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Prime Television is the seventh national free-to-air
Free-to-air

Free-to-air television and radio broadcasts are sent Encryption and may be received via any suitable receiver:Free-to-view is, generally, available without subscription but is digitally encrypted and may be restricted geographically....
 television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
. The station airs a mixed group of programmes, largely imported from Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, as well as free-to-air rugby union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
, cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 and rugby league
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 matches.

It was originally owned by Prime Television Limited
Prime Television Limited

Prime Television Limited is an Australian-based media corporation, owner of regional television network Prime Television in eastern Australia, the Golden West Network in regional Western Australia, and a number of radio stations in Queensland....
 in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. Prime later entered into a joint-venture agreement with Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited

Publishing and Broadcasting Limited was one of Australia's largest companies, with interests primarily in media and gaming. The company demerger in late 2007, spin out its gaming interests into Crown Limited....
 (Nine Network Australia). On February 8 2006, the Commerce Commission gave Sky Television
SKY Network Television

SKY Network Television Limited , often trading as SKY, is a New Zealand pay television service. On 31 December, 2007, SKY had 720,919 subscribers, which comprises:...
 clearance to purchase the station for NZ$31 million.

Prime's analogue terrestrial signals cover 91% of the population.






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Prime Television is the seventh national free-to-air
Free-to-air

Free-to-air television and radio broadcasts are sent Encryption and may be received via any suitable receiver:Free-to-view is, generally, available without subscription but is digitally encrypted and may be restricted geographically....
 television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
. The station airs a mixed group of programmes, largely imported from Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, as well as free-to-air rugby union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
, cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 and rugby league
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 matches.

It was originally owned by Prime Television Limited
Prime Television Limited

Prime Television Limited is an Australian-based media corporation, owner of regional television network Prime Television in eastern Australia, the Golden West Network in regional Western Australia, and a number of radio stations in Queensland....
 in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. Prime later entered into a joint-venture agreement with Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited

Publishing and Broadcasting Limited was one of Australia's largest companies, with interests primarily in media and gaming. The company demerger in late 2007, spin out its gaming interests into Crown Limited....
 (Nine Network Australia). On February 8 2006, the Commerce Commission gave Sky Television
SKY Network Television

SKY Network Television Limited , often trading as SKY, is a New Zealand pay television service. On 31 December, 2007, SKY had 720,919 subscribers, which comprises:...
 clearance to purchase the station for NZ$31 million.

Prime's analogue terrestrial signals cover 91% of the population. It is also available via subscription through SKY Television and TelstraClear InHomeTV.

History

In June 1998, Prime Television Limited
Prime Television Limited

Prime Television Limited is an Australian-based media corporation, owner of regional television network Prime Television in eastern Australia, the Golden West Network in regional Western Australia, and a number of radio stations in Queensland....
 in Australia purchased 34 licenses from United Christian Broadcasters
United Christian Broadcasters

United Christian Broadcasters is an international Christian broadcasting and media group founded by Rhema Broadcasting Group in New Zealand. Throughout the world UCB publish and distribute The Word For You Today, a free daily devotional written by Bob Gass....
 for approximately A$
Australian dollar

The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Islandss of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu....
3.6 million. The licenses covered all major cities and towns, mainly on UHF, except for the Gisborne
Gisborne, New Zealand

Gisborne is the name of a unitary authority in New Zealand, being both a Regions of New Zealand and a district. Gisborne is also the name of the largest settlement within the Gisborne Region....
 area, which is served via a VHF signal. On August 30 1998, Prime Television New Zealand began broadcasting at 6.30pm with Two Fat Ladies
Two Fat Ladies

Two Fat Ladies is a United Kingdom television cooking programme starring Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Paterson. It originally ran for four seasons, from 1996 to 1999 on BBC Two....
.

Originally the station broadcast classic British programming, documentaries, sports and dramas aimed at the 30 years and above age bracket. In Waikato
Waikato

Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. Exact boundaries of the region depend largely on the use of the name, but in all cases it refers to an area around the city of Hamilton, New Zealand and extending along the banks of the Waikato River....
 and Christchurch
Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest Urban areas of New Zealand. It is midway down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of Christchurch....
, Prime produced a half-hour nightly news programme. Although these programmes rated well, they were unprofitable.

