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The remake of Patrick McGoohan’s groundbreaking cult classic fantasy-drama The Prisoner is set to air in the USA across three nights from November 15. It’s a reinterpretation of the 1960s show, this time starring Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ) as Number Six and Sir Ian McKellen (you know who he is) as Number Two. Sounds good on paper, right? Highly anticipated, even? Only thing is, after seeing this lengthy trailer — which I presume is the teaser shown at Comic-Con — I’m not so sure about it…

New Zealand may like to keep its celebrations on the down-lo compared to the Australians, but after covering the Logies the folk at Throng.co.nz were keen to dish up a bit of showbiz awards hype here.

Who knows when Prime TV will deign to broadcast the next series of Mad Men? Anyone? In the meantime, you can create your own 1960s Sterling Cooper ad agency world of curvaceousness, sexism, homophobia and smoking with Mad Men Yourself…

It’s back, by hokey. It’s In The Bag, the quiz show that New Zealand grew up with is returning to our screens starting…

Originally known to New Zealand audiences as Captain Darling [edit: he was George], Hugh Laurie is now most well known as Dr Gregory House. As this montage of interviews with Laurie illustrates, all the famous US talk show hosts pull out the same old, same old questions … much to Laurie’s chagrin…