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666 Park Avenue has become the first HD casualty of the new season, with TV2 consigning the supernatural flop to late-night. It will air 11pm-ish Sundays from February 10, with this week’s episode, the third, being the last to air 8.30 Friday (it and lead-in The Amazing Race are being replaced by Mr T’s World’s Craziest Fools […]

SoHo Highlight: Boss (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Season premiere: Power consumes everyone as the award winning drama returns. Despite nearly losing his career, his family and his mind, Mayor Kane’s grip on Chicago is as powerful as ever. And so’s this intoxicating, Shakespearian, Kelsey Grammer sensation. “Season two pulls viewers back on board with intriguing plot twists, more […]

Sky Movies Greats Premiere: Definitely, Maybe (Sky 22, 8.30, 5.1) Little Miss Sunshine’s Abigail Breslin is Little Miss Insufferable in this romantic-comedy about the vexing, decade-long love life of a budding persuader (Ryan Reynolds) who gets his big break working for Bill Clinton’s 1992 election campaign. It’s riddled with cuteness and conceit but benefits from sharp […]

Sky Movies Greats Premiere: Wanted (Sky 22, 8.30, 5.1) Wanted wants for virtually everything except action. Its non-stop assault on physics and logic makes for a funny and inventive first half but thereafter not even James McAvoy’s bravura turn as a uptight claustrophobe who’s recruited to be an assassin for a secret fraternity can stop this initially exhilarating […]

Sky Movies: Unstoppable (Sky 20, 8.30, 5.1) The Taking of Pelham 123’s Tony Scott and Denzel Washington reunite on another train thriller, about a veteran engineer and a novice conductor (Chris Pine) who try to stop a runaway freight train carrying toxic chemicals from going off the rails. Unstoppable shows why Scott is the world’s top action director – it […]

SoHo Highlight: The Killing (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Season-finale encore: Does the long overdue revelation of who was behind Rosie Larsen’s murder redeem the series? Not according to Time’s James Poniewozik: “But I have to give it some credit: after one psych-out after another, the final reveal was, if not gaspingly stunning, emotionally effective in a […]

TV2 is poised to launch a raft of new and returning shows in HD. There will be 10 season finales in the week starting July 14, four with a wedding theme: Mike & Molly (7.30 Sunday), Desperate Housewives (8.30 Monday), The Middle (7.30 Tuesday) and Happy Weddings (9.00 Wednesday). Also signing off will be the […]

  Saturday Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook (TV One, 5.25, R) Annabel travels to Alexandra to gather the most delicious organic honey for a dessert of honey vanilla panna cotta. Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) McKenzie Country run-holder Peter Mackay herds his sheep to sale. ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) After battling massive […]

  Bigger Better Faster Stronger (TV3, 5.00, R) James Coleman and Greg Page are challenged to invent a machine that will do a household chore and make tea. Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30) At a crucial swim-meet for the Rosewood Sharks, Emily and Paige are pitted against each other; Caleb calls in his favour with […]

TV2’s Sunday night HD sitcom, The Middle, is still out-rating TV3’s Modern Family by at least 2:1, with this weekend’s episode being the most popular yet in its new 7.30pm slot. It drew 14.1% of TV2’s target audience, 18-39 year-olds (compared to 11.2% the previous week), 14.2% of 18-49 year-olds (10.8%) and 17.5% of household […]