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Prime is soon to unveil a raft of newcomers but there’s still no sign of the latest season of Poldark. It went to air in the UK on June 10 and draws on the final third of Winston Graham’s sixth Poldark book, The Four Swans and all of book seven, The Angry Tide. The action of […]

MacGyver (Prime, 7.30 Thursdays) “But what would Patty and Selma say? That was the first thought I had when I learned about CBS’ remake of the hit ’80s series that starred Richard Dean Anderson as a guy who could get out of any jam with a paper clip and a piece of chewing gum. First reaction to […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  Series Premiere: Expedition Tiger (TV3, 4.55) Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 (TV2, 5.00, R)  The Simpsons (TV2, 6.00, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  University Challenge (Prime, 6.00)  The Middle (TV2, 6.30, 5.1, R) The Wonderful World of Gordon Watson (Prime, 6.30, R) Posh Pawn (TV1, 7.00, R)  Movie: The Time Traveler’s […]

  Prime will roll out some of its new-season shows in mid-January, with a busy slate of premieres that includes MacGyver, a Doctor Who spin-off and the first series of The Great British Bake Off to screen here in HD. The MacGyver reboot will air 7.30 Thursdays from January 19, ahead of the series premiere of […]

Prime’s output deal with CBS Studios International looks like landing it with a bumper slate of new series next year. CBS Television Studios is one of the biggest winners of the new TV season in the US, with the networks commissioning nine of its pilots as series. The only production house to win more orders was […]