Music videos are also available to view on YouTube around the world.
There is, sometimes, much of a demand in New Zealand. Over in Australia, there is an all-night music video show that screens on ABC TV - “rage”. It was first screened on the weekend of Friday 17 April 1987. With other programmes like Soul Train and Video Hits no longer being produced, rage is the oldest music television programme currently still in production as of now.
I know this already.
Sometimes? Give me more information that this and the history of Rage.
I know. The days of being told which to watch is over.
As television came to New Zealand in June 1960, several generations of New Zealanders kept up with the music scene through dedicated music shows on television - among them were “C’mon” in the 1960s; “Happen Inn” and “Grunt Machine” in the 1970s; “Ready to Roll”, “Radio with Pictures” and “Shazam!” in the 1980s; and “RTR” in the 1990s. We’ve gone from music hall, variety and talent shows in the 1960s and 1970s to video clip-based shows in the 1980s and beyond.
In 1986 TVNZ’s music shows were taken off the air following a dispute with record companies, who were demanding payment for video clips that were becoming increasingly expensive to produce. TVNZ refused to pay to screen them on the grounds that this was ‘a form of sales promotion’. The dispute was resolved by the end of the year and the shows returned to air.
Today, New Zealanders can now view music videos online. There’s more information on the NZHistory website:
Over in Australia, “rage” was originally created for the ABC by executive producer Mark FitzGerald in early 1987 under the working title “rage til you puke”. This was later shortened to rage, as this was deemed more likely to be acceptable to the ABC board. It debuted in April 1987 – the same month as MTV Australia debuted as a late night programme on the Nine Network and two months after Video Hits debuted on the Ten Network.
More details regarding rage can be found on Wikipedia:
Part 1 was devoted to music programming. In Part 2, I have here a few details regarding New Zealand made comedy, drama and youth television on PTV2.
Comedy
PTV2 has a commitment to New Zealand comedy.
Drama
PTV2 is committed to a teen drama series, Head High, which is set in the home of a struggling but hopeful working-class family.
Head High charts the rise of high school rugby stars, Mana and Tai (played by Jayden Daniels and Lionel Wellington respectively). Two brothers, one dream. Under the guidance of their step-father coach Vince (Craig Hall) and police officer mum Renee (Miriama McDowell), the boys fight to achieve the ‘Kiwi’ dream of the black jersey. But will the game of rugby bring this whanau together or tear them apart forever?
A realistic snapshot of young urban Maori mindsets, the bilingual drama series Ahikāroa would be part of the PTV2 schedule. It aims to deliver gritty, funny and sexy storylines to engage PTV2’s rangatahi (youth) audiences.
Youth
PTV2 has a commitment to magazine-style youth television. It reflects the “attitude” which is expected to prove popular with the channel’s youth audience.
Short Sportz - hosted by Jayden King from The Edge - is a weekly show about young New Zealand sports achievers looking at what motivates them and the sacrifices made to excel in their sport.
Infocus is a magazine show with Flava’s Athena Angelou, as host, giving its rangatahi (young people) an in-depth look at what goes on in the teenage world. It delivers a blend of news, views and issues of importance to the emerging youth of Aotearoa as well as profiles of the country’s young tall poppies putting both teenagers and young adults on-screen to tell their own inspiring real life stories of achievement, skill and determination.
Airing on New Zealand television for more than a decade, Fresh is a show that brings ‘Polynesians from around the world with their Poly smiles, swag and sunshine to our screens’.
As mentioned before, PTV2 is a hybrid of general entertainment and music television and also screens some of the most popular television brands in the world.
PTV3 is PTV Network’s ‘broad entertainment’ channel for 55+ year olds. It targets a more mature audience than that of PTV1 or PTV2 and broadcasts a lineup of quality British dramas, classic comedies, all-time favourite movies, thought-provoking documentaries and top-tier factual and arts programming. PTV3 also plays host to Channel 4 News and CBS News, and gives viewers another opportunity to see some of the best programming from PTV1.
