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Emmys 2025 are shaping up to be an interesting night
From friendly but fierce co-star competition to a charity push to keep speeches short and sweet.
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What to watch: Detective Conan a thrilling intro into anime
12 Sep 2025Detective Conan - one of the most legendary anime - is an old but gold show that whets the appetite for whodunnit mystery thrill seekers.
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Documentary on Phillips search 'could retraumatise children', says filmmaker
11 Sep 2025Documentary making is awash with ethical dilemmas. That is heightened when the storyline includes children, according to filmmakers.
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Outlander 'an amazing phenomenon for Scottish tourism'
The TV series is commonly cited as one of the reasons tourists head to Scotland.
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What to watch: Forever Auckland FC - how a football team got so good, so fast
29 Aug 2025How do you make something compelling if you already know what happens? Sky's new football documentary avoids the pitfalls that hold other sports docos back.
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KPop Demon Hunters a huge hit for Netflix - what you need to know about it
23 Aug 2025The Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters is the streamer's most-watched original film.
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KPop Demon Hunters a huge hit for Netflix - what you need to know about it
The Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters is the streamer's most-watched original film.
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What to watch: High-level popcorn thrills in robot-heavy Alien: Earth
22 Aug 2025The new expensive-looking TV version of the Aliens movie franchise has some cool actors - including a Kiwi - doing some interesting things.
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Kiwi popstar stuns judges on The Voice Australia
12 Aug 202526-year-old Cassie Henderson recently won Best Pop Artist at the Aotearoa Music Awards.
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NZ on Air fund reality TV - did they put their money in the right place?
NZ On Air has announced close to $2.8 million of taxpayer money is slated for local productions Celebrity Treasure Island and The Traitors NZ - a first for the competitive reality series.
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Ditching screen-time guilt could help families connect, psychologist says
9 Aug 2025Like many parents, Andrew* and Maggie* battled with their child over his creeping device time.
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Kiwi chef Ben would like to win MasterChef, 'but not at all costs'
8 Aug 2025Ben MacDonald said he would never do MasterChef again, especially if he had children. Eleven years and two kids later he tied up the apron strings and headed back to the esteemed Melbourne kitchen.
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What to Watch: 'Invincible' superhero animation with emotional centre
8 Aug 2025When animated series Invincible flips the Superman story on its head, planet-shaking melodrama and mayhem ensues.
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Bluey has life lessons - for real life
6 Aug 2025A new study reveals the popular animated Aussie pup isn't just entertaining kids, she's modelling how to to deal with life's ups and downs.
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Kiwis bag prizes at Aussie TV awards: 'so suck it'
4 Aug 2025New Zealanders Sam Neill and Guy Montgomery won at this year's Logies.
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What to watch: Korean cooking show serves up feast of fun
1 Aug 2025Korean TV show Chef & My Fridge is good 'couch potato' weekend fodder and it might inspire you to get creative with those leftover ingredients lurking in the fridge.
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‘Don’t tell me!’ Why some people love spoilers - and others run a mile
27 Jul 2025Why do some of us crave surprise and suspense, while others find comfort in instant resolution? (This article contains spoilers!)
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How Ozzy Osbourne went from aging rocker to reality star
He'll be remembered differently by several different generations, and that's almost the definition of a pop cultural icon.
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Mediawatch: Another $1 deal changes the media landscape
Analysis - For the second time in five years, a major media company has been offloaded by overseas owners for a dollar.
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Lena Dunham is back with a new series. Here's why she's so divisive
The controversial creator behind the 2012 millennial satire is back making semi-autobiographical comedy. Do we finally understand her?
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Wēta FX gets two Emmy Award nominations
16 Jul 2025The nods for outstanding special visual effects are for its work on the second seasons of TV shows House of the Dragon and The Last of Us.
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After three seasons of Squid Game, what have we learnt?
For more than a decade, South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk couldn't convince a studio to fund his project about a brutal game show that preyed on society's most vulnerable.
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Streaming giants help bring Korean dramas to world - but much lost in translation
The global rise of a small subset of K-dramas is impacting the entire Korean TV landscape - and it's not all for the best.
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Kiwi choir master gets standing ovation on America's Got Talent
25 Jun 2025Although Astrid Jorgensen's childhood hero Mel B was unsure about the act, the choir director says it has sparked the biggest response she's ever had.
