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➢➢ Knock knock? Who’s there? The first female Doctor Who and a slew of returning hits to TVNZ 2 in the week starting October 6. Doctor Who (7.30 Fridays) will cap a week of premieres that opens with My Kitchen Rules NZ (7.30 Sunday) and continues with The Walking Dead (9.15 Monday), Young Sheldon (7.30 Wednesday) and The […]

TVNZ 2 is dropping re-runs of The Simpsons and the latest season of Little Big Shots for Friday night movies. This follows two weeks of low ratings for Little Big Shots in its new 8.00 Friday slot. The latest revamp of the network’s light-ent line-up will take effect from September 28, when the movie Wild […]

TVNZ’s on-demand ambitions have taken a quantum leap forward with this evening’s announcement it’s acquired the first Doctor Who series to star a female Time Lord. The broadcaster has yet to confirm which channel season 11 will screen on but says it will stream episodes at the same time they appear on the BBC’s iPlayer. […]

   Saturday Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers (TV3, 4.55) Movie: Arthur Christmas (TV2, 5.10, R) The X Factor UK (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (TV3, 7.00) Movie: Disney’s A Christmas Carol Movie (TV2, 7.00, R) MasterChef Junior USA (Prime, 7.30) Series Premiere: The Toy Box (TV1, 8.30) Agatha Raisin […]

Prime turns into a virtual Whoville this Christmas, with the fast-tracked 2017 Doctor Who Christmas special and Christmas Day and Boxing Day Time Lord marathons. It also opens Christmas Week with the premiere of another Rick Stein culinary adventure and caps it with the premiere of reality newcomer Rookie Cops.  In order of transmission: Rick […]

   Despite being American made, American Made lands here on Blu-ray and 4K-UHD a month ahead of the US and two weeks earlier than the UK. Extras include deleted scenes, filmmaker thoughts on the appeal and importance of their movie, star Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman discussing the making of American Made (as well as the aerial stunts), three of the cast discussing […]

Dark | Netflix, from Friday ➢ “At first glance, Dark, Netflix’s first original German-language series, might seem familiar to fans of the streaming service’s other recent hits. The show centres on a small town plagued by strange goings-on at a nearby power facility … But its creators are quick to point out that Dark isn’t a […]

Trust Me | TVNZ 1, 8.45 Sunday ➢ “She hasn’t yet zapped a Dalek in anger but Jodie Whittaker is already the most controversial Doctor Who ever. The Time Lord enthusiasts in a tizzy over the casting of a woman in the incredibly heavyweight role of a space adventurer who lives in a big blue box […]

   It wasn’t a happy Easter for The Bachelor NZ, with Monday’s episode getting crushed by the HD competition. It averaged only 2.6% of Three’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to 5.9% for TVNZ 1’s Saving Mr Banks and 6.6% for TVNZ 2’s My Kitchen Rules. TBNZ’s low turnout also was bad news for lead-out The […]

Doctor Who (Prime, 7.30 Monday) “The agonisingly long wait is over. After a 16-month hiatus, proper weekly Doctor Who is back for 12 episodes, and the fact that the first of series ten is called The Pilot is not to be taken lightly. There’s a reference to a pilot within the dialogue, but you could […]