UPDATED SCHEDULE FOR SHAKE & GEM (from March 2022; amended version)
@AK_NEWS @LiamP @Kathryn_Milin @Michael_Eccles @Biscuit45 @McMuffinMan17 Here’s a typical schedule for PTV Network’s general entertainment channels, Shake and GEM, from March 2022, although this is an amended version and some programmes have changed.
Please note that programmes in these schedules may be subject to change without notice, and that most programme times are approximate.
MONDAY on SHAKE
9.00am: Seinfeld. The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
9.30am: The Office. Comedy with a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behaviour and tedium. Starring Steve Carell with Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer.
10.00am: 30 Rock. Comedy with Tina Fey as the head writer of a sketch comedy show and her colleagues, including an arrogant new boss (Alec Baldwin) and a crazy new star (Tracy Morgan).
10.30am: Parks and Recreation. The absurd antics of an Indiana town’s public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place. Starring Amy Poehler.
11.00am: The OC. A US drama series about a troubled youth who becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighbourhood of Newport Beach in Orange County, California.
12.00pm: One Tree Hill. A US drama series about two half-brothers who trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small (but not so quiet) town of Tree Hill in North Carolina.
1.00pm: Pretty Little Liars. A US drama series about four friends as they band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.
2.00pm: How I Met Your Mother. A US comedy series about a father who recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he (Josh Radnor) and his four best friends (Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan) took leading up to him meeting their mother.
2.30pm: Two and a Half Men. Comedy with Charlie Sheen as a hedonistic jingle writer whose freewheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother (Jon Cryer) and 10-year-old nephew (Angus T Jones) move into his beachfront house.
3.00pm: Beverly Hills 90210. Drama with a group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California, as they make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.
3.55pm: Hollyoaks. The continuing saga of life in the village of Hollyoaks, a suburb of Chester. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
4.25pm: Full House. A US comedy series about a widowed broadcaster (Bob Saget) who raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock ‘n roll brother-in-law (John Stamos) and his madcap best friend (Dave Coulier).
4.55pm: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Comedy with Will Smith as a streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia who is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
5.25pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
5.30pm: Friends. Comedy with six 20-30 something year old friends living in Manhattan.
6.00pm: The Simpsons. The satiric (and animated) adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
6.30pm: Modern Family. Comedy with three different but related families as they face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory. A comedy series about a woman (Kaley Cuoco) who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists (Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons). She shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
7.30pm: The Masked Singer USA. A singing competition guessing game based on Korean format “King of Mask Singer”. 12 celebrity performers wear costumes to conceal identities. One singer is eliminated each week and unmasked. Small hints are given for the viewer guess along.
8.30pm: Superman & Lois. Action and adventure with the world’s most famous superhero (Tyler Hoechlin) and comic books’ most famous journalist (Elizabeth Tulloch) as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.
9.30pm: Naomi. Action and adventure with a young woman (Kaci Walfall) and her hero’s journey.
10.30pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
10.35pm: Family Guy. In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
11.05pm: Bob’s Burgers. Bob Belcher runs his dream restaurant with his wife and three children as their last hope of holding the family together. An animated series.
11.35pm: Robot Chicken. Pop culture references fly thick and fast as stop-motion animation is featured in sketches lampooning everything from television movies to comic books.
11.50pm: Rick and Morty. An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.
12.05am: Ex on the Beach. A British reality series in which eight single guys and girls head to the beach looking for love. However one by one, their idea of a holiday romance will be ruined as their ex’s turn up.
1.00am: Jersey Shore. Real-life drama with several New Jersey 20-somethings and their respective friends and/or hook-ups.
1.50am: Closedown
MONDAY on GEM
7.00am: The Brady Bunch. The misadventures of a large family united when a widower (Robert Reed) and a widow (Florence Henderson) marry.
7.30am: Happy Days. Comedy with the Cunningham family as they live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie (Henry Winkler).
8.00am: I Dream of Jeannie. A United States astronaut (Larry Hagman) finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie (Barbara Eden).
8.30am: Bewitched. A winsome witch (Elizabeth Montgomery) married to an ordinary man (Dick York / Dick Sargent) cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.
9.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show. A US comedy series about a young single woman (Mary Tyler Moore) who lands a job as associate producer of the evening news at WJM-TV, Channel 12, Minneapolis’s lowest-rated station. Also starring Ed Asner and Cloris Leachman.
9.30am: The Golden Girls. A US comedy series about four single older women sharing a house in Florida. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.
10.00am: Ironside. Action with Raymond Burr (“Perry Mason”) as wheelchair-bound detective Robert T Ironside as he battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
11.00am: Kojak. Action with Telly Savalas as a bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude as he battles crime in his city.
12.00pm: GEM’s Midday Movie. GEM’s ‘classic movie’ at midday.
2.00pm: Matlock. Drama with Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a very expensive criminal defence attorney who charges US$100,000 to take case. Fortunately, Matlock is worth every penny as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
3.00pm: Mission: Impossible. An elite covert operations unit - led by Dan Briggs (Steven Hill) and, later, Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) - carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
4.00pm: Gilligan’s Island. A US comedy series about a group of holidaymakers shipwrecked on an uncharted Pacific island. With Bob Denver in the title role.
4.30pm: Get Smart. Classic comedy with Don Adams as bumbling spy, Maxwell Smart.
5.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes. A US comedy series about a group of enterprising Allied prisoners during World War II. With Bob Crane in the title role.
5.30pm: Te Hēteri (REPEATED FROM PTV WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES). The news in Māori with Oriini Kaipara or Piripi Taylor, bringing a fresh Māori perspective to the important news of the day.
