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Australian comedy series Sunny Nights, starring Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden, premieres on TVNZ+ on Friday, January 2, with double episodes weekly.

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Directed and executive produced by Trent O’Donnell (Stan Originals Population 11 and No Activity, Hacks, Colin from Accounts), and produced by Jungle Entertainment and Echo Lake Entertainment, Sunny Nights is a comedic drama that follows straight-laced Martin (Forte), who teams up with his loose cannon sister, Vicki (Carden), to set up a spray tan business in Sydney called Tansform. Home to one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world, Australia is also home to Martin’s estranged wife, whom he’s determined to win back.

But as Martin and Vicki attempt to turn their company from a start-up operating out of the back of a van into a multi-million-dollar empire, the siblings become tangled up in Sydney’s criminal underworld, and when a ruthless gangster begins to catch up with them, the two must figure out how to stay alive, out of prison, and in the black.

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Two-part documentary Australia’s Most Identical premieres on TVNZ 1 on Thursday, January 8 at 7.30pm. Hosted by Scott Cam (The Block) and Dr Jana Pittman (former Australian Olympian), both parents of fraternal twins, this unique series will see Australia’s most alike twins vie for the title of the nation’s most identical pair, showcasing their uncanny similarities, in the name of science and a bit of friendly competition.

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Over two big nights, Australia’s Most Identical seeks to answer this question by bringing together 100 sets of twins from diverse backgrounds and putting them through a fascinating series of tests and challenges, ranging from mind-boggling 3D facial scans, to tests of their creative capabilities, and more.

Bringing a winning combination of medical knowledge and a sprinkle of British wit, popular identical twin doctors and TV presenters, Dr Xand and Dr Chris van Tulleken, will curate the challenges, while Australia’s leading “twin experts”, Professor Sarah Wilson and Professor Jeff Craig, will assist in analysing the results, in consultation with Twin Research Australia.