In February 2002, Prime New Zealand entered into an agreement with Australian media mogul Kerry Packer
Kerry Packer

Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, Order of Australia , son of Frank Packer, was an Australian publishing, media and the tycoon who owned the Nine Network....
's PBL
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited

Publishing and Broadcasting Limited was one of Australia's largest companies, with interests primarily in media and gaming. The company demerger in late 2007, spin out its gaming interests into Crown Limited....
 (parent of the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
). Under this five year agreement, Nine agreed to provide the station with content it owned the rights to, expertise and an amount of cash. In return, Nine was given the right to acquire 54% of Prime New Zealand at the end of the contract. If Prime New Zealand continued to lose money, Nine could choose not to take this up.

After this deal, Prime took on a broader and more expensive programming mix and axed the local content to cut costs. This increased ratings and profits significantly. This new format was modeled closely on the Global Television Network
Global Television Network

Global Television Network is a Canadian English language privately owned television network. It is owned by Canwest Media Inc., a division of Canwest which is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
 in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, whose parent company Canwest happened to own TV3
TV3 (New Zealand)

TV3 is a large commercial broadcasting television station in New Zealand broadcasting via terrestrial to almost 100% of the country, and on Sky Network Television's digital platform....
 at the time.

Almost immediately, some Australian programmes produced by Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 and shown on Prime NZ took on a slightly New Zealand flavour. For example, one New Zealander per week began to appear on the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is an Australian television game show which currently offers a maximum prize of Australian dollar5,000,000 for correctly answering 16 successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
, and weather details for New Zealand cities appeared on the Australian Today
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
 breakfast programme. Localisation of Australian programmes increased, with New Zealander Charlotte Dawson becoming the presenter of a New Zealand version of Nine travel programmeGetaway
Getaway

Getaway is Australia's longest-running and most popular holiday and travel television programme. Debuting on 14 May 1992, it is currently broadcast on the Nine Network and W....
 (Dawson ended this position at the end of 2006). Many Australian programmes were simply broadcast on Prime without any adaptation for New Zealand audiences, however.

During 2003-04, the number of Australian programmes broadcast decreased. These were largely replaced with more expensive (and higher rated) British and American programmes, such as a Sunday evening British drama slot.

On November 2, 2004, TVNZ presenter Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes (broadcaster)

Paul Holmes New Zealand Order of Merit is a controversial radio and television broadcaster in New Zealand. He currently hosts the Saturday morning Newstalk ZB where until December 2008 he formerly hosted the weekday breakfast show for 23 years, the longstanding number one rating breakfast show....
 announced that he was resigning from his Holmes programme on the state broadcaster and beginning a new one on Prime in 2005. This new programme, called Paul Holmes, began on February 7, 2005. The arrival of Holmes was seen as a major sign of Prime's rise in status, from a small, second-tier network to a major player on the New Zealand scene, joining TVNZ and TV3
TV3 (New Zealand)

TV3 is a large commercial broadcasting television station in New Zealand broadcasting via terrestrial to almost 100% of the country, and on Sky Network Television's digital platform....
 in this regard. The programme, however, did not rate well. In June 2005 Prime moved the show to 6 p.m., directly following Prime News in an attempt to increase ratings. This was ultimately unsuccessful and Prime TV cancelled the programme on August 8, 2005 due to poor ratings. Holmes returned to host a one-hour weekly current affairs/interview programme, which was still called Holmes, and screened on Thursday evenings. In 2006, the show was relaunced as a strictly entertainment-oriented talk show
Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show talk show host....
 and screened on Wednesday evenings. It did not return in 2007, but two "specials" were filmed. For most of 2007, Holmes' work for Prime consisted solely of a weekly opinion segment, broadcast Sunday nights as part of Prime News .

In late December, 2004, Prime announced it had acquired New Zealand broadcast rights for the new series of Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
, one of its highest-profile imported shows, which went on to screen in June 2005 to generally good ratings.

In 2005 Prime announced that it would broadcast a minimum of 5.5% of local programmes, following recommendations from NZ On Air.