6.00pm: M-A-S-H. Comedy with the madcap medics of the 4077th during the Korean War.
6.30pm: Cheers. A US comedy series set in a Boston bar ‘where everybody knows your name’.
7.00pm: Emmerdale. The continuing saga of life in the village of Emmerdale in the picturesque Yorkshire Dales. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
7.30pm: Coronation Street. The world’s longest running serial drama, Coronation Street, has moved to its new home on GEM! Take a trip down the cobbles of Britain’s favourite street with express episodes from the UK.
8.30pm: 60 Minutes (REPEATED FROM PTV). An hour of hard-hitting investigative reports on stories about New Zealanders, for New Zealanders, plus the best of overseas current affairs. With correspondents Garth Bray, Mark Crysell, Guyon Espiner, Sarah Hall, Paula Penfold and Melanie Reid.
9.30pm: Call the Midwife. Drama with the East London midwives in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
10.40pm: Father Brown. A British drama series inspired by the stories of GK Chesterton; a Catholic priest (Mark Williams) has a knack for solving mysteries in his English village.
11.40pm: THE LAST LAUGH - Blackadder. In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavours to seize the crown from his father and brother. Classic British comedy, with Rowan Atkinson in the title role.
12.15am: Closedown
TUESDAY on SHAKE
9.00am: Seinfeld. The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
9.30am: The Office. Comedy with a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behaviour and tedium. Starring Steve Carell with Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer.
10.00am: 30 Rock. Comedy with Tina Fey as the head writer of a sketch comedy show and her colleagues, including an arrogant new boss (Alec Baldwin) and a crazy new star (Tracy Morgan).
10.30am: Parks and Recreation. The absurd antics of an Indiana town’s public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place. Starring Amy Poehler.
11.00am: The OC. A US drama series about a troubled youth who becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighbourhood of Newport Beach in Orange County, California.
12.00pm: One Tree Hill. A US drama series about two half-brothers who trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small (but not so quiet) town of Tree Hill in North Carolina.
1.00pm: Pretty Little Liars. A US drama series about four friends as they band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.
2.00pm: How I Met Your Mother. A US comedy series about a father who recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he (Josh Radnor) and his four best friends (Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan) took leading up to him meeting their mother.
2.30pm: Two and a Half Men. Comedy with Charlie Sheen as a hedonistic jingle writer whose freewheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother (Jon Cryer) and 10-year-old nephew (Angus T Jones) move into his beachfront house.
3.00pm: Beverly Hills 90210. Drama with a group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California, as they make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.
3.55pm: Hollyoaks. The continuing saga of life in the village of Hollyoaks, a suburb of Chester. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
4.25pm: Full House. A US comedy series about a widowed broadcaster (Bob Saget) who raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock ‘n roll brother-in-law (John Stamos) and his madcap best friend (Dave Coulier).
4.55pm: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Comedy with Will Smith as a streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia who is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
5.25pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
5.30pm: Friends. Comedy with six 20-30 something year old friends living in Manhattan.
6.00pm: The Simpsons. The satiric (and animated) adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
6.30pm: Modern Family. Comedy with three different but related families as they face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory. A comedy series about a woman (Kaley Cuoco) who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists (Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons). She shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
7.30pm: American Idol. A US reality competition show where singers with dreams of super stardom audition and compete in a series of challenging rounds in the hope of living their childhood and lifelong dreams.
9.30pm: New Zealand Today. Volunteer journalist Guy Williams visits small-town New Zealand to investigate what he thinks are the most interesting stories in New Zealand today.
10.00pm: Pulp Comedy. Rhys Mathewson presents a series of stand-up comedies, featuring a feast of the country’s top comedians who perform before an audience at The Classic Comedy Club in Auckland.
10.30pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
10.35pm: Family Guy. In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
11.05pm: Ahikāroa. A Māori bilingual drama series which follows a group of city based rangatahi (young people). They’re young, kura kaupapa raised and dangerously onto it. Their world orbits around getting cash, cutting corners and charging their phones.
11.35pm: Eating with my Ex. A British reality series where ex’s reunite to have a lunch at a public place and see if that was a good or a bad idea.
12.10am: Just Tattoo of Us. A British reality series in which couples and friends design tattoos for each other then undergo inking with a blindfold on. Not knowing what the final masterpiece will look like until the big reveal!
1.05am: Geordie Shore. Real-life drama with eight young men and women as they spend a summer experiencing the highs and lows of Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s party scene.
1.55am: Closedown
TUESDAY on GEM
7.00am: The Brady Bunch. The misadventures of a large family united when a widower (Robert Reed) and a widow (Florence Henderson) marry.
7.30am: Happy Days. Comedy with the Cunningham family as they live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie (Henry Winkler).
8.00am: I Dream of Jeannie. A United States astronaut (Larry Hagman) finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie (Barbara Eden).
8.30am: Bewitched. A winsome witch (Elizabeth Montgomery) married to an ordinary man (Dick York / Dick Sargent) cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.
9.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show. A US comedy series about a young single woman (Mary Tyler Moore) who lands a job as associate producer of the evening news at WJM-TV, Channel 12, Minneapolis’s lowest-rated station. Also starring Ed Asner and Cloris Leachman.
9.30am: The Golden Girls. A US comedy series about four single older women sharing a house in Florida. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.
10.00am: Ironside. Action with Raymond Burr (“Perry Mason”) as wheelchair-bound detective Robert T Ironside as he battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
11.00am: Kojak. Action with Telly Savalas as a bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude as he battles crime in his city.
12.00pm: GEM’s Midday Movie. GEM’s ‘classic movie’ at midday.