Here’s a full rundown of what the PTV3 schedule looks like. A basic Monday-Friday guide for PTV3’s first month on air would look like (please note that programmes may be subject to late changes without prior notice):
Monday
6.00am: The Beverly Hillbillies (US sitcom)
6.30am: Happy Days (US sitcom)
7.00am: Channel 4 News (Channel 4’s award-winning flagship evening news programme with Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Cathy Newman and Matt Frei; Sunday edition, fresh off the satellite from the UK through ITN)
7.30am: F Troop (US sitcom)
8.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (US sitcom)
8.30am: The Golden Girls (US sitcom)
9.00am: Face the Nation (Margaret Brennan presents a weekly public affairs programme via satellite from the American CBS network)
10.00am: Ironside (US drama)
11.00am: Kojak (US drama)
12.00pm: The Rockford Files (US drama)
1.00pm: PTV Midday News (PTV Network’s midday news bulletin; repeated from an earlier broadcast over on PTV1)
1.30pm: CBS Evening News (America’s respected news programme; Sunday edition, fresh off the satellite from the US through the CBS network)
2.00pm: Bonanza (US Western)
3.00pm: Gilligan’s Island (US sitcom)
3.30pm: Get Smart (US sitcom)
4.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes (US sitcom)
4.30pm: EastEnders (British soap - double episodes; express from the UK, i.e. one week behind the original broadcast as seen on the BBC)
5.30pm: PTV Afternoon News (PTV Network’s mid-afternoon news bulletin; repeated from an earlier broadcast over on PTV1)
6.00pm: M-A-S-H (US sitcom)
6.30pm: Wheel of Fortune (Matt Gibb and Diamond Langi host a game show where three contestants compete against each other to solve word puzzles and win money and prizes; repeated from an earlier broadcast over on PTV1)
7.00pm: Sale of the Century (Mike Puru and Evana Corric host a quick-wit, quick-finger quiz show in which contestants with a good general knowledge and a fast finger on the button can win prizes worth thousands of dollars; repeated from an earlier broadcast over on PTV1)
7.30pm: Coronation Street (British soap; express from the UK, i.e. one week behind the original broadcast as seen on ITV)
8.00pm: PTV National News (PTV Network’s flagship evening news bulletin; repeated from an earlier broadcast over on PTV1)
8.30pm: The PTV3 Monday Documentary
9.30pm: 60 Minutes (PTV Network’s flagship current affairs programme; repeated from last night’s broadcast over on PTV1)
10.30pm: The Last Laugh - Blackadder (British sitcom)
11.05pm: A Current Affair (PTV Network’s nightly current affairs programme; repeated from an earlier broadcast over on PTV1)
11.35pm: PTV3 at the Movies (PTV3’s nightly “classic movie” slot)
1.35am: Closedown
Tuesday
6.00am: The Beverly Hillbillies
6.30am: Happy Days
7.00am: Channel 4 News (Channel 4’s award-winning flagship evening news programme with Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Cathy Newman and Matt Frei; full one-hour edition, fresh off the satellite from the UK through ITN)
8.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8.30am: The Golden Girls
9.00am: Matlock (US drama)
10.00am: Ironside
11.00am: Kojak
12.00pm: The Rockford Files
1.00pm: PTV Midday News (repeated from PTV1)
1.30pm: CBS Evening News (Norah O’Donnell presents America’s respected news programme; fresh off the satellite from the US through the CBS network)
2.00pm: Bonanza
3.00pm: Gilligan’s Island
3.30pm: Get Smart
4.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes
4.30pm: EastEnders
5.30pm: PTV Afternoon News (repeated from PTV1)
6.00pm: M-A-S-H
6.30pm: Wheel of Fortune (repeated from PTV1)
7.00pm: Sale of the Century (repeated from PTV1)
7.30pm: Coronation Street
8.00pm: PTV National News (repeated from PTV1)
8.30pm: Line of Duty (British drama)
9.35pm: Shetland (British drama)
10.40pm: The Last Laugh - One Foot in the Grave (British sitcom)
11.15pm: A Current Affair (repeated from PTV1)
11.45pm: PTV3 at the Movies
1.45am: Closedown
Wednesday
6.00am: The Beverly Hillbillies
6.30am: Happy Days
7.00am: Channel 4 News
8.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8.30am: The Golden Girls
9.00am: Matlock
10.00am: Ironside
11.00am: Kojak
12.00pm: The Rockford Files
1.00pm: PTV Midday News (repeated from PTV1)
1.30pm: CBS Evening News
2.00pm: Bonanza
3.00pm: Gilligan’s Island
3.30pm: Get Smart
4.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes
4.30pm: Emmerdale (British soap - double episodes; express from the UK, i.e. one week behind the original broadcast as seen on ITV)
5.30pm: PTV Afternoon News (repeated from PTV1)
6.00pm: M-A-S-H
6.30pm: Wheel of Fortune (repeated from PTV1)
7.00pm: Sale of the Century (repeated from PTV1)
7.30pm: Coronation Street
8.00pm: PTV National News (repeated from PTV1)
8.30pm: Marcella (British drama)
9.30pm: The Bay (British drama)
10.30pm: The Last Laugh - Keeping Up Appearances (British sitcom)
11.05pm: A Current Affair (repeated from PTV1)
11.35pm: PTV3 at the Movies
1.35am: Closedown
Thursday
6.00am: The Beverly Hillbillies
6.30am: Happy Days
7.00am: Channel 4 News
8.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8.30am: The Golden Girls
9.00am: Matlock
10.00am: Ironside
11.00am: Kojak
12.00pm: The Rockford Files
1.00pm: PTV Midday News (repeated from PTV1)
1.30pm: CBS Evening News
2.00pm: Bonanza
3.00pm: Gilligan’s Island
3.30pm: Get Smart
4.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes
4.30pm: Emmerdale
5.30pm: PTV Afternoon News (repeated from PTV1)
6.00pm: M-A-S-H
6.30pm: Wheel of Fortune (repeated from PTV1)