From 6 October 2005, Prime showed a weekly programme called New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers
New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers

New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers was a weekly television programme first shown on Prime Television New Zealand on 6 October 2005. 430 notable New Zealanders were ranked by a panel to determine the 100 most influential in New Zealand history....
, where a brief biography of notable New Zealanders was shown as ranked by a panel of experts. The final episode, screened on 17 November 2005, showed the rankings of these people as a result of votes collected from the public via text and internet
Electronic voting

Electronic voting is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes....
.

In November 2005, SKY Television
SKY Network Television

SKY Network Television Limited , often trading as SKY, is a New Zealand pay television service. On 31 December, 2007, SKY had 720,919 subscribers, which comprises:...
 purchased Prime for NZ$
New Zealand dollar

The New Zealand dollar is the currency of New Zealand. It also circulates in the Cook Islands , Niue, Tokelau, and the Pitcairn Islands. The New Zealand Dollar is divided into 100 cent s....
30 million. The deal was subject to Commerce Commission approval and undisclosed conditions. On February 8 2006, following receipt of Commerce Commission clearance, SKY Television purchased Prime New Zealand from Australian based Prime Television
Prime Television

Prime Television is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as CBN in Orange, New South Wales and Dubbo, New South Wales, and has since expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as a Seven Network affi...
. The acquisition of Prime by SKY Television saw a range of shows screened on SKY channels now included on Prime, these shows included American Chopper
American Chopper

American Chopper is a reality television Television program on TLC_ and is produced by Pilgrim Films & Television. The popular series is based around the founder of the company, Paul Teutul, Sr., and his son, Paul Teutul, Jr., also known as Paulie or simply Junior, as the two run a business creating custom motorcycle motorcycles...
 and Mythbusters
MythBusters

MythBusters is a popular science television program produced by Australian firm Beyond Television Productions originally for the Discovery Channel in the United States and Canada....
 which screen on the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel

The Discovery Channel is an United States satellite and cable TV channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications....
.

In December 2005, it was announced that Prime had secured the 2006 Free to Air delayed broadcast of Rugby Union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
 from TV3
TV3 (New Zealand)

TV3 is a large commercial broadcasting television station in New Zealand broadcasting via terrestrial to almost 100% of the country, and on Sky Network Television's digital platform....
.

On 4 September 2006, the network relaunched with a modified logo, already seen in print advertisements, and new on-air branding.

In April 2008, Prime began broadcasting in Widescreen
Widescreen

A widescreen image is a film, computer or television image with a wider and shorter aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the classical Hollywood cinema era....
 16:9 format.

On Air

Prime Television's current line-up includes a mixture of local shows, news, sport and international shows.

Prime News

Prime TV airs a nightly news bulletin — Prime News - First at 5:30. The programme was launched in February 2004 and was initially presented on weeknights by former Getaway (TVNZ
Television New Zealand

Television New Zealand is a state-owned television broadcasting corporation in New Zealand....
 version) presenter and ABC (US) reporter Suzy Clarkson (nee Aiken until 2006) and was produced in Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
 by Sky News Australia
Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....
, using the resources of Sky News Australia and Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB

Newstalk ZB is a nationwide New Zealand talkback radio network operated by The Radio Network . It is available in almost every radio market in the country, and has news reporters based in most of them....
.

As part of Prime TV's parent corporation, News Corp rebranding process, Prime News - First at 5:30 was relaunched, and now uses the same graphics and music as Sky News
Sky News

Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking news. Currently broadcasting from a news centre in London, the channel provides domestic and international coverage to audiences in the UK as well as around the globe....
, also owned by News Corp. Production of the show was moved to its studios in Albany, Auckland
Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban areas of New Zealand with over 1.3 million residents, percent of the country's population....
. This included more local content and a new weekday presenter, former TV3
TV3 (New Zealand)

TV3 is a large commercial broadcasting television station in New Zealand broadcasting via terrestrial to almost 100% of the country, and on Sky Network Television's digital platform....
 and TVNZ
Television New Zealand

Television New Zealand is a state-owned television broadcasting corporation in New Zealand....
 presenter Eric Young
Eric Young (broadcaster)

