New Zealand TV

TVNZ Sunday is 20 years old - not sure if this was yesterday or from filming today.

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The first NCIS/NCIS: Hawaii crossover will be shown in New Zealand over three weeks. Part 1 (NCIS) will air on THREE tomorrow night (August 9) at 8.40pm, and part 2 (NCIS: Hawaii) will be shown on TVNZ2 on Tuesday, August 23.

The two shows will have a second crossover in late September in the US to open their new seasons.

UPDATED 14/8/2022

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And here’s what it looked like when it first started (warning: contains Mike Hosking :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:):

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Due to the passing of Olivia Newton-John, Three has made programming changes for Friday 7:30pm as it will play the 1978 hit film, Grease, which also stars Olivia herself and John Travolta.

It will replace the network premiere of 2020 disaster film, Greenland.

In Australia tonight, Channel 9 will also air the hit-musicial film at 8:45pm (AEST).

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Thats so lovely they’re doing that

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Australian true crime series Million Dollar Murders premieres on Three on Wednesday, August 17 at 9.40pm.

Can Three screen Greenland next Friday?

Prime will air the exclusive interview, Tova Meets Zelenskyy next Monday 7:30pm (August 22).

Today FM host and journalist, Tova O’Brien will meet Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a one-on-one NZ exclusive interview speaking on the war with Russia.

The interview itself, of course, will air on radio tomorrow morning on Tova’s show. Neon will stream the special, next day after Prime’s airing.

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Noticed Sky have been showing non-All Blacks international fixtures live on Prime this year. They showed both Maori All Blacks games live and are now showing the Black Ferns game live.

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I am wondering if SKY is going to air live free to air All Blacks matches on FTA channel Prime anytime soon?

Yeah still NZ teams though

Sky has been broadcasting the All Blacks’ international fixtures live since 1996 and Prime’s coverage of the test matches, ‘live and free’ for the first time in 27 years, is yet to be confirmed. Up until then, we can only show delayed coverage of the All Black tests on a Sunday lunchtime instead of a Saturday evening.

The last time the All Black tests broadcast ‘live and free’ was in 1995 when TVNZ secured broadcast rights.

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Possibly a preview of the new next-gen Sky Box, expecting to release in a few months time:

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Hard Quiz, hosted by comedian Tom Gleeson, debuted on TVNZ1 on August 25. The quiz show is a spin-off of Tom’s “Hard Chat” segment on the satirical news show The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, both of which air on the ABC in Australia.

Based on synospis on Freeview online guide, TVNZ’s broadcast started from season 4, which premiered in Australia in February 2019.

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Surprised the show hadn’t aired earlier over there.

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Australian Survivor: Blood vs Water premieres on TVNZ2 next Monday (September 5) at 9.10pm, taking over from MasterChef Australia. It will also air on Tuesday nights.

Speaking of MasterChef, TVNZ2 will show the contestant reunion tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10.45pm, two hours after the main episode concludes. On Thursday it will be a three hour marathon from 7.30pm, with the final pressure test and semi-final shown back to back. The grand final is Sunday (September 4) at 7pm.

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It is intended that the new, next-generation Sky box will be released by the end of the year. The rollout was delayed due to supply chain disruptions and computer chip shortages and according to RNZ, Sky hoped the investment in new boxes would help it stabilise customer numbers and revenue streams over the next few years.

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That white box is giving 2017 MacBook Air vibes lol
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3-part documentary Life on the Outside premieres on TVNZ2 next Thursday (September 8) at 8.30pm. It’s retitled Danielle Cormack’s Life on the Outside for NZ viewers.

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Here’s a wee article from RNZ about what happens behind the “scenes” at Parliament TV.

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