7.00pm: Sale of the Century (repeated from PTV1)
7.30pm: Coronation Street
8.00pm: PTV National News (repeated from PTV1)
8.30pm: The PTV3 Thursday Documentary
9.30pm: Death in Paradise (British drama)
10.35pm: The Last Laugh - Waiting for God (British sitcom)
11.10pm: A Current Affair (repeated from PTV1)
11.40pm: PTV3 at the Movies
1.40am: Closedown
Friday
6.00am: The Beverly Hillbillies
6.30am: Happy Days
7.00am: Channel 4 News
8.00am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8.30am: The Golden Girls
9.00am: Matlock
10.00am: Ironside
11.00am: Kojak
12.00pm: The Rockford Files
1.00pm: PTV Midday News (repeated from PTV1)
1.30pm: CBS Evening News
2.00pm: Bonanza
3.00pm: Gilligan’s Island
3.30pm: Get Smart
4.00pm: Hogan’s Heroes
4.30pm: Emmerdale
5.30pm: PTV Afternoon News (repeated from PTV1)
6.00pm: M-A-S-H
6.30pm: Wheel of Fortune (repeated from PTV1)
7.00pm: Sale of the Century (repeated from PTV1)
7.30pm: Coronation Street
8.00pm: PTV National News (repeated from PTV1)
8.30pm: The PTV3 Friday Mystery - Endeavour (British drama)
10.30pm: The Last Laugh - Open All Hours (British sitcom)
11.05pm: A Current Affair (repeated from PTV1)
11.35pm: PTV3 at the Movies
1.35am: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1950s/60s version)
2.05am: Closedown
A basic Saturday guide for PTV3’s first month on air would look like (please note that programmes may be subject to late changes without prior notice):
Saturday
7.00am: Channel 4 News (Channel 4’s award-winning flagship evening news programme with Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Cathy Newman and Matt Frei; full one-hour edition, fresh off the satellite from the UK through ITN)
8.00am: The Addams Family (US sitcom)
8.30am: McHale’s Navy (US sitcom)
9.00am: F Troop (US sitcom)
9.30am: Thunderbirds (British sci-fi/puppet show)
10.30am: Land of the Giants (US sci-fi)
11.30am: Lost in Space (US sci-fi)
12.30pm: CBS Evening News (Norah O’Donnell presents America’s respected news programme; fresh off the satellite from the US through the CBS network)
1.00pm: The Dukes of Hazzard (US action-comedy)
2.00pm: Emmerdale Omnibus (part one - first four episodes repeated)
4.00pm: The Big Valley (US Western)
5.00pm: Alias Smith and Jones (US Western)
6.00pm: Mister Ed (US sitcom)
6.30pm: Tagata Pasifika (Pacific news, current affairs and features with the Tagata Pasifika team, led by John Pulu and Marama T-Pole; repeated from an earlier broadcast over on PTV1)
7.00pm: UK Gold - Are You Being Served? (British sitcom)
7.35pm: UK Gold - Fawlty Towers (British sitcom)
8.10pm: UK Gold - The Vicar of Dibley (British sitcom)
8.45pm: UK Gold - Only Fools and Horses (British sitcom)
9.20pm: The PTV3 Saturday Night Movie
11.20pm: The PTV3 Saturday Late Movie
1.20am: The Twilight Zone (1950s/60s version)
1.50am: Closedown
A basic Sunday guide for PTV3’s first month on air would look like (please note that programmes may be subject to late changes without prior notice):
Sunday
9.00am: The Andy Griffith Show (US sitcom)
9.25am: Little House on the Prairie (US Western/historical drama)
10.15am: Highway to Heaven (US drama)
11.05am: Great British Railway Journeys (British documentary series)
12.00pm: Nostalgia at Noon (PTV3’s Sunday “matinee movie”)
2.00pm: Emmerdale Omnibus (part two - last two episodes repeated)
3.00pm: EastEnders Omnibus (a repeat screening/compilation of last week’s episodes)
5.00pm: Me and My Girl (British sitcom)
5.30pm: Landscape Artist of the Year (British documentary series)
6.30pm: The Art of Architecture (British documentary series)
7.30pm: Coronation Street (British soap; express from the UK, i.e. one week behind the original broadcast as seen on ITV)
8.00pm: Call the Midwife (British drama)
9.10pm: PTV3 Masterpiece - Sanditon (British drama)
10.15pm: Meet the Press (Corin Dann presents a discussion programme in which he and invited journalists interview a prominent newsmaker about a topical issue; repeated from an earlier broadcast over on PTV1)
10.45pm: The South Bank Show Originals (British arts series)
11.15pm: Showcase International (PTV3’s Sunday night “foreign language movie”)
1.15am: Closedown
More details on PTV3 programming to come…
The proposed schedule for PTV3 is dedicated to @OnAir, @nztv, @medianz, @MichaelPower & @Leo_Puglisi6.
Judging by the schedules shown so far, I’d probably be switching between PTV2 and 3 throughout the day, going over to PTV 1 for the game shows and news, then coming back to watch whatever interested me on either channel.
Looks really good so far though! Great job!
Welcome to Media Spy, @LiamP! In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights in regard to programming on PTV1 with additional details where necessary.
News and Current Affairs
PTV1 is committed to news and current affairs programming right throughout the day. The PTV News and Current Affairs team are not always the same people as Newshub through MediaWorks TV/Discovery NZ, but others are attracted from other New Zealand sources like RNZ, TVNZ and so on.
Sport
PTV Network plays host to the best free-to-air sports coverage in New Zealand, particularly with regard to rugby, the pre-eminent televised sport in the country. The PTV Sport team would be the same people as Sky Sport, in which I describe the team at Sky as ‘specialists in sports content’.
Super Rugby Aotearoa
On average, there are two games of Super Rugby Aotearoa per week. PTV1 has full delayed coverage of a Friday match (at 8.30pm), with the Saturday match being shown over on PTV4 (at 8.30pm).