Eric Young is a New Zealand sports journalist and television presenter. He presents Prime_Television_New_Zealand#Prime_News, which he has been doing since March 2006, and more recently the Sky NZ Evening News at 7:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m....
. The role of sports newsreader is held by Suzy Clarkson (nee Aiken), and newcomer Ross Karl, with Clarkson also reading the weekend news. Political coverage is headed by Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB

Newstalk ZB is a nationwide New Zealand talkback radio network operated by The Radio Network . It is available in almost every radio market in the country, and has news reporters based in most of them....
 political editor Barry Soper
Barry Soper

Barry Soper is a liberal New Zealand political journalist, and has featured regularly on radio and television since the 1970s.Currently, Soper's main role is that of political editor of Newstalk ZB, a radio network in New Zealand....
, along with several other Wellington-based reporters. There are no full-time South Island based reporters for Prime News. A reduction in Australian-focused stories has been evident since the move to Auckland.

Prime News is affiliated with other news agencies owned by News Corporation
News Corporation

News Corporation , , ) is one of the world's largest Media conglomerate conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Peter Chernin....
, including Sky News
Sky News

Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking news. Currently broadcasting from a news centre in London, the channel provides domestic and international coverage to audiences in the UK as well as around the globe....
 and Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel is a US Cable News and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation....
.

Prime used to broadcast some Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 Australia news programmes such as Today
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
 and, until 6 February2007, National Nine News: Morning Edition
National Nine News

Nine News is the news service of the Australia Nine Network. Previously known as National Nine News, it has traditionally been the most popular service in the country, however in recent years, the Seven Network's Seven News has become the highest rating evening news service on a national basis....
 but these have since been dropped, much to the disappointment of many viewers. Overnight, and during important international news events such as the 2004 US Presidential Election
United States presidential election, 2004

The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, to elect the President of the United States. It was the 55th consecutive quadrennial election for President and Vice President of the United States....
, it relays the international feed of U.S. news channel Fox News
Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel is a US Cable News and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation....
.

Sport

Prime TV has the free-to-air rights to cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
, rugby union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
 and National Rugby League
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
 

Current Local programmes

  • PRIME News: First At 5.30 - presented by Eric Young, Suzy Clarkson and Ross Karl.
  • New Zealand's Got Talent - Presented by Jason Reeves & Andrew Mulligan
  • Wayne Anderson: Glory Days
  • Getaway: NZ Made
  • The Crowd Goes Wild
    The Crowd Goes Wild

    The Crowd Goes Wild is a half-hour sports show broadcast on New Zealand nationwide television channel Prime TV. The show premiered on Monday 26 June 2006 ....
     - Andrew Mulligan and Mark Richardson
    Mark Richardson (cricketer)

    Mark Hunter Richardson is a former New Zealand cricketer. He represented New Zealand cricket team in 38 Tests from 2000 to 2004. During his cricketing career he played for Auckland Aces, Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club and Otago Volts....
     present a daily sports and entertainment show on weeknights.
  • Toyota Grassroots Rugby - Club rugby highlights.


Prime also rebroadcasts some SKY Television sports based shows.

International programmes

  • Airline
    Airline (TV series)

    Airline is a United Kingdom television reality show that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff of Britannia Airways and later EasyJet....
  • American Chopper
    American Chopper

    American Chopper is a reality television Television program on TLC_ and is produced by Pilgrim Films & Television. The popular series is based around the founder of the company, Paul Teutul, Sr., and his son, Paul Teutul, Jr., also known as Paulie or simply Junior, as the two run a business creating custom motorcycle motorcycles...
  • American Gladiators
    American Gladiators

    American Gladiators was an United States game show television program that matched a cast of amateur sportspersons against each other, as well as against the show's own "gladiators", in contests of strength and agility....
  • America's Got Talent
    America's Got Talent

    America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network. It is a "talent" show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of US$1 million....
  • Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
    Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

    Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? is a television game show format based on asking grade-school level questions to adults. The show first aired on FOX in the United States on February 27, 2007....
  • Beach Patrol
    Beach Patrol

