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Mr Robot (Lightbox, from today) “The much anticipated second season picks up about 30 days after the cyberattack on E Corp/Evil Corp by hacktivist group fsociety has erased everyone’s debt and, not surprisingly, thrown the world financial markets into chaos. The fallout has begun and it’s safe to say that season two will delve heavily […]

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show a no show … Barack Obama slow-jams with Jimmy Fallon … Mr Robot “hacked” … Beyond Borders beyond belief? … TV3 is pre-empting Sunday’s 9.30 premiere of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show for the documentary special, Black Power: America’s Armed Resistance. According to the billing, “Filmmaker Dan Murdoch meets members of the Black […]

? Prime says it has fixed a problem that led to episodes of The Five, Modern Family and Doctor Thorne screening in SD rather than HD. Last week’s SD transmission of The Five revealed just how big a difference HD can make to a show’s enjoyment: the premiere was cinematic in execution and dazzled with its production […]

Spark this morning announced its customers would receive permanently free access to its TV streaming service Lightbox. This follows providing them with a year’s free subscription. Here’s the release in full: Spark has announced today it will be giving all of its home broadband customers a huge amount of extra value by shouting them a […]

“Mr. Robot: The Complete First Season shines on Blu-ray. The 1080p transfer presents with excellent full-frame clarity, allowing the viewer to soak in all kinds of varied backgrounds … “Black levels and flesh tones aren’t problematic. Mild background banding and noise are present but never much of a serious issue. This is a quality all-around transfer […]

Rarely have the programming priorities of NZ’s free-to-air networks been shown up as shamefully as with this year’s Golden Globes results. In a ceremony that surprised many pundits, only two major prizes went to FTA series: TV2’s Empire and the yet-to-screen My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Everything else was won by series that screen on Sky’s SoHo channel (American Horror Story: Hotel, […]

Ratings for Humans may not be quite as grim as reported last week when the drama’s consolidated viewership is taken into account, too. The second episode’s live ratings were down sharply on the premiere’s but the release of consolidated ratings later this week may help to redress the imbalance. There are two types of delayed viewing measures: […]