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Deep Water | TVNZ OnDemand, from Wednesday ➢➢ “Deep Water, a four-part detective drama that is essentially Home and Away meets The Killing. Set in present day Bondi Beach, the events that unfold are inspired by the spate of real-life hate murders that are a stain on Sydney. During the 1970s and 1980s scores of […]

The Comedy Lineup (3/7/2018) A diverse group of up-and-coming comedians perform 15-minute sets in this stand-up comedy showcase series. Good Girls (3/7/2018) Three suburban moms orchestrate a local grocery store heist to escape financial ruin and establish independence — together. Anne with an E: Season 2 (6/7/2018) Anne’s beloved world of Green Gables becomes a much […]

Claws (TVNZ 2, 9.35 Monday) ➢ “Better in concept than execution (and higher in gloss than authenticity), TNT’s drama Claws follows the skeevier travails of an ambitious Florida nail-salon owner, Desna Simms (Niecy Nash), who, to finance her dreams of opening a fancier salon across town, helps launder the piles of cash coming out of […]

GLOW (Netflix, from Friday) ➢ “Lurid leotards are the new orange in GLOW, Netflix’s dramedy set against the backdrop of the camptastic 1980s professional wrestling television series … GLOW has superficial similarities to Orange Is the New Black in its excellent, multicultural female-driven ensemble — and deeper similarities in the way it uses a traditionally male space […]

Flaked: Season 2 (2/6/2017) Confronted with the results of his fabrications and deceptions, Chip suffers painful losses but discovers the redemptive power of honesty. Orange Is the New Black: Season 5 (9/6/2017) The power dynamics at Litchfield shift dramatically as the inmates react to a tragedy in an explosive new season. My Only Love Song: […]

Fifty Shades of Grey may be the week’s — if not the year’s — biggest seller on Blu-ray but the Oscar-winning Birdman soars higher with its HD specs. “Fox’s Blu-ray presentation of Birdman is one of near perfection. “Shot digitally, the film uses a variety of different lighting and colour schemes, due to the very nature of free-flowing […]

Saturday The ITM Fishing Show – Classic Episodes (TV One, 4.55, R) Trade Zone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Bondi Vet (TV3, 5.30, 5.1) Movie: Monster House (TV2, 5.45, 5.1, R) Annabel Langbein Free Range Cook: Through the Seasons (TV One, 7.00) Special: Toy Story of Terror (TV2, 7.30, 5.1, R) Movie: The Witches (TV2, 8.05, 5.1, R) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, […]

Good news for Nurse Jackie fans frustrated by the latest season airing in SD on Four: you’ll soon be able to view it in HD on Quickflix. The streaming service has done a deal with Lionsgate Television International that adds not only the hospital comedy to its inventory but also Mad Men, Weeds, Nashville and Orange […]

The combination of The Block NZ and X-Men Origins: Wolverine helped TV3 to slaughter the competition on Monday night. The X-Men re-run averaged 9.1% – 12.2% of the major demographics on the back of The Block NZ’s 11.4% – 17.6%. TV2’s 8.30 drama Grey’s Anatomy averaged 6.8% – 11.1% and its lead-out, Private Practice, only […]

Home and Away rated higher in its new home on TV2 than it did in the same slot on TV3. Monday’s “premiere” averaged 15.7% of household shoppers compared to 11.9% for the previous week’s episode on TV3. That made it five times more popular in this demographic than the sitcom it replaced, Hope & Faith. […]