    Beach Patrol is a half-hour television series airing on Tru TV. The show features lifeguards and police working together to apprehend criminals and save lives....
  • Beat the Geeks
    Beat the Geeks

    Beat the Geeks was a comedy game show which aired on Comedy Central in the United States from 2001 to 2002. The show was rerun on The Comedy Network in Canada and reruns currently air on G4techTV Canada and Prime in New Zealand....
  • Blue Murder
    Blue Murder (TV series)

    Blue Murder is a gritty crime-drama featuring gripping new stories that reflect the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make today's headlines....
  • Body Hits
    Body Hits

    Body Hits is a television program which focused on what goes on inside people's bodies as they fight their way through their hectic modern lifestyle....
  • Boomtown
    Boomtown

    A boomtown is a community that experiences sudden and rapid population growth and economic growth. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil, although the term can also be applied to communities growing very rapidly for different reasons, such as a proximity to a major met...
  • Bridezillas
    Bridezillas

    Bridezillas is a reality television show produced by September Films. It follows the lives of engagement women, casting their busy schedules in an emphatic and sometimes humorous fashion....
  • Charlies Angels
  • Cheers
    Cheers

    Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC, having been created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles....
  • Deadwood
    Deadwood (TV series)

    Deadwood is an United States Western –drama television series created, produced and almost entirely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium television cable television HBO from 21 March 2004 to 27 August 2006, spanning List of Deadwood episodes....
  • Deal or No Deal
    Deal or No Deal

    Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was produced by Dutch producer Endemol....
     (Australian version)
  • Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
  • Dog The Bounty Hunter
    Dog the Bounty Hunter

    Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television show on A&E Network and on Bravo which chronicles Duane Chapman operations at his job, at Da Kine Bail Bonds in Honolulu, Hawaii....
  • Don't Forget The Lyrics
  • Dr. 90210
    Dr. 90210

    Dr. 90210 is a reality television focusing on plastic surgery in the wealthy suburb of Beverly Hills, California in Los Angeles, California, California....
  • Drawn Together
    Drawn Together

    Drawn Together is an United States animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November 14, 2007. The series was created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, and uses a Situation comedy format with a TV reality show setting....
  • EastEnders
    EastEnders

    EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
  • Extras
    Extras (TV series)

    Extras is a British Academy Television Awards, Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning United Kingdom Situation comedy about Extra working on film sets and in theatre....
  • Fat Doctor
  • Flight Of The Conchords
    Flight of the Conchords

    Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Billing themselves as "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a capella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", the group uses a combination of witty observation, characterisation and acoustic folk guitars....
  • Frasier
    Frasier

    Frasier is an American situation comedy broadcast on National Broadcasting Company for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004....
  • Grownups
  • Happy Days
    Happy Days

    Happy Days is an Television in the United States television sitcom that originally aired from 1974 in television to 1984 in television on American Broadcasting Company....
  • Hidden Palms
  • Hogan's Heroes
    Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes is an American television situation comedy that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network....
  • Holiday Showdown
    Holiday Showdown

    Holiday Showdown is a reality television programme, produced by United Kingdom independent TV production company RDF Media, which first aired in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom....
  • Hollywood Lives
  • Human Instinct
  • Judging Amy
    Judging Amy

    Judging Amy is an United States television program drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly ....
  • Kelly Osbourne: Turning Japanese
  • Kidnapped
  • Kojak
    Kojak

    Kojak refers to two separate but related United States Crime drama television series, with the original airing on CBS and the second series airing on USA Network....
  • Las Vegas
    Las Vegas (TV series)

    Las Vegas was an American television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working in the fictional Montecito Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada—dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and restaurant management to casino...
  • Late Show with David Letterman
    Late Show with David Letterman

    The Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night television talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated....
  • Lewis
  • MacGyver
    MacGyver

    MacGyver is an United States adventure television series, produced in the United States and Canada, about the wiktionary:laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent Angus MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson....
  • Mad Men
    Mad Men

    Mad Men is an United States television drama series created and Executive producer#Television by Matthew Weiner. It is broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable network AMC , and is produced by Lionsgate Television....
  • Mayday
  • Melrose Place
    Melrose Place

    Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that ran between