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TVNZ 1’s latest fish-out-of-water comedy/drama, Doctor Doctor, in which an arrogant Sydney surgeon is exiled to a country practice, will replace 800 Words from May 3 (8.30 Wednesdays). The Sydney Morning Herald described it as “the return of rural medical drama” to Australian TV. “Doctor Doctor is dependable, honest and sincere Aussie drama with a full cast […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i   Saturday  Expedition Tiger (TV3, 4.55, F) Series Premiere: Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson (TV1, 5.00) Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 (TV2, 5.00, R)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.00, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  Prime Rugby: HSBC Wellington Rugby Sevens (Prime, 6.00)  The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) Posh Pawn (TV1, 7.00, R) […]

  TVNZ 1 will premiere the fourth and possibly final series of Sherlock on January 29 — two weeks after the finale aired on BBC1 (to a record-low number of viewers). Why the network has waited so long to screen what may be the ultimate season is as big a mystery as anything Holmes and Watson investigated. Granted, Sherlock […]

The weekend of April 23-24 will see the network premieres of three top movies in HD. TV3 will screen All is Lost on Saturday at 8.55 while its 9.35 Sunday debut of The Grand Budapest Hotel will begin midway through TV2’s premiere of Edge of Tomorrow. Other coming attractions in HD that week include: Police Academy (TV2, 7.00 Saturday), Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (TV3, […]