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TVNZ 2 has blinked first and pulled Sunday’s network movie premiere of Kingsman: The Golden Circle because it would have clashed with Three’s repeat of Kingsman: The Secret Service. The sequel will now air next weekend; screening instead will be a repeat of Bad Moms. But the pre-emption interrupts a run of Sunday movie premieres […]

The cancellation of the NZ vs Italy Rugby World Cup game means Saturday’s 1 News at 6pm will screen as normal while airing from 7.00-8.30 on TVNZ 1 will be RWC 2019: The Story So Far, a look back at the best of the tournament. The network also will add an episode of Dinner Date […]

There’s a new billing for Wednesday’s Grand Designs NZ (Three, 7.30): Musicians Justine and Marc swap their Auckland home for the mountains of Central Otago, where they risk all by adapting an American design they found online for the Southern Hemisphere. On this weekend’s Sunday (TVNZ 1, 7.30): New Zealand is in the middle of a measles […]

On this weekend’s Sunday (TVNZ 1, 7.30): All Blacks captain Richie McCaw hit rock bottom in 2007 after losing the Rugby World Cup. Facing self-doubt, vulnerabilities and learning how to perform under pressure, Richie credits Dr Ceri Evans with teaching him the tools he needed to change his mindset. Ceri shows us all how we can […]

Sky has announced scheduling changes for next month’s movies. Ghostland has been removed from Sky Movies Premiere and will screen on Sky Movies Extra as Incident in a Ghostland. And replacing Cleaning’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (SME, October 8) will be Maria by Callas. Sky Sport will introduce to its test rugby coverage the […]

Prime is pre-empting Monday’s ICC Cricket 360 for Silk Way Rally (6.30), a post-event magazine show. It follows Inside the PGA Tour and is the latest example of Sky using its free-to-air channel to showcase what’s on its pay-TV service. This weekend’s Sunday (TVNZ 1, 7.30) takes an exclusive look inside the world of our biggest gun dealer, Gun City […]

Returning Sunday is 60 Minutes (Prime, 10.30): Scott Pelley speaks with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the US economy and Jon Wertheim reports on the Golden State Warriors, who are trying for their third straight NBA Championship. Unfortunately, both items are two months out of date. The Pelley interview aired June 2 on CBS and the […]

Next month TVNZ 1 will screen the 1987 Rugby World Cup documentary By the Balls ahead of its global release. A date has still to be announced for the broadcast premiere of the NZ International Film Festival crowdpleaser — extra screenings have been scheduled in Auckland for August 8 — which has triggered the interest […]

This week’s Real Time With Bill Maher (SoHo/2, various times) is the last new broadcast until August. According to Deadline, “The realpolitik host mocked, minimised, and maligned the Trump administration’s extraterrestrial ambitions while also taunting the ‘nerd’ citizenry who clutch to the space programme despite its exorbitant impracticality … Here’s an idea: instead of going […]

This week’s Real Time With Bill Maher (SoHo/2, various times) marks the 500th episode of the HBO series. “We went on the air in 2003,” Maher quips. “Since then, weed has become increasingly legal, religion is on the decline, and less people are having children. You’re welcome, America.” Guests include historian Allan Lichtman (The Case for […]