2.00pm: Matlock. Drama with Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a very expensive criminal defence attorney who charges US$100,000 to take case. Fortunately, Matlock is worth every penny as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
3.00pm: Mission: Impossible. An elite covert operations unit - led by Dan Briggs (Steven Hill) and, later, Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) - carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
4.00pm: Gilligan’s Island. A US comedy series about a group of holidaymakers shipwrecked on an uncharted Pacific island. With Bob Denver in the title role.
4.30pm: Get Smart. Classic comedy with Don Adams as bumbling spy, Maxwell Smart.
5.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes. A US comedy series about a group of enterprising Allied prisoners during World War II. With Bob Crane in the title role.
5.30pm: Te Hēteri (REPEATED FROM PTV WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES). The news in Māori with Oriini Kaipara or Piripi Taylor, bringing a fresh Māori perspective to the important news of the day.
6.00pm: M-A-S-H. Comedy with the madcap medics of the 4077th during the Korean War.
6.30pm: Cheers. A US comedy series set in a Boston bar ‘where everybody knows your name’.
7.00pm: Emmerdale. The continuing saga of life in the village of Emmerdale in the picturesque Yorkshire Dales. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
7.30pm: Coronation Street. The world’s longest running serial drama, Coronation Street, has moved to its new home on GEM! Take a trip down the cobbles of Britain’s favourite street with express episodes from the UK.
8.30pm: The Good Karma Hospital. Dr Ruby Walker (Amrita Acharia) arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine and picture-perfect beaches, but not the realities of work at an under-resourced hospital. British drama.
9.30pm: Trigger Point. A British drama series which follows the exploits of Lana Washington, an experienced bomb disposal officer working for the Metropolitan Police.
10.30pm: Shetland. Action with DI Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) and his team as they investigate crimes within the close-knit island community of Shetland.
11.30pm: THE LAST LAUGH - One Foot in the Grave. Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he’s not driving his long-suffering wife Margaret (Annette Crosbie) crazy with his constant moaning, he’s fighting with neighbours. Classic British comedy.
12.05am: Closedown
WEDNESDAY on SHAKE
9.00am: Seinfeld. The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
9.30am: The Office. Comedy with a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behaviour and tedium. Starring Steve Carell with Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer.
10.00am: 30 Rock. Comedy with Tina Fey as the head writer of a sketch comedy show and her colleagues, including an arrogant new boss (Alec Baldwin) and a crazy new star (Tracy Morgan).
10.30am: Parks and Recreation. The absurd antics of an Indiana town’s public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place. Starring Amy Poehler.
11.00am: The OC. A US drama series about a troubled youth who becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighbourhood of Newport Beach in Orange County, California.
12.00pm: One Tree Hill. A US drama series about two half-brothers who trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small (but not so quiet) town of Tree Hill in North Carolina.
1.00pm: Pretty Little Liars. A US drama series about four friends as they band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.
2.00pm: How I Met Your Mother. A US comedy series about a father who recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he (Josh Radnor) and his four best friends (Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan) took leading up to him meeting their mother.
2.30pm: Two and a Half Men. Comedy with Charlie Sheen as a hedonistic jingle writer whose freewheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother (Jon Cryer) and 10-year-old nephew (Angus T Jones) move into his beachfront house.
3.00pm: Beverly Hills 90210. Drama with a group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California, as they make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.
3.55pm: Hollyoaks. The continuing saga of life in the village of Hollyoaks, a suburb of Chester. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
4.25pm: Full House. A US comedy series about a widowed broadcaster (Bob Saget) who raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock ‘n roll brother-in-law (John Stamos) and his madcap best friend (Dave Coulier).
4.55pm: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Comedy with Will Smith as a streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia who is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
5.25pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
5.30pm: Friends. Comedy with six 20-30 something year old friends living in Manhattan.
6.00pm: The Simpsons. The satiric (and animated) adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
6.30pm: Modern Family. Comedy with three different but related families as they face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory. A comedy series about a woman (Kaley Cuoco) who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists (Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons). She shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
7.30pm: I Can See Your Voice. A US game show in which a celebrity panel tries to guess the skilled vocalists from the tone-deaf singers without hearing them sing. With the help of a "tone-deaf detective team.
8.30pm: Shake’s Wednesday Star Movie. Shake’s Wednesday night ‘big feature movie’.
10.30pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
10.35pm: Family Guy. In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
11.05pm: RuPaul’s Drag Race. RuPaul searches for America’s next drag superstar.
12.05am: Crank Yankers. A show with real ‘crank’ phone calls to real victims. Puppets are added as the ‘actors’ to give visual support to what is happening in the phone calls.
12.35am: Fleabag. A British comedy series adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.
1.05am: Jersey Shore. Real-life drama with several New Jersey 20-somethings and their respective friends and/or hook-ups.
1.55am: Closedown
WEDNESDAY on GEM
7.00am: The Brady Bunch. The misadventures of a large family united when a widower (Robert Reed) and a widow (Florence Henderson) marry.
7.30am: Happy Days. Comedy with the Cunningham family as they live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie (Henry Winkler).
8.00am: I Dream of Jeannie. A United States astronaut (Larry Hagman) finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie (Barbara Eden).
8.30am: Bewitched. A winsome witch (Elizabeth Montgomery) married to an ordinary man (Dick York / Dick Sargent) cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.
9.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show. A US comedy series about a young single woman (Mary Tyler Moore) who lands a job as associate producer of the evening news at WJM-TV, Channel 12, Minneapolis’s lowest-rated station. Also starring Ed Asner and Cloris Leachman.
9.30am: The Golden Girls. A US comedy series about four single older women sharing a house in Florida. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.
