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Pearson | Neon, from Thursday ☆☆☆☆ “Pearson is named for Gina Torres’ steely do-gooder attorney Jessica Pearson, newly arrived from Suits’ New York to clean up Chicago as a fixer in the mayor’s administration. In a previous backdoor pilot, Jessica headed to Chicago to file a lawsuit against the city on behalf of an estranged […]

One of the best reasons to subscribe to SoHo starts 8.30 tonight on Sky’s premium HD drama channel: season five of Breaking Bad. After years of lagging behind the US, NZ fans of this Emmy-winning sensation about a chemistry teacher who becomes a P dealer are poised to catch up. When season five ends, SoHo […]

New seasons of Mad Men and Veep make it a Very Important Programmes week on SoHo. After a couple of months of filler programming, the premium drama channel has regained its original promise, with must-see fare like season three of Game of Thrones, British thriller Good Cop, an episode of Showrunners (8.00 Tuesday) about Todd […]

Yahoo! Hatfields & McCoys and Justified at last have landed a NZ broadcaster. Both HD dramas are among the series Sky’s SoHo has secured through a new deal with Sony Television. It also includes Breaking Bad, season five of which will screen next month just ahead of the final eight episodes going to air in […]

Fans of The West Wing will be able to see it in HD for the first time when Sky’s SoHo channel strips it at 6.40 weeknights. The White House hit replaces Mad Men from January 16 and precedes another iconic drama of the last decade, Six Feet Under, switching to HD with the start of […]

HD newcomers The Pacific and Criminal Minds have helped TV One to rebound in the ratings. Monday’s second instalment of the WWII drama was more popular than the first and led TV One to win the slot with its target audience, 25-54-year olds, beat TV3’s CSI in the 18-49 demo and shrink the lead of […]

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment next month will offer back catalogue Blu-ray titles as recent as Terminator Salvation and The Ugly Truth for $35 each, and TV series such as Mad Men and The Tudors for $50 each. The first of two Blu-ray campaigns will run from April 7-May 31 and include $25 editions of: Rambo, Open […]