If a Super Rugby Aotearoa game takes place on a Sunday afternoon, PTV1 would screen delayed coverage of that game as part of “Sports Sunday” (from 4.30-6.30pm). As a result of Sports Sunday’s later finish (6.30pm), PTV1’s Sunday programming would begin about half an hour later.
The Super Rugby Aotearoa final would be televised live on PTV1 without commercial interruption.
Mitre 10 Cup
On average, there are seven games of Mitre 10 Cup per week. PTV1 has full delayed coverage of three Mitre 10 Cup matches each Friday (at 8.30pm), Saturday (at approx 3.45pm as part of “Sportsworld”) and Sunday (at approx 3.30pm as part of “Sports Sunday”).
Over on PTV4, there are two highlights packages in primetime (similar to Seven’s Big League as seen on HSV7 Melbourne during the 1980s): Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. Each package includes recorded highlights of the Mitre 10 Cup games played during the day.
When it comes to the playoffs, both PTV1 and PTV4 have full delayed coverage of the Mitre 10 Cup semifinals. The Championship Final and Premiership Final would be televised live on PTV1 without commercial interruption.
International Rugby (All Blacks)
For the first time in years, PTV1 would screen New Zealand’s premier rugby games ‘live and free’ without commercial interruption - the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup fixtures, the mid-year Steinlager Series and the All Blacks’ end-of-year tour of Northern Hemisphere. Commentary would be provided by the same team as Sky (in real life) - Grant Nisbett, Justin Marshall and Ian Smith (or Jeff Wilson if ‘Smithy’ is unavailable).
NRL
PTV1 screens delayed coverage of one NRL game each Friday night (straight after Nightline), with the other NRL games being shown Thursday, Saturday and Sunday night over on PTV4 (at approx 10.30pm on those nights). PTV2 would be the ‘free-to-air home of the NZ Warriors’ and all Warriors’ games during the NRL season - both home and away - would be shown in full on that channel.
Other events
Other sporting events expected to screen on PTV1 would include:
Sportsworld
Bernadine Oliver-Kerby, Goran Paladin and Aidan Rodley would co-host Sportsworld (from 1pm) every Saturday afternoon. Sportsworld is a blend of live action, highlights, round-ups of local and international sporting events, live crosses to selected horse races, the latest sports news and features, and score updates. Scoreboard is a 15 minute ‘results service’ starting at 5.45pm and keeps fans up-to-date detailed grassroots rugby and racing results from around New Zealand as they arrive, plus previews of upcoming events to come.
Sports Sunday
Sports Sunday is hosted by Andrew Gourdie and Ravinder Hunia. The show - which screens every Sunday from 2pm - would be similar in format to Sportsworld and offers its fans a mix of live action, highlights and previews. Ross Karl hosts Aotearoa Rugby Panel, an hour-long segment (from 5pm) in which he and a panel of regular guests - Brad Weber, Bryn Hall, James Parsons and Josh Ioane - discuss the weekend’s rugby games so far, showing final scores and edited highlights. During the Mitre 10 Cup season, Aotearoa Rugby Panel would commence at 5.30pm (following delayed coverage of a Sunday game as part of Sports Sunday) and run for half an hour.
Entertainment
PTV Network is offering the best game shows, with all new versions of Wheel of Fortune and Sale of the Century screening Mondays to Fridays from 5-6pm on PTV1. Both shows are repeated from 6.30-7.30pm over on PTV3 to offer a choice for viewers.
Hosted by Matt Gibb (Squirt, Studio 2, U live, Lotto, Kiwi Living etc) and Diamond Langi (Miss Universe New Zealand 2019), the new-look Wheel of Fortune sees everyday Kiwis competing against each other to solve word puzzles and win money and prizes. Meanwhile, Mike Puru (Flipside, The Bachelor NZ, The Cafe) and newcomer Evana Corric (a 20+ year veteran of the modelling/talent industry) join forces to host the all new Sale of the Century - a quiz show for the quick-witted, with big prizes at stake.
Meanwhile, Jason Reeves (from Coast) and Matilda Green (The Bachelor NZ 2015) co-host the all new version of It’s in the Bag, a travelling quiz show in which they invite contestants from right throughout the country to choose either the money or the bag. Sidewalk Karaoke, the travelling game show, has a fresh new look and new hosts - Clint Randell (from The Edge) and Eve Palmer (The 4.30 Show, The Adam & Eve Show, Good Grief).
Saturday night entertainment wouldn’t be complete without an international TV success story, The Price Is Right, hosted by Stephen McIvor (from Sky Sport). The Price Is Right is a game show where contestants ‘come on down’ and compete for prizes and cash, including cars and holidays, in games that test their knowledge of consumer goods pricing.
On Tuesday nights, Meg Mansell (from The Edge) hosts New Zealand’s Funniest Home Videos - 30 minutes of the most hilarious home movie catastrophes caught on camera from New Zealand and around the world - while an all new version of Candid Camera sees ZM’s Megan Papas and Billy T Award winning comedian Tim Batt catching unsuspecting members of the New Zealand public on hidden cameras in some odd predicaments. Keep an eye out for appearances by the likes of Hilary Barry, John Campbell, Jono and Ben, Mike Hosking and many other New Zealand celebrities as they catch themselves on hidden cameras!
