Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
    Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee (2023)8.3

    Comedian Guy Montgomery hosts a spelling competition with a mixture of simple and unconventional rounds.

  • Far North
    Far North (2023)8.0

    The (mostly) true story of how the most comically inept gang to ever join forces got half a billion dollars' worth of meth to New Zealand shores - and nearly to market. And they would have got away with it too, if it wasn't for a pesky 70-year-old Māori diesel mechanic and his aqua-aerobics instructing wife!

  • Mean Mums
    Mean Mums (2019)7.7

    Jess must navigate her son's primary school world filled with other mothers keen on advancing their children's futures.

  • The Almighty Johnsons
    The Almighty Johnsons (2011)7.5

    The four Johnson brothers have inherited the powers of the Norse gods. Because the gods lived eons ago, however, time has diluted the powers. The unique ability that each brother possesses isn't very strong, and they still have the same desires and faults that mortals do. Their lives include sibling rivalry, trying to get girls, and hanging out; but they also want to be stronger, and so they embark on a quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy in hope of gaining the full strength of their abilities.

  • The Blue Rose
    The Blue Rose (2013)7.4

    When office temp Jane discovers that Rose, the PA she is replacing, died under mysterious circumstances, she joins forces with Rose's best friend Linda to get justice for Rose. Along the way, they find others who need their help, victims of fraud, theft and injustice, and soon Jane, Linda - and a team of unlikely co-workers - are taking on the corporate bullies, fighting for justice and using their unique powers for good.

  • 7 Days
    7 Days (2009)7.0

    7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.

  • Outrageous Fortune
    Outrageous Fortune (2005)6.8

    After her husband is incarcerated, matriarch Cheryl decides that her career criminal family should go straight and abide by the law.

  • Harry
    Harry (2013)6.5

    Harry is a single story, six-part crime drama series set in Auckland which follows the intense psychological journey of Detective Harry Anglesea.

  • The Gulf
    The Gulf (2019)6.3

    A detective recovering from amnesia caused by a shocking car accident begins to suspect not everything is as it seems, following the reappearance of a young boy.

  • The Block NZ
    The Block NZ (2012)6.1

    The New Zealand version of the international hit renovation-reality series in which four couples compete to renovate four dilapidated houses in a very upmarket suburb – room by room, week by week, challenge by challenge – and sell them at auction for the highest price.

  • Westside
    Westside (2015)6.1

    The story of legendary safe cracker and career criminal Ted West and his firecracker of a wife, Rita. Combining real events and the rich folklore of the West family and associates, this is rollicking history, and a tempestuous romance, set at a time of great social upheaval.

  • Grand Designs New Zealand
    Grand Designs New Zealand (2015)6.1

    The stories of creative and enterprising Kiwis who are taking on the challenge of building their own unique and inspirational homes. No design is too ambitious, and no obstacle too large in their quest for the perfect house.

  • The Traitors NZ
    The Traitors NZ (2023)6.0

    Welcome to The Traitors NZ, Paul Henry's devilish little game with one main goal - find and unmask the traitors, the secret saboteurs within the group, before they get you.

  • Madam
    Madam (2024)6.0

    Mack Leigh, faced with a philandering husband and a mountain of debt starts up an ethical brothel in small town New Zealand to provide for her family and put a new spin on sex and work.

  • New Zealand Today
    New Zealand Today (2019)4.0

    New Zealand Today began on Jono And Ben as a parody of click-bait journalism and modern media culture. The segment went on to become its own 'show within a show' and clips have since racked up hundreds of thousands of views online. New Zealand Today takes Guy Williams around the country checking out strange and unusual goings-on in regional New Zealand.

  • The Strip
    The Strip (2002)3.0

    The Strip is the story of corporate lawyer Melissa Walker, who decides her life needs a new direction and quits her job after finding her husband in bed with his male lover. She opens a male strip club, catering especially for women...

  • Being Eve
    Being Eve (2001)N/A

    Being Eve is a television series from New Zealand, originally shown on TV3 from 2001–2002, and rebroadcast on The N. Being Eve focuses on a teenage girl, Eve Baxter, and her daily problems. Her parents are divorced but live next door to each other. Eve was in love with a boy named Adam. They broke up at the beginning of the second season, and she ends up with another boy named Sam Hooper, whom she had her first kiss with when they were kids.