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The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall and husband Mike go head-to-head in a royal showdown on Sunday’s Top Gear when they compete to go fastest in a red Toyota GT86 coupé (Duke, 8.30). Also, the team sets out to turn an old hearse into the ultimate family car and test the lightweight Dallara Stradale. Cars UK reports the latest series […]

This week’s Real Time With Bill Maher (SoHo/2, various times) marks the 500th episode of the HBO series. “We went on the air in 2003,” Maher quips. “Since then, weed has become increasingly legal, religion is on the decline, and less people are having children. You’re welcome, America.” Guests include historian Allan Lichtman (The Case for […]

This week Prime will pre-empt White House drama Madam Secretary (9.35 Thursday) for another Oval Office crisis: Anderson Cooper’s 60 Minutes interview with porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had an affair with President Donald Trump. It’s just aired in the US, where she says Trump dangled the possibility of her competing on Celebrity […]

Why Are We Fat? is bringing home the bacon for Prime on Sunday nights. The most recent episode of Simon Gault’s obesity investigation, which ends its run this weekend, averaged 2.1% of Prime’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds. That compares to 3.7% for TVNZ 1’s Victoria, 4.2% for Three’s movies (which overlapped from 8.30-9.30) and 5.6% for […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  The Hunt (TV3, 4.55, R) Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson (TV1, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.00, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) Outback Pilots (TV1, 7.00) Network Movie Premiere: The Nut Job (TV2, 7.00) Antiques Roadshow (Prime, 7.30) Te Radar’s Chequered […]

Prime is bringing back 60 Minutes in a new slot. The veteran newsmag, which last year aired 8.30 Mondays, will screen 9.40 Sundays from March 26. It will open with an inside look at the Broadway smash Hamilton and interview members and the maestro of the Pope’s Choir. Still no word on when the latest season of Top Gear or Planet […]

Prime will pre-empt Monday’s 7.30 premiere of Fishing Impossible for the 60 Minutes special, Barack Obama – Eight Years In The White House. His interview with Steve Kroft was his last TV interview as President of the United States. In the US, CBS aired it five days before Donald Trump’s inauguration. Arguably, Prime should have run it last […]

Not so prime 60 Minutes … When Jimmy met Megan … Wildest Westworld yet Prime has yet to confirm when President-elect Donald Trump’s first TV interview since winning office will air on 60 Minutes. It screened today in the US and should have been fast-tracked for broadcast here. Instead, Prime will tonight run the originally scheduled episode […]

Homer’s earlier odysseys in HD  … Monkeys go missing … Si & Gary Now That’s Not Funny! … Achy-Breaky Johnny Cash doco … Cinema Z enz … Wahoo! The Simpsons is returning to Sunday nights on TV2. After pulling the latest season off-air two weeks prematurely, the network will test the appeal of much older episodes in primetime, starting […]

Season two of Kingdom will belatedly debut next month on Sky Movies Action. It went to air last October in the US, where season three of the mixed martial arts drama premiered this month. Despite its cage fighting action, most critics saw beyond this. “The show has always been primarily about family and character, with the MMA world providing a […]