10.00am: Ironside. Action with Raymond Burr (“Perry Mason”) as wheelchair-bound detective Robert T Ironside as he battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
11.00am: Kojak. Action with Telly Savalas as a bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude as he battles crime in his city.
12.00pm: GEM’s Midday Movie. GEM’s ‘classic movie’ at midday.
2.00pm: Matlock. Drama with Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a very expensive criminal defence attorney who charges US$100,000 to take case. Fortunately, Matlock is worth every penny as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
3.00pm: Mission: Impossible. An elite covert operations unit - led by Dan Briggs (Steven Hill) and, later, Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) - carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
4.00pm: Gilligan’s Island. A US comedy series about a group of holidaymakers shipwrecked on an uncharted Pacific island. With Bob Denver in the title role.
4.30pm: Get Smart. Classic comedy with Don Adams as bumbling spy, Maxwell Smart.
5.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes. A US comedy series about a group of enterprising Allied prisoners during World War II. With Bob Crane in the title role.
5.30pm: Te Hēteri (REPEATED FROM PTV WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES). The news in Māori with Oriini Kaipara or Piripi Taylor, bringing a fresh Māori perspective to the important news of the day.
6.00pm: M-A-S-H. Comedy with the madcap medics of the 4077th during the Korean War.
6.30pm: Cheers. A US comedy series set in a Boston bar ‘where everybody knows your name’.
7.00pm: Emmerdale. The continuing saga of life in the village of Emmerdale in the picturesque Yorkshire Dales. Brand new episodes, express from the UK. Part one of an hour-long episode (which, in the UK, screens on Thursday nights).
7.30pm: Coronation Street. The world’s longest running serial drama, Coronation Street, has moved to its new home on GEM! Take a trip down the cobbles of Britain’s favourite street with express episodes from the UK.
8.30pm: Honey Wars. A local series which follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Murray family, the force behind Tai Tokerau Honey, a whānau-owned and operated honey business.
9.00pm: The Casketeers. Francis and Kaiora Tipene are the passionate proprietors of Tipene Funerals - aka ‘The Casketeers’. Join them behind the scenes, addressing our culture’s last taboo with dignity and aroha (love).
9.30pm: GEM’s Midweek Documentary. A selection of documentaries which give an unparalleled window on New Zealand and the world. Here we explore the big issues of our modern world, providing insights into a variety of topics and exclusive glimpses into the lives of others.
10.30pm: Holby City. The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital. British drama.
11.30pm: THE LAST LAUGH - A Bit of Fry and Laurie. A British sketch show from Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, with the duo engaging in elaborate wordplay and innuendo, making music and breaking the fourth wall.
12.05am: Closedown
THURSDAY on SHAKE
9.00am: Seinfeld. The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
9.30am: The Office. Comedy with a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behaviour and tedium. Starring Steve Carell with Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer.
10.00am: 30 Rock. Comedy with Tina Fey as the head writer of a sketch comedy show and her colleagues, including an arrogant new boss (Alec Baldwin) and a crazy new star (Tracy Morgan).
10.30am: Parks and Recreation. The absurd antics of an Indiana town’s public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place. Starring Amy Poehler.
11.00am: The OC. A US drama series about a troubled youth who becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighbourhood of Newport Beach in Orange County, California.
12.00pm: One Tree Hill. A US drama series about two half-brothers who trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small (but not so quiet) town of Tree Hill in North Carolina.
1.00pm: Pretty Little Liars. A US drama series about four friends as they band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.
2.00pm: How I Met Your Mother. A US comedy series about a father who recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he (Josh Radnor) and his four best friends (Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan) took leading up to him meeting their mother.
2.30pm: Two and a Half Men. Comedy with Charlie Sheen as a hedonistic jingle writer whose freewheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother (Jon Cryer) and 10-year-old nephew (Angus T Jones) move into his beachfront house.
3.00pm: Beverly Hills 90210. Drama with a group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California, as they make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.
3.55pm: Hollyoaks. The continuing saga of life in the village of Hollyoaks, a suburb of Chester. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
4.25pm: Full House. A US comedy series about a widowed broadcaster (Bob Saget) who raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock ‘n roll brother-in-law (John Stamos) and his madcap best friend (Dave Coulier).
4.55pm: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Comedy with Will Smith as a streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia who is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
5.25pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
5.30pm: Friends. Comedy with six 20-30 something year old friends living in Manhattan.
6.00pm: The Simpsons. The satiric (and animated) adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
6.30pm: Modern Family. Comedy with three different but related families as they face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory. A comedy series about a woman (Kaley Cuoco) who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists (Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons). She shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
7.30pm: Have You Been Paying Attention? Dai Henwood hosts a quiz show in which New Zealand’s best and brightest comedians, including Urzila Carlson and Ben Hurley as regular guests, showcase their current affairs prowess unpacking the hot topics of the week.
8.30pm: The Flash. After being struck by lightning, Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) wakes up from his coma to discover he’s been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, fighting crime in Central City.
9.30pm: Kung Fu. Action and adventure with a young Chinese American woman (Olivia Liang) and her martial arts skills and Shaolin values.
10.30pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
10.35pm: Family Guy. In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
11.05pm: Bob’s Burgers. Bob Belcher runs his dream restaurant with his wife and three children as their last hope of holding the family together. An animated series.
11.35pm: South Park. An animated series which follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
12.05am: Double Shot at Love with DJ Pauly D & Vinny. A US reality series where 20 eligible ladies face off against one another hoping to avoid the elimination ceremony, while the boys must compete for the affection of the contestants as well.
1.00am: Geordie Shore. Real-life drama with eight young men and women as they spend a summer experiencing the highs and lows of Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s party scene.
