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➢ After weeks of Sunday Premiere Movie re-runs, TVNZ 2 at last will offer a “premiere” deserving of the name — Get Hard (June 19, 8.35) — while Three will launch a James Bond season with GoldenEye (June 22, 7.30). Other HD coming attractions that week will include: Planes (TVNZ 2, 5.15 Saturday) Bee Movie (TVNZ 2, 7.00 Saturday) Despicable Me 2 (Three, 7.00 Saturday) Ocean’s […]

The same weekend Britain’s Got Talent ends its run on TV One, TV3 will have another crack at light entertainment on Sunday nights with the premiere of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (July 17, 9.30). The slot seems surprisingly late for a variety series that The Sun said definitely had the feel-good factor and was “family entertainment with genuine appeal. Whisper […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Ados Addicted to Fishing (Prime, 5.00) Wonderful World of Disney: Home on the Range (TV2, 5.30, R) The Goldbergs (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV1, 7.00) Movie: Captain America: The First Avenger (TV2, 7.00, R) Network Movie Premiere: […]

❏ Premium drama fans who have abandoned TV One on Sunday nights now that it’s the home of Blindspot have a new saviour: TV3 will premiere the highly anticipated BBC spy thriller, The Night Manager, on February 28, barely a week after its UK premiere. An adaptation of the John Le Carre novel, it will screen 8.30 […]

THE JOHN BISHOP SHOW |TV1, 9.35 Thursday Variety is the spice of life – well, it used to be in the days before Moore Wilson’s opened. Now you can get your spices almost anywhere – luckily, for variety there’s John Bishop. John Bishop is a stand-up comic, or used to be until he got a […]