Schedule Watch: February 23

Sunday resumes tonight (TVNZ 1, 7.30) with a NZ perspective on the spread of the coronavirus. How prepared are we should it reach our shores? The season premiere also goes wallaby hunting: Why has this forgotten pest slipped the government’s mind?

Also returning this week is Fair Go (TVNZ 1, 7.30 Mondays). The season premiere investigates a cowboy tradie who gets paid to build fences, but seems to do anything but! And asks if a $10 pair of sunglasses can do the same job as a $400 pair?

On Sunday’s 60 Minutes (Prime, 11.30), Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the influx of Salvadorans being apprehended at the U.S. border. And a musician makes it his mission to recover, catalogue, and perform music written during the Holocaust.

UK TV personality Charlotte Crosby is guest quiz master on this week’s Have You Been Paying Attention? (TVNZ 2, 7.30 Wednesday/Duke, 10.30 Thursday).

This week’s Real Time With Bill Maher (SoHo/SoHo2, various times) is a re-run but due to guest on Prime’s The Late Show With Stephen Colbert are:

• Monday: Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, a performance by the Broadway cast of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.
• Tuesday: Tyra Banks, Rahm Emanuel, Hailee Steinfeld.
• Wednesday: Chris Christie, Nathaniel Rateliff.
• Thursday: Jason Segel, Charlotte Alter.
• Friday: John Turturro, KALEO.

And booked for TVNZ 1’s Ellen DeGeneres Show are:

• Monday: Melissa McCarthy, KJ Ap.
• Tuesday: Harrison Ford.
• Wednesday: Chris Pratt.
• Thursday: Kate and Oliver Hudson.
• Friday: Pete Buttigieg.