1.50am: Closedown
THURSDAY on GEM
7.00am: The Brady Bunch. The misadventures of a large family united when a widower (Robert Reed) and a widow (Florence Henderson) marry.
7.30am: Happy Days. Comedy with the Cunningham family as they live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie (Henry Winkler).
8.00am: I Dream of Jeannie. A United States astronaut (Larry Hagman) finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie (Barbara Eden).
8.30am: Bewitched. A winsome witch (Elizabeth Montgomery) married to an ordinary man (Dick York / Dick Sargent) cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.
9.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show. A US comedy series about a young single woman (Mary Tyler Moore) who lands a job as associate producer of the evening news at WJM-TV, Channel 12, Minneapolis’s lowest-rated station. Also starring Ed Asner and Cloris Leachman.
9.30am: The Golden Girls. A US comedy series about four single older women sharing a house in Florida. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.
10.00am: Ironside. Action with Raymond Burr (“Perry Mason”) as wheelchair-bound detective Robert T Ironside as he battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
11.00am: Kojak. Action with Telly Savalas as a bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude as he battles crime in his city.
12.00pm: GEM’s Midday Movie. GEM’s ‘classic movie’ at midday.
2.00pm: Matlock. Drama with Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a very expensive criminal defence attorney who charges US$100,000 to take case. Fortunately, Matlock is worth every penny as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
3.00pm: Mission: Impossible. An elite covert operations unit - led by Dan Briggs (Steven Hill) and, later, Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) - carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
4.00pm: Gilligan’s Island. A US comedy series about a group of holidaymakers shipwrecked on an uncharted Pacific island. With Bob Denver in the title role.
4.30pm: Get Smart. Classic comedy with Don Adams as bumbling spy, Maxwell Smart.
5.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes. A US comedy series about a group of enterprising Allied prisoners during World War II. With Bob Crane in the title role.
5.30pm: Te Hēteri (REPEATED FROM PTV WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES). The news in Māori with Oriini Kaipara or Piripi Taylor, bringing a fresh Māori perspective to the important news of the day.
6.00pm: M-A-S-H. Comedy with the madcap medics of the 4077th during the Korean War.
6.30pm: Cheers. A US comedy series set in a Boston bar ‘where everybody knows your name’.
7.00pm: Emmerdale. The continuing saga of life in the village of Emmerdale in the picturesque Yorkshire Dales. Brand new episodes, express from the UK. Part two of an hour-long episode (which, in the UK, screens on Thursday nights).
7.30pm: EastEnders. The everyday lives of the people of Albert Square in the East End of London’s Walford borough - an inner-city area peopled with a healthy multiracial mix of Cockney characters. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
8.40pm: Hope Street. A 10-part drama series set in the fictional town of Port Devine on the Northern Irish coast and focuses on Port Devine’s police department and the mysterious arrival of DC Leila Hussain (Amara Karan), the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.
9.40pm: The Bay. Drama and action with DS Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie) as she investigates a missing person in Morecambe Bay.
10.40pm: A Current Affair (REPEATED FROM PTV). Tova O’Brien presents a live, weekly programme of current affairs, highlighting topical events and issues from around New Zealand. With reporters Nita Blake-Persen, Ruwani Perera, Conor Whitten and Rebecca Wright.
11.40pm: THE LAST LAUGH - The New Statesman. A satirical comedy series about newly-elected Tory MP Alan B’Stard (Rik Mayall). Nouveau-riche and with a hunger for power, he brings a completely new meaning to diplomacy.
12.10am: Closedown
FRIDAY on SHAKE
9.00am: Seinfeld. The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
9.30am: The Office. Comedy with a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behaviour and tedium. Starring Steve Carell with Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer.
10.00am: 30 Rock. Comedy with Tina Fey as the head writer of a sketch comedy show and her colleagues, including an arrogant new boss (Alec Baldwin) and a crazy new star (Tracy Morgan).
10.30am: Parks and Recreation. The absurd antics of an Indiana town’s public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place. Starring Amy Poehler.
11.00am: The OC. A US drama series about a troubled youth who becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighbourhood of Newport Beach in Orange County, California.
12.00pm: One Tree Hill. A US drama series about two half-brothers who trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small (but not so quiet) town of Tree Hill in North Carolina.
1.00pm: Pretty Little Liars. A US drama series about four friends as they band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.
2.00pm: How I Met Your Mother. A US comedy series about a father who recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he (Josh Radnor) and his four best friends (Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan) took leading up to him meeting their mother.
2.30pm: Two and a Half Men. Comedy with Charlie Sheen as a hedonistic jingle writer whose freewheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother (Jon Cryer) and 10-year-old nephew (Angus T Jones) move into his beachfront house.
3.00pm: Beverly Hills 90210. Drama with a group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California, as they make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.
3.55pm: Hollyoaks. The continuing saga of life in the village of Hollyoaks, a suburb of Chester. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
4.25pm: Full House. A US comedy series about a widowed broadcaster (Bob Saget) who raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock ‘n roll brother-in-law (John Stamos) and his madcap best friend (Dave Coulier).
4.55pm: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Comedy with Will Smith as a streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia who is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
5.25pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
5.30pm: Friends. Comedy with six 20-30 something year old friends living in Manhattan.
6.00pm: The Simpsons. The satiric (and animated) adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
6.30pm: Modern Family. Comedy with three different but related families as they face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory. A comedy series about a woman (Kaley Cuoco) who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists (Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons). She shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
7.30pm: Call Me Kat. A comedy series about a 39-year-old woman (Mayim Bialik - “The Big Bang Theory”) who decides to use the money her parents had been saving for her wedding to open a cat-themed cafe. Based on the British sitcom “Miranda”.
