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Saturday Jurassic Park III (TVNZ 2, 7.00) The Angry Birds Movie 2 (Three, 7.00) Frozen – Reo Māori (Whakaata Māori, 7.00) Self/Less (Eden, 8.30) Misbehaviour (Whakaata Māori, 8.40) Buddy Games (Three, 8.45) Mars Attacks! (TVNZ 2, 8.50) The Grudge (Duke, 10.45) Da Kath & Kim Code (TVNZ 2, 10.55)   Sunday Couples Retreat (TVNZ 2, 12.30am) Shaun the Sheep – Farmageddon […]

NZ On Air has approved funding of two new drama series and the renewal of another. TVNZ 1’s The Gone will be back for a second season after notching up record streaming data for TVNZ+ while Three and Sky Open have new female-led dramas and TVNZ 2 has ordered a comedy from the writers of […]

➢➢ TVNZ 1 and TVNZ 2 are tweaking their schedules for the first week of October while Three continues to experiment with more stripped programming in primetime. The biggest change is TVNZ 2’s pairing of the latest Taskmaster UK season with Taskmaster Australia. The 8.30 double-bill opens on Tuesday at 8.30 and continues on Wednesday. It […]

Deadline Hollywood reports a TV series spin-off for Once for Warriors is in the works. Once Were Warriors: Generations will be set in modern-day Auckland and Rotorua with a new generation of characters and stories, the trade site says. According to producers, “political aspirations, financial schemes, cultural clashes, and a search for redemption are at […]

TVNZ 1’s first leaders’ debate topped a million viewers, the broadcaster reports. Here’s the media release: Huge audiences turn to TVNZ for 1News Your Vote 2023 Leaders’ Debate More than a million New Zealanders tuned into the first live Leaders’ Debate between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon on TVNZ 1 last night. Moderated by Political […]

The latest season of Celebrity Treasure Island has struck the ratings mother lode for TVNZ 2. Monday’s premiere toppled TVNZ 1’s Fair Go as the reigning 7.30 champ in the core commercial demographic and drew twice as many 25-54 year-olds as Three’s House Rules NZ. Overnight the castaways franchise averaged 88,099 adults (4.29 rating/24.29 share) […]

A wartime satire about four Australian soldiers who get caught while on a secret mission will stream next month on TVNZ+. Mistaken for Americans, they are captured by freedom fighters and produce a hostage video that goes viral. When the soldiers reach celebrity status on social media, they realise that being caught might just be […]

Disney+ will premiere Black Cake, a family drama with a murder mystery twist, on November 1. The six-episode adaptation of Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel spans decades and destinations, from Scotland, England and Italy to Jamaica and Southern California. Reads the blurb: In the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey disappears into the surf off the […]

In the run up to the general election, TVNZ 1’s Q+A is beating Three’s Newshub Nation in a landslide for the 25-54 vote. Sunday morning’s Q+A averaged 26,061 viewers in the core commercial demographic vs 5,512 for Newshub Nation’s Saturday morning broadcast and 2,899 for its 9.55am Sunday repeat. Despite its off-peak slot, Q+A was […]

Special Ops: Lioness, the latest series from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, will stream on Prime Video from October 13. It stars Zoe Saldaña as a CIA officer tasked with befriending the daughter of a suspected terrorist under CIA surveillance. The eight-part thriller has been streaming globally on Paramount+ since July 23. Reviews were mixed, ranging […]