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Season Premiere: The Closer (TV One, 11.05) When Brenda’s squad investigates the quadruple murder of a family, she accidentally stumbles into the middle of an FBI investigation that may have been a factor in the homicide. While the fifth season first aired three years ago in the US (and was released here on DVD 18 months ago), its […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday The Secret Lives of Dancers (TV3, 4.30, R) TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30, R) Season premiere: Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Terra Nova (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) Movie: Independence Day (TV3, 8.30, 5.1, R) Winners & Losers (TV One, 10.30, R) Movie: The […]

Two new Sunday night HD dramas are slated to debut in the last week of March while returning for the first time in HD is one of TV’s better cop shows. One of the newcomers is Enlightened, an HBO series that 18 months ago TVNZ was touting as one of its big new-season attractions for […]

Last week I posted TV One’s new police drama, Southland (9.30pm Mondays), was in HD – even though the broadcaster wasn’t promoting it as such. I jumped to that conclusion because I’d viewed the premiere online in HD and while channel surfing last week, noticed One’s broadcast carried its HD watermark. It turns out that […]