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Media Release: Five New Comedy Heavyweights Take on Taskmaster NZ The wait is over. A new group of contestants is set to enter the Taskmaster arena, with five familiar faces taking on the ultimate test of creativity, ingenuity and composure when Taskmaster NZ returns for its seventh season this September on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+. […]

Disney+ has renewed two new series for second seasons: Furious and Alice and Steve. Furious’ S2 greenlight was announced three days ahead of the serial killer thriller’s season finale on Monday. It tracks the parallel paths of an FBI agent (Emily Rossum) and a female killer (Lola Petticrew). Disney reports series viewership has grown week […]

TVNZ reports a $16.3 million statutory profit for the 2026 financial year but warns of a loss in 2027 before returning to profitability the following year. Here’s the media release: TVNZ Gains Ground on Digital Future with Strong FY26 Result TVNZ has delivered a positive FY26 result, taking important steps towards building a stronger, more […]

The acquisition and integration of Sky Free has boosted Sky TV’s audience and diversified its revenue for the 2026 financial year, it reported today. Advertising revenue more than doubled to $131.7 million, with digital now contributing 22% of advertising revenue. Buying the Warner Bros. Discovery channels, which included free-to-air network Three and streaming platform ThreeNow, […]

Media Release: Sky extends Premier League partnership through to 2034 Sky New Zealand and the Premier League have agreed a six-year extension of their partnership, ensuring one of the world’s most followed sports competitions remains exclusively available in New Zealand on Sky, until the end of the 2033/34 season. The new agreement has been secured […]

The newest must-see series from Sharon Horgan, the star and writer of Catastrophe and Bad Sisters, is Youth, which premieres September 21 on HBO. She plays a 50-year-old divorcee navigating the highs and lows of dating, sex and love while balancing the demands of caring for her ailing parents with dementia, raising her not-quite-grown-up son, […]

Saturday The Spiderwick Chronicles (TVNZ 2, 7.00) Kangaroo Jack (Three, 7.00) Power Rangers (Whakaata Māori, 7.30) Rough Night (TVNZ 2, 8.50) The Hangover (Three, 8.55) Midway (Whakaata Māori, 9.40) Sharko (Sky Open, 10.00) What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (TVNZ 2, 10.50)   Sunday How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (TVNZ 2, 2.55) American Wrestler (Whakaata […]

Friday the 13th of November will be lucky for thriller fans: that’s when Apple TV will premiere heist drama 12 12 12. The eight-part series stars Captain America’s Anthony Mackie as a disgraced FBI agent in a cat-and-mouse pursuit of a career criminal (Jamie Dornan) across Europe amid a daring raid on a bank vault […]

A raft of bingeable British thrillers dominate the premieres on AMC+ and Acorn TV, including Captivated (September 14), which first streamed here on ThreeNow. It stars EastEnders’  Kara Tointon as a single mother and cleaner who’s offered a better job by a rich but obsessive businessman (Downton Abbey’s Allen Leech). The four-parter originally aired on […]

Line of Fire (September 23) is an NBC/Peacock drama about a family of law enforcement agents targeted by a mysterious assassin. Peter Krause (9-1-1) heads a cast that includes Hope Davis (Furious, Succession), Kat Cunning (The Deuce) and Taylor Bloom (American Horror Story) while among the guest stars is Law & Order vet Sam Waterston. Created […]