HD Heads-Up: September 28 – October 4

➢➢ Three will premiere season two of The Rookie (8.30 Wednesdays) on October 2, within a few days of its US debut. In the first episode, Officer Bradford’s life hangs in the balance as the force grapples with a plotted attack. Reports Entertainment Weekly: “Season 2 appears to be picking up exactly where season 1 left off. Nolan (Nathan Fillion) is six months into his career as a cop (and as the oldest rookie in the LAPD). Thus far, he’s used his life experience, sense of humour, and determination to keep up with rookies twenty years his junior. Season 2 kicks off with the second half of Nolan’s rookie year, where he’ll face new challenges, romantic relationships, and deadly criminals as he searches to decide what kind of cop he ultimately wants to be” …

➢➢ Ablaze (TVNZ 1, 8.30 September 29) dramatises New Zealand’s worst fire disaster, at the Ballantyne’s department store in Christchurch in 1947 …

➢➢ How to Stay Married (TVNZ 1, 9.05 Thursdays from October 3) is an eight-part Australian comedy about the sudden upheaval in a couple’s relationship when she goes back to work and he considers redundancy. Filming of a second season is under way …

➢➢ Motorbike Cops (TVNZ 1, 8.30 Wednesdays from October 2) is named after Sydney’s fastest cops on two wheels …

➢➢ Duke will premiere the latest season of Family Guy (8.30 Mondays from September 30) within hours of the US …

➢➢ The SoHo hospital drama, New Amsterdam, will get a late-night free-to-air run from October 4 (Prime, 10.30 Fridays) …

➢➢ Also new will be My Restaurant Rules (TVNZ 2, 7.30 Monday and Tuesday) while ending their runs will be The Mighty Machines, Silent Witness, Inside the Red Arrows, The Gulf and Bull …

➢➢ HD coming attractions for the week starting September 28 will include:

• The Simpsons Movie (Three, 4.05 Saturday)
• Snowden (TVNZ 1, 11.20 Saturday)
• Inside Out (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Saturday)
• The House of Magic (Maori TV, 7.00 Saturday)
• The Man From UNCLE (TVNZ 2, 8.45 Saturday)
• Date Night (Three, 9.30 Saturday)
• Anaconda (Duke, 9.30 Saturday)
• American Hustle (TVNZ 2, 11.10 Saturday)
• Deadly Detention (Three, 11.20 Saturday)
• Keith Lemon: The Film (TVNZ 2, 1.45am Sunday)
• The Jungle Book (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Sunday)
• Passengers (Three, 8.30 Sunday)
• The Kid With a Bike (Maori TV, 8.30 Sunday)
• Olympus Has Fallen (TVNZ 2, 8.55 Sunday)
• Don’t Breathe (TVNZ 2, 11.15 Sunday)
• Braven (Prime, 8.30)
• Finding Fela! (Maori TV, 8.30 Monday)
• The Town (Duke, 8.30 Tuesday)
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop (TVNZ 2, 7.30 Wednesday)
• Night at the Museum (Three, 7.30  Thursday).