8.00pm: Punky Brewster. A follow-up series to the 1980s sitcom about a young foster child named Punky (Soleil Moon Frye). Now she’s grown up with kids of her own.
8.30pm: Walker. Action with Jared Padalecki as a widowed father who returns to Austin after one year, attempting to reconnect with his children, navigate clashes with his family, and find common ground with his new partner, while growing increasingly suspicious of his wife’s death.
9.30pm: Legacies. Drama and adventure with Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell) and the next generation of supernatural beings as they battle their inner demons at the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.
10.30pm: PTV Entertainment Report. A daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
10.35pm: WWE Raw. Ringside action with the Superstars and Divas of the WWE’s flagship brand, fresh off the satellite from the US.
11.35pm: Ghosted: Love Gone Missing. Investigators help distraught individuals track down and confront people who vanished by stopping all communications and blocking them. A US documentary series.
12.30am: MTV Floribama Shore. Real-life drama with eight young adults as they spend the summer in the hottest beach town on the Gulf Coast, Panama City Beach, to party it up and put the real world on hold for just a little bit longer.
1.20am: Workaholics. A comedy series about three friends who work together as telemarketers by day and live together by night.
1.45am: Inside Amy Schumer. Comedy with Amy Schumer as she switches from sketches and stand-up to interviewing people on the street and people of interest usually following a certain theme.
2.10am: Broad City. A US comedy series which follows follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time. Created by and starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson.
2.35am: Nathan for You. Comedy with Nathan Fielder as he uses business degree and life experiences to help real small businesses turn a profit.
3.00am: Closedown
FRIDAY on GEM
7.00am: The Brady Bunch. The misadventures of a large family united when a widower (Robert Reed) and a widow (Florence Henderson) marry.
7.30am: Happy Days. Comedy with the Cunningham family as they live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie (Henry Winkler).
8.00am: I Dream of Jeannie. A United States astronaut (Larry Hagman) finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie (Barbara Eden).
8.30am: Bewitched. A winsome witch (Elizabeth Montgomery) married to an ordinary man (Dick York / Dick Sargent) cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.
9.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show. A US comedy series about a young single woman (Mary Tyler Moore) who lands a job as associate producer of the evening news at WJM-TV, Channel 12, Minneapolis’s lowest-rated station. Also starring Ed Asner and Cloris Leachman.
9.30am: The Golden Girls. A US comedy series about four single older women sharing a house in Florida. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.
10.00am: Ironside. Action with Raymond Burr (“Perry Mason”) as wheelchair-bound detective Robert T Ironside as he battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
11.00am: Kojak. Action with Telly Savalas as a bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude as he battles crime in his city.
12.00pm: GEM’s Midday Movie. GEM’s ‘classic movie’ at midday.
2.00pm: Matlock. Drama with Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a very expensive criminal defence attorney who charges US$100,000 to take case. Fortunately, Matlock is worth every penny as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
3.00pm: Mission: Impossible. An elite covert operations unit - led by Dan Briggs (Steven Hill) and, later, Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) - carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
4.00pm: Gilligan’s Island. A US comedy series about a group of holidaymakers shipwrecked on an uncharted Pacific island. With Bob Denver in the title role.
4.30pm: Get Smart. Classic comedy with Don Adams as bumbling spy, Maxwell Smart.
5.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes. A US comedy series about a group of enterprising Allied prisoners during World War II. With Bob Crane in the title role.
5.30pm: Te Hēteri (REPEATED FROM PTV WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES). The news in Māori with Oriini Kaipara or Piripi Taylor, bringing a fresh Māori perspective to the important news of the day.
6.00pm: M-A-S-H. Comedy with the madcap medics of the 4077th during the Korean War.
6.30pm: Cheers. A US comedy series set in a Boston bar ‘where everybody knows your name’.
7.00pm: Emmerdale. The continuing saga of life in the village of Emmerdale in the picturesque Yorkshire Dales. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
7.30pm: EastEnders. The everyday lives of the people of Albert Square in the East End of London’s Walford borough - an inner-city area peopled with a healthy multiracial mix of Cockney characters. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
8.40pm: 60 Minutes: The Foreign Edition. Michael Morrah introduces an hour of international current affairs with the pick of the US and Australian 60 Minutes programmes.
9.40pm: Death in Paradise. The murders keep coming on this hugely popular British crime drama, set on the glorious Caribbean Island of Saint Marie.
10.50pm: Unforgotten. DCI Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker) and DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) try to solve a series of cold cases involving murders and historic disappearances. British drama.
11.50pm: THE LAST LAUGH - Open All Hours. Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) is a miserly and eccentric shopkeeper with a stammer, who longs to marry his lifelong love Nurse Gladys (Lynda Baron). He runs a small town grocery store along with his errand boy and nephew, Granville (David Jason), and a particularly dangerous till. Classic British comedy.
12.25am: GEM’s Vintage Frights. GEM’s Friday night ‘classic horror movie’.
2.25am: Closedown
SATURDAY on SHAKE
9.00am: Kenan & Kel. A comedy series about two best friends who always manage to find themselves in wacky situations. Starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell.
9.30am: Moesha. A teenager struggles to come to terms with everything life throws at her. US comedy, starring Brandy Norwood.
10.00am: Clueless. Comedy with Rachel Blanchard as Cher, the rich teenager, and her friends as they attend high school in Beverly Hills.
10.30am: Countdown. Sophie Nathan hosts a music chart show counting down the week’s top 40 singles from the Official New Zealand Music Chart, plus new releases, hit picks, interviews with the world’s biggest artists and the top 10 albums of the week.
12.00pm: Teen Mom OG. A US documentary series which follows a group of young mums as they face the challenges of motherhood.
