Archive for the 'Television' Category
September 04 2009
Qantas Film & TV Awards 2009
posted by Ana Samways at 11:32 amNew 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.
July 29 2009
Mad Men Yourself
posted by Ana Samways at 2:08 pmWho 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…
April 28 2009
It’s In The Bag Returns to NZ Screens
posted by Steven Shaw at 12:07 pm
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…
April 20 2009
Hugh Laurie is British?
posted by Ana Samways at 10:47 amOriginally 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…
March 25 2009
TV: What Are You Watching?
posted by Ana Samways at 10:37 am
In Case Of Vampire, Snap Here: An ad for Prime’s True Blood, by DraftFCB, Auckland has gone viral on the web
After watching the first episode of True Blood on Prime, I realised most of my appointment viewing is on the little channel that could. Not only did Prime TV score Flight of the Conchords (TVNZ could hardly screen it after turning the duo down for their own show) they have the subtle masterpiece Mad Men and the brilliant new season of Weeds…