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SoHo Highlight: The Newsroom (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Mac asserts her control of the News Night rundown; Jim takes a fall for Maggie; a break-up secret gets out. As The Huffington Post observed at this early stage of the news drama’s run: “There appears to be an interesting critical split emerging around The Newsroom. Reviewers — including myself — have […]

Under the Grill (TV3, 4.00, R) ✫✫ Dust flies when Sean’s desire for nothing but the best sparks a major conflict over the budget. Coasters (TV One, 4.55, R) ✫✫✫ Al Brown is in the Coromandel where he digs for hot water, kayaks to Cathedral Cove. fossicks for cockles, and discovers why Captain Cook visited beautiful Mercury […]

Panic Room: TV3, 8.30pm Saturday. In this David Fincher thriller, Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart are a Manhattan divorcee and daughter seeking refuge from three intruders in their “panic room”, a secret hi-tech sanctuary wired for security and surveillance with just one snag: it’s where several million dollars that belonged to the previous owner is […]