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➢➢ Winter is coming, and so are new looks for Prime and TVNZ 2. The latter will overhaul its schedule with a local variation on a hit international format and the fast-tracking of a long-running prison drama while the former will beef up primetime with live rugby league and international cricket … ➢➢ Wife Swap […]

The programming fall-out from the Christchurch mosque shootings continues, with Three dropping American Dad from late-night Fridays. New episodes of the long-running ‘toon about the Family Guy of CIA agents will be replaced by re-runs of Bob’s Burgers, effective from tonight. Said a network spokesperson: “Out of respect to the mood of the nation, we […]

The next season of The Island With Bear Grylls won’t screen in HD. That’s because the Survivor-style series is switching channels, from TVNZ 1, where the first three seasons aired, to Duke, where season four will screen 8.30 Wednesdays from June 7. It only went to air last month in the UK, where The Guardian reports it “kicked […]

TV3 will screen the latest HD episodes of American Dad! late-night Friday from this weekend. Season 12 of the Seth MacFarlane ‘toon will air 11.35 after Bob’s Burgers. The new season will open with a send-up of Groundhog Day and screen here the same week as the US (where it premieres tomorrow). The network also has […]