1.00pm: Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant. A US documentary series which follows the lives of five young women who come from completely different backgrounds and cities but all become mothers.
2.00pm: Catfish: The TV Show. Real-life drama with Nev Schulman and Max Joseph as they help people who have fallen in love online test authenticity of their lovers’ identities.
3.00pm: Total Divas. Follow the lives of the WWE Divas in their work and relationships.
4.00pm: Short Sportz. Jayden King presents a series about young New Zealand sports achievers looking at what motivates them and the sacrifices made to excel in their sport.
4.30pm: Fresh. This favourite Pacific show in Aotearoa brings together iconic Polynesians from around the world with their Poly smiles, swag and sunshine to our screens.
5.00pm: Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Aspiring magicians from all over the world perform their best tricks to try and fool Penn and Teller, the world-famous magician duo. If the two can not guess how the trick was done, the ‘fooler’ gets to be on their Las Vegas magic show.
6.00pm: The Simpsons. The satiric (and animated) adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
6.30pm: Name That Tune. Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock”) hosts a US game show in which two players compete against each other in a race-against-the-clock to test their knowledge of songs performed by Randy Jackson (“American Idol”) and his live band.
7.30pm: Riverdale. While navigating the troubled waters of romance, school and family, Archie and his gang become entangled in dark Riverdale mysteries. Starring New Zealander KJ Apa.
8.30pm: Jono and Ben on Saturday. New Zealand’s premier comedy duo, Jono and Ben, host a local comedy/variety show featuring interviews, sketches and the topical bites from the week. Jono and Ben are joined each week by award-winning comedian Guy Williams, funny girl Laura Daniel and a collection of hilarious guest stars from New Zealand and around the world.
9.30pm: Shake’s Saturday Night Comedy. Shake’s Saturday night ‘comedy movie’.
11.30pm: WWE NXT. Ringside action with the Superstars and Divas of the WWE’s gold brand, fresh off the satellite from the US.
12.30am: Jersey Shore Family Vacation. Past members of the cast of “Jersey Shore” reunite to live together and go on holiday in Miami and other destinations.
1.25am: Siesta Key. Real-life drama with a group of young adults confronting issues of love, heartbreak, betrayal and looming adulthood as they spend the summer together.
2.15am: Archer. Covert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.
2.40am: BoJack Horseman. Animated laughter with BoJack Horseman, the former star of the 80s/90s sitcom “Horsin’ Around”. Starring the voice of Will Arnett.
3.05am: Closedown
SATURDAY on GEM
7.00am: The Beverly Hillbillies. Comedy with the Clampetts, the rich hillbilly family.
7.30am: The Andy Griffith Show. Comedy with Andy Griffith as a sheriff living in the small town of Mayberry, North Carolina.
8.00am: Mister Ed. A horse is a horse of course, of course - but this one talks.
8.30am: The Flying Nun. The misadventures of a nun (Sally Field) who can fly and her convent and neighbours.
9.00am: Land of the Giants. An adventure series about seven space travellers who end up on a strange world much like Earth, where the inhabitants are 12 times the travellers’ size.
10.00am: Lost in Space. An adventure series about the Robinson family and their travels in space.
11.00am: Star Trek: The Original Series. Classic adventures with Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew aboard the Starship Enterprise.
12.00pm: GEM’s Saturday Matinee. GEM’s Saturday afternoon ‘classic movie’.
2.00pm: Coronation Street: Weekend Edition (PART 1). The world’s longest running serial drama, Coronation Street, has moved to its new home on GEM! Take a trip down the cobbles of Britain’s favourite street with a repeat screening of the Monday and Tuesday episodes.
4.00pm: The Dukes of Hazzard. The Duke boys - Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) - and their beautiful cousin Daisy (Catherine Bach) battle the establishment of Hazzard County in this classic adventure series.
5.00pm: The Wild Wild West. Action and adventure with Robert Conrad and Ross Martin as two Secret Service Agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, as they work for the government in the Old West.
6.00pm: PTV News Review. Mitch McCann presents a review of the week’s news for the deaf, with deaf signers Jaime Brown and Amy Nash. Made in association with the National Foundation for Deaf & Hard of Hearing (NFDHH), Deaf Aotearoa and NZ On Air.
6.30pm: UK GOLD - Are You Being Served? A British comedy series set in a department store.
7.05pm: UK GOLD - Fawlty Towers. Classic comedy with John Cleese as the hotelier with the shortest fuse in history, and his long-suffering staff.
7.40pm: UK GOLD - Only Fools and Horses. A British comedy series about Del Trotter (David Jason), a crafty Cockney confidence trickster who looks for ways of making his fortune without having to work for it.
8.15pm: UK GOLD - The Vicar of Dibley. Comedy with Dawn French as a boisterous female minister who comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town’s church.
8.50pm: Casualty. The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
9.50pm: GEM’s Saturday Mystery Movie. GEM’s Saturday night ‘mystery feature’. It celebrates the murder mystery genre by presenting beloved and iconic characters in a contemporary manner and encourage lovers of murder-mystery to follow the clues, connect the dots and crack the case.
11.50pm: GEM’s Saturday Late Cinema. GEM’s Saturday late night ‘classic movie’.
1.50am: Closedown
SUNDAY on SHAKE
9.00am: Saved by the Bell. Comedy with six friends as they get through their teens together while attending Bayside High School in Palisades, California.
9.25am: Sister, Sister. Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell are twins separated at birth who learn of each other’s existence and come together as teenagers. US comedy, starring Tia and Tamera Mowry.
9.50am: Sabrina the Teenage Witch. When a 16-year-old high school student finds out she’s a witch, her two aunts offer guidance on how to control her newly discovered magical powers. US comedy, with Melissa Joan Hart in the title role.