On Thursday nights, Jason Gunn Tonight is a live-to-air talk/variety show direct from Christchurch. Hosted by well-known media personality Jason Gunn (well known to audiences as the host of Dancing with the Stars from the 2005-09 TVNZ era), the show combines live music, skits, comedy routines, celebrity interviews and various competitions like “The Wheel”, a phone-in quiz/game similar to Australian variety shows like In Melbourne Tonight and The Don Lane Show.
The live Lotto draws complete PTV1’s entertainment offering. Walter Neilands (ex-Sticky TV) and Jessica Tyson (from PTV National News) would join Sonia Gray and Jordan Vandermade as co-hosts of the Lotto draws, which screen every Wednesday and Saturday at the new time of 8.30pm. Please note that, if an All Blacks test match takes place in New Zealand on a Saturday night, the Saturday Lotto draw would be shown on PTV2.
Other entertainment shows expected to screen on PTV1 include:
Drama
Deadline, a major local drama production from Screentime, is expected to be commissioned by PTV Network for broadcast on PTV1. Set in a national newspaper and inspired by actual events, Deadline is a 13-part series which follows the personal and professional lives of the staff and the stories they cover.
PTV1 is also looking at an hour-long, weekly serial drama for next year. The new Christchurch-based drama would stimulate the film and television industry with more than 100 new jobs. It would be filmed on location and at a brand new film studio - converted from an old hospital in Templeton and developed by Jordan Mauger (ex-The Bachelor NZ).
Discussions are taking place with South Pacific Pictures (the producers of Outrageous Fortune, Go Girls, Nothing Trivial, The Almighty Johnsons, The Brokenwood Mysteries, Westside, Mean Mums etc), built around a young New Zealand police dog squad.
Documentary & Factual
PTV Network has a commitment to the commissioning of local documentaries for broadcast on PTV1. Inside New Zealand (to be introduced by Wendy Petrie) is a strand devoted exclusively to ‘New Zealand documentaries that reflect our society - our heritage, our cultural makeup, and issues that are relevant to us as New Zealanders’.
Our World (to be introduced by Tom McRae) is a strand devoted to natural history documentaries through the BBC’s longest running “Natural World” series and beyond. It screens every Thursday at 7.30pm.
From inside the frenetic emergency department, hushed operating theatres and bustling wards, Middlemore takes viewers bedside at Middlemore Hospital, one of the leading public hospitals in Auckland. The fly-on-the-wall series follows ordinary people as they are admitted and discharged from hospital.
Lifestyle
Dulux Home Front is hosted by Hamish Dodd, Shelley Ferguson and Peter Wolfkamp; this is a series about home improvement and DIY and it gives building tips and advice to do-it-yourselfers.
Getaway - hosted by Laura McGoldrick, Matt Chisholm and Nickson Clark - is a programme that provides its viewers with the latest information on holiday destinations across New Zealand and the world. It covers all types of holidays, from exotic tropical islands to the little B & B just out of town, and caters for all budgets, from $5 a night tents to five star hotels.
Palmers Garden Show is the complete gardening programme aimed at giving inspiration and information to everyone from first home owners to those who have been gardening all their lives. Host Carly Flynn is joined each week by landscaper Justin Newcombe and actress/horticulturalist Nicola Kawana for practical gardening advice and discussion of environmental issues.
What’s Cooking? is a weekday series that takes its viewers on a journey into the fabulous world of food. Well known chefs Mark Southon and Nici Wickes, as hosts, demonstrate an array of recipes providing something for everyone - from mouth-watering recipes made at home to cutting-edge recipes from leading restaurants - plus a mix of cooking tips, the latest food news and information, and interviews with celebrity guests - both highly regarded chefs from within the industry and those not so skilled in the kitchen but who are willing to give it a go and have some fun.
Beauty and the Beast is an advice panel show hosted by broadcasting legend Mark Sainsbury (‘The Beast’) and his rotating panel of ‘Beauties’ (Sharyn Casey, Stacey Morrison, Teuila Blakely, Toni Street etc). ‘Sainso’ and the talented and knowledgeable women draw on their own life experiences to answer viewers’ questions via a phone hotline, emails or postal mail.
The Morning Break is a live-to-air, magazine-style morning show hosted from Christchurch by Greg O’Connor and Ali Harper. The quick moving format includes a wide range of regular segments, celebrity interviews, competitions and advertorials. Regular segments include cooking with guest chefs, movie and book reviews, panel discussions, live music, fashion, exercise, parenting, craft, interior design, gardening, makeovers, nutrition and relationship advice.
Other lifestyle programmes expected to screen on PTV1 include:
That’s all for now.
Dedicated to @Leo_Puglisi6, @medianz, @OnAir & @nztv.
I don’t want to sound rude Patrick, but if you make changes to a post could you please use “Edit” instead of deleting the post and recreating it?
I have noticed your thread keeps appearing at the top of Latest but there are no new posts.
Thanks for your concern, @Nicholas! I really appreciate it.
@OnAir It seems that, because Crowne Plaza Hotel is a managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facility, Huawei Centre (at 120 Albert Street) may not be a perfect location for PTV Network’s Auckland operations. So, in order to prevent Covid-19 from spreading into the community, I had to find an alternative location.
The real-life headquarters of Sky Television - at 10 Panorama Road in Mt Wellington, Auckland - would become the new home of PTV Network.
Last year, Motion Sickness (a multi-award winning creative and production agency) produced a series of “Your News Bulletin” commercials. Recorded at Sky’s Mt Wellington studios, the “Your News Bulletin” broadcast was described as ‘a fully-integrated fake news channel, complete with fake anchors, fake headlines, and fake stories that got the people talking quicker than you can say BREAKING NEWS’.
Your News Bulletin was recently launched by Netsafe and Facebook as an educational tool in an effort to help people identify fake news. Latest Netsafe research shows that eight in 10 New Zealanders recall having seen fake news on social media, 52% of whom have seen it on New Zealand online news sites, 40% in print newspapers and one in three think they have seen it on New Zealand television.
It is intended that news and current affairs programmes would be produced at Mt Wellington. A state-of-the-art newsroom, offices for current affairs programmes and the network’s sports department (PTV Sport), sales offices and administration offices would also be located at Mt Wellington instead of Huawei Centre. Studio facilities at Parnell (NEP/Trackside facility, in real life), Grafton (“The Project”, in real life) and Henderson (South Pacific Pictures, in real life) would be utilised, although Parnell would serve as PTV Network’s broadcast facility.
Craig McMurtrie has over 40 years experience in broadcast journalism in New Zealand and Australia, and has been with the ABC since 1991. Prior to that, he had worked at RNZ and TVNZ.
He is, in real life, the editorial director for the ABC and would be perfect for the role of Director of News, Sport and Current Affairs at my fictional New Zealand based network - PTV Network New Zealand (Patrick Te Pou Enterprises Ltd) - if my dreams become a reality.
Joining him as Head of News and Current Affairs would be Pip Keane (from RNZ), with Brian Hitchcock (from Sky) as Head of Sport.
I also intend to assemble a group of some very important people from Sky and hire them as members of PTV Network’s executive leadership team: Chaz Savage as Chief Product & Information Officer, Michael Frampton as Director of People and Talent, Steve Bayliss as Marketing Director, Chris Major as General Counsel & Corporate Affairs Director, Prabhu Singh as Chief Technology Officer and Jonny Errington as Commercial Director. Cate Slater (from TVNZ) would be appointed to the role of Director of Content, and Barry Sadlier (from MediaWorks) would become Chief Financial Officer. Glen Kyne (from Discovery NZ) would also be on board as Business Strategy Director.
Below is an amended version of the PTV2 schedule which is different from the one I posted earlier. At the last minute PTV2 would become ‘the free-to-air home of the Vodafone Warriors’ during the NRL season.
Here’s a full rundown of what the PTV2 schedule looks like. A basic Monday-Friday guide for PTV2’s first month on air would look like (please note that programmes may be subject to late changes without prior notice):
Monday
7.00am: The Big Breakfast (a non-stop, video clip-based breakfast show featuring a randomly assorted selection of ‘today’s hit music videos’, interspersed with text-based news and weather updates every 20 minutes)
10.00am: Primo Music Box (a non-stop, video-clip based show featuring a curated selection of new and classic music videos)
2.00pm: Two and a Half Men (US sitcom)
2.30pm: One Tree Hill (US drama)
3.30pm: Hollyoaks (British soap; express from the UK, i.e. one week behind the original broadcast as seen on Channel 4)
4.00pm: 2 Live (The Edge’s Marty Hehewerth and Steph Monks host a live-to-air youth show featuring on-air competitions, pop culture news, interviews and entertainment segments, all in between music videos chosen by viewers via phone, text or social media)
6.00pm: The Simpsons (US animated sitcom)
6.30pm: Friends (US sitcom)
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory (US sitcom)
7.30pm: The Masked Dancer (US reality show and spin-off from “The Masked Singer”)
8.30pm: Batwoman (US superhero drama)
9.30pm: Charmed (US fantasy drama)
10.30pm: Ex on the Beach (British reality show)
11.30pm: 12 O’Clock Rock (a non-stop, video clip-based show devoted to hard rock and alternative music videos)
1.00am: Closedown
Tuesday
7.00am: The Big Breakfast
10.00am: Primo Music Box
2.00pm: Two and a Half Men
2.30pm: One Tree Hill
3.30pm: Hollyoaks
4.00pm: 2 Live
6.00pm: The Simpsons
6.30pm: Friends
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory
7.30pm: Name That Tune (the 2021 version of a US music game show, hosted by Jane Krakowski)
8.30pm: Nancy Drew (US drama)
9.30pm: Educators (a made-for-TV version of the New Zealand sitcom set ‘behind the scenes of an ordinary Kiwi secondary school’ and following ‘the hopelessly and hilariously inept people in charge of educating the next generation’; this programme was originally commissioned by TVNZ as a web series through TVNZ OnDemand)
10.00pm: Frickin Dangerous Bro… On the Road (a made-for-TV version of the New Zealand comedy/documentary series with Frickin Dangerous Bro - a comedy trio made up of Jamaine Ross, James Roque and Pax Assadi - as they ‘take their stand-up show on the road, visiting provincial towns and exploring what makes each part of Aotearoa unique’; this programme was originally commissioned by TVNZ as a web series through TVNZ OnDemand)
10.30pm: Just Tattoo of Us (British reality show)
11.30pm: 12 O’Clock Rock
1.00am: Closedown
Wednesday