10.15am: 16 and Pregnant. Get an intimate look into the lives of teenagers as they navigate adolescence while facing unplanned pregnancies and go from high school students to parents-to-be.
11.05am: Teen Mom 2. A US documentary series which follows a group of young mums (from “16 and Pregnant S2”) as they face the challenges of motherhood.
12.00pm: Tumeke. Providing a forum for Māori youth programming, of interest to young New Zealanders. Includes original content made exclusively for rangatahi (young people) which cover music videos, youth issues, career information and tribal history, plus the best bits of Hahana and edited highlights of the secondary schools’ kapa haka and Ngā Manu Kōrero competitions.
2.00pm: Total Bellas. Follow the lives of twin sisters Nikki and Brie Bella, two of the most popular Divas in recent WWE history, in a spin-off from “Total Divas”.
3.00pm: 16 and Recovering. Real-life drama with nine students at Northshore Recovery High School where teens work to recover from drug addictions while earning their diplomas.
4.00pm: New Releases. Jesse Williamson introduces the hottest of this week’s new music releases.
5.00pm: Victorious. Comedy with Victoria Justice as aspiring singer Tori Vega as she navigates life while attending a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts.
5.30pm: Infocus. What’s happening in the teenage world? A team of young reporters, led by Zazi Hewlett and Christina Huang, find out. This programme is for and about Kiwi teenagers and young adults, incorporating a mixture of news and magazine-style items of interest to young New Zealanders.
6.00pm: The Simpsons (DOUBLE EPISODE). The satiric (and animated) adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
7.00pm: Young Sheldon (REPEATED FROM PTV). The perfectly eccentric portrait of Sheldon Cooper’s young life. US comedy and spin-off from “The Big Bang Theory”, with Iain Armitage in the title role.
7.30pm: Young Rock. A look at the formative years of superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as he grows up through life.
8.00pm: Mr Mayor. Comedy with Ted Danson (“Cheers”, “Becker”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) as a wealthy businessman who becomes the mayor of Los Angeles.
8.30pm: United States of Al. A US comedy series about a Marine combat veteran (Parker Young) struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio who finds friendship in Al (Adhir Kalyan), the interpreter who served with his unit in Afghanistan and has just arrived to start a new life in America.
9.00pm: Ghosts. A young couple’s dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it’s both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. US comedy, starring New Zealander Rose McIver.
9.30pm: Nancy Drew. Young Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) makes plans to leave her hometown for college after high school graduation, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery.
10.30pm: WWE SmackDown. Ringside action with the Superstars and Divas of the WWE’s blue brand, fresh off the satellite from the US.
11.30pm: Shake’s Sunday Horrors. Shake’s Sunday late night ‘horror movie’.
1.30am: Closedown
SUNDAY on GEM
8.00am: Flipper. The adventures of ranger Porter Ricks (Brian Kelly) - responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida - alongside his 15-year-old son Sandy (Luke Halpin), 10-year-old Bud (Tommy Norden) and their pet dolphin Flipper.
8.25am: F Troop. A US comedy series set in a small frontier post towards the end of the Civil War.
8.50am: The Munsters. Comedy with a motley family of misfit monsters.
9.15am: Little House on the Prairie. A drama series about a couple bringing up their daughters in the Wild West of 100 years ago. Based on the “Little House” books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
10.00am: Gunsmoke. Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) keeps the peace in rough and tumble Dodge City.
10.45am: The Virginian. Cattle ranching with the Virginian (James Drury) and sidekick Trampas (Doug McClure) down on Shiloh.
12.00pm: GEM’s Sunday Matinee. GEM’s Sunday afternoon ‘classic movie’.
2.00pm: Coronation Street: Weekend Edition (PART 2). The world’s longest running serial drama, Coronation Street, has moved to its new home on GEM! Take a trip down the cobbles of Britain’s favourite street with a repeat screening of the Wednesday episode.
3.00pm: The Man from UNCLE. The adventures of Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Ilya Kuryakin (David McCallum), the secret agents for an international spy organisation.
4.00pm: Daktari. Father/daughter veterinarians run an animal study centre in Africa in this classic family drama series. Starring Marshall Thompson and Cheryl Miller.
5.00pm: Portrait Artist of the Year. Stephen Mangan launches a new search for a star portrait artist, alongside artist Tai Shan Schierenberg, independent curator Kathleen Soriano and art historian Kate Bryan as judges.
6.00pm: The Art of Architecture. A British documentary series which explores some of the world’s most famous structures and the inspirations of the architects behind them.
7.00pm: Emmerdale. The continuing saga of life in the village of Emmerdale in the picturesque Yorkshire Dales. Brand new episodes, express from the UK.
7.30pm: David Lomas Investigates. David Lomas presents a local documentary series in which he spans the globe to solve a number of diverse and complex New Zealand mysteries.
8.30pm: GEM’s Sunday Playhouse. GEM’s Sunday night zone, from 8.30-10.30pm, devoted to ‘premium drama’ - from thrillers to crime dramas, classic and modern literary adaptations, intriguing real-life stories and contemporary tales of everyday life.
10.30pm: GEM’s Arts on Sunday. GEM’s Sunday late night zone, from 10.30pm until closedown, devoted to one-off specials covering highbrow arts - theatrical performances, documentaries and music (such as opera performances and classical and jazz sessions).
12.30am: Closedown
CLOSEDOWN
During nightly closedown, channel-specific test cards with live streams of The Edge (Shake) and Magic (GEM), through MediaWorks, will be shown until Shake and GEM resume transmission. Auckland feeds of The Edge (94.2FM) and Magic (100.6FM) can be heard nationally.
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