7.00am: The Big Breakfast
10.00am: Primo Music Box
2.00pm: Two and a Half Men
2.30pm: One Tree Hill
3.30pm: Hollyoaks
4.00pm: 2 Live
6.00pm: The Simpsons
6.30pm: Friends
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory
7.30pm: Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (US musical comedy-drama)
8.30pm: The PTV2 Wednesday Night Movie
10.30pm: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (US reality show)
11.30pm: 12 O’Clock Rock
1.00am: Closedown
Thursday
7.00am: The Big Breakfast
10.00am: Primo Music Box
2.00pm: Two and a Half Men
2.30pm: One Tree Hill
3.30pm: Hollyoaks
4.00pm: 2 Live
6.00pm: The Simpsons
6.30pm: Friends
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory
7.30pm: The Simpsons (US animated sitcom; new episodes)
8.00pm: Bob’s Burgers (US animated sitcom)
8.30pm: Pants Optional (a New Zealand ‘Saturday Night Live’ type sketch show featuring the best comedians in the country; cast includes Guy Montgomery, Laura Daniel, Eli Matthewson, Alice Snedden, Nic Sampson, Donna Brookbanks, Chris Parker, Tom Sainsbury, Brynley Stent, Kura Forrester, Rhiannon McCall, Hamish Parkinson, Joseph Moore and Eddy Dever)
9.30pm: Family Guy (US animated sitcom)
10.00pm: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (US sitcom)
10.30pm: Rockzilla (The Rock’s Jay Reeve and Duncan Heyde, also known as Jay & Dunc, host a weekly show dedicated to contemporary rock music; this programme features a combination of the latest rock videos, interviews, news and off-the-wall humour)
11.30pm: MTV Floribama Shore (US reality show)
12.30am: 12 O’Clock Rock
2.00am: Closedown
Friday
7.00am: The Big Breakfast
10.00am: Primo Music Box
2.00pm: Two and a Half Men
2.30pm: One Tree Hill
3.30pm: Hollyoaks
4.00pm: 2 Live
6.00pm: The Simpsons
6.30pm: Friends
7.00pm: The Big Bang Theory
7.30pm: The Goldbergs (US sitcom)
8.00pm: Superstore (US sitcom)
8.30pm: Legacies (US fantasy drama)
9.30pm: WWE Raw (all the action with the Superstars of WWE’s flagship brand; one-hour version, fresh off the satellite from the US)
10.30pm: Friday Night (Chris Kirk and Jemma Peterson host a live-to-air, late night music show featuring video clips, live studio performances and interviews as well as reviews, competitions, gig guides and interactive elements like music video requests and viewer dedications via phone, text or social media)
12.30am: Primo Music Box (an all-night music video show featuring ‘the very best new music releases from New Zealand and around the world plus a mix of classic hits and party favourites’; this programme continues until 9am)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, “Ellen’s Game of Games” and “Black Lightning” are removed from the schedule and replaced by “Name That Tune” in the 7.30pm timeslot on Tuesday, followed at 8.30pm by “Nancy Drew”.
“2 Music Weekend”, an all-night music video show screening Friday and Saturday nights, is changed to “Primo Music Box”. It is sponsored by Primo, through Fonterra Brands Ltd, which is decribed as ‘NZ’s most epic flavoured milk’. There is also a daytime version of Primo Music Box which screens weekdays from 10am-2pm (replacing “Top 10” and “Heartbeat City”).
A basic Saturday guide for PTV2’s first month on air would look like (please note that programmes may be subject to late changes without prior notice):
Saturday
6.00am: Primo Music Box (continued)
9.00am: Teen Mom OG (US reality show)
10.00am: Catfish: The TV Show (US reality show)
11.00am: New Releases (a non-stop, video-clip based show which gives PTV2 ‘the chance to play out the newest music videos to hit the music scene; sometimes if you’re lucky, it may have been hours-of-the-release of a video’)
12.00pm: Young & Hungry (US sitcom)
12.30pm: The Hills: New Beginnings (US reality show)
1.30pm: Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant (US reality show)
2.30pm: Total Divas (US reality show)
3.30pm: Fresh (a New Zealand youth show that brings ‘Polynesians from around the world with their Poly smiles, swag and sunshine to our screens’; this programme was originally commissioned by TVNZ)
4.00pm: Hip Hop Central (Mai FM’s Brook Ruscoe, Fame Teu and Alex King host a weekly show dedicated to ‘the hottest Hip Hop and RnB’; this programme features a combination of the latest videos, interviews, “Hip Hop Hollywood” news and humour)
5.00pm: Countdown (Haylee Clarke, formerly of The Edge, hosts ‘New Zealand’s biggest music chart show’ counting down the top 40 singles of the week)
6.00pm: The Simpsons (US animated sitcom)
6.30pm: Penn & Teller: Fool Us (US entertainment show)
7.30pm: Riverdale (US drama)
8.30pm: The Flash (US superhero drama)
9.30pm: Superman & Lois (US superhero drama)
10.30pm: WWE NXT (all the action from WWE NXT as the next generation of Superstars showcase their talents; one-hour version, fresh off the satellite from the US)
11.30pm: PTV2’s Saturday Spine Chillers (PTV2’s “horror movie” slot)
1.30am: Primo Music Box (an all-night music video show featuring ‘the very best new music releases from New Zealand and around the world plus a mix of classic hits and party favourites’; this programme continues until 9am)
A basic Sunday guide for PTV2’s first month on air would look like (please note that programmes may be subject to late changes without prior notice):
Sunday
6.00am: Primo Music Box (continued)
9.00am: Countdown Extended (a two-hour version of Saturday’s show, featuring a countdown of the week’s top 40 singles in a non-stop, video clip-based format)
11.00am: Teen Mom 2 (US reality show)
11.50am: PTV2 Music Break (music videos)
12.00pm: 9JKL (US sitcom)
12.30pm: Happy Together (US sitcom)
1.00pm: Jane the Virgin (US comedy-drama)
2.00pm: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (US musical comedy-drama)
3.00pm: Short Sportz (The Edge’s Jayden King hosts a show about young New Zealand sports achievers looking at what motivates them and the sacrifices made to excel in their sport)
3.30pm: Infocus (Flava’s Athena Angelou hosts a magazine show for and about teenagers and young adults, featuring a variety of news and issues for NZ teens)
4.00pm: Homegrown (Radio Hauraki’s Tracey Donaldson and Six60’s Chris Mac host a weekly music review show featuring the latest happenings in New Zealand’s music scene)
5.00pm: PTV2’s Hot Right Now (an hour-long music video countdown show that counts down the 12 hottest songs in New Zealand right now)
6.00pm: The Simpsons (US animated sitcom)
6.30pm: PTV Sport - Vodafone Warriors (full delayed coverage of a Warriors match from the 2021 NRL season; subject to scheduling, see below)
8.30pm: The PTV2 Sunday Night Movie
10.30pm: WWE SmackDown (all the action with the Superstars of WWE’s blue brand; one-hour version, fresh off the satellite from the US)
11.30pm: 12 O’Clock Rock (a non-stop, video clip-based show devoted to hard rock and alternative music videos)
1.00am: Closedown
Vodafone Warriors on PTV2
Below is a full list of the Vodafone Warriors’ games (both home and away; all times NZT) and screening times, although PTV2 programming may be subject to change. Please note that PTV Network is a fictional broadcaster and does not broadcast to New Zealand, but the games and kick-off times are taken from the 2021 NRL draw.
Does Sky exist in the PTV world Paddy because I reckon Warriors fans would want to watch the games live and not delayed.
@OnAir In real life Sky owns the broadcast rights to the NRL which includes the Warriors’ games (both home and away) and it does exist in the real world, not the fictional world.
On PTV2, through PTV Network as a fictional broadcaster, it is intended that the only way to see the NRL televised ‘live and free’ would be the Warriors’ matches playing in New Zealand (i.e. Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland).
If the Warriors play in Australia, those matches would be delayed via PTV2 and Warriors fans had to go to a premium sport streaming service - similar to Spark Sport (in real life) - in order to watch every NRL game live and on-demand. It would be known as PTV Sport+ and I describe it as an extension of the PTV Sport brand ($39.99 per month).
PTV1 would broadcast the NRL Grand Final live, and PTV4 would broadcast the State of Origin series live.
Wait, so the only way to see matches live is to go to them?
I’m sorry what?
@foxyrover For the last time, I developed PTV Sport+ as a premium sport streaming service - similar to Spark Sport (in real life) - and an extension of the PTV Sport brand.
Also for the last time, my fictional network is so much more than just advertising. In order to keep my network clean and make it run smoothly, it would be able to generate revenue from customers through a variety of different sources: subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services, linear television narrowcasting services for commercial premises (like pubs and clubs), merchandise, community sponsorship and many more. It’s called “Direct to Customer”.
An example of those is PTV On Demand+, a commercial-free version of the ad-funded PTV On Demand service. The SVOD service is similar to the ITV Hub+ from the UK, and it would allow audiences to enjoy their favourite PTV Network shows and movies without commercial interruption for only $14.99 per month, whereas the regular PTV On Demand service is free of charge and fully funded by advertising.
Talking of PTV Sport+, it’s like Spark Sport (in real life) and the monthly cost of this sport streaming service is $39.99 per month. It gives customers access to the best in local and international sporting events live and on-demand. Round-the-clock sports channels are streamed live, and on-demand content includes full replays and extended highlights.
PTV Sport+ is home to PTV Ringside, the home of pay-per-view events like boxing, UFC and WWE. All PTV Ringside events are available to purchase individually, separate to a PTV Sport+ monthly subscription.
PTV Sport+ and PTV Ringside would be shown in commercial premises, including pubs and clubs, as linear television narrowcasting services. These would be received on special satellite set-top boxes with a digital television recording (DTR) capability, and would bring in the crowds with exciting sporting action with flexible payment options.
@OnAir PTV Shop is an initiative of PTV Network. It sells a variety of top quality merchandise like watches, T-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, caps, beanies, fedoras, socks, coffee mugs, drink bottles, umbrellas, backpacks, tote bags, sports bags, frisbees and much more. Those items are not usually sold in shops across New Zealand - like The Warehouse, Kmart or Briscoes - so people can only buy stuff via an online shop (ptvshop.co.nz) or over the phone (0800 PTV SHOP = 0800 788 746).
I have lots and lots of new developments to come, especially within my network. For the last time, believe me.
We believe you Paddy, but just trying to find the rationale for some of your plans?
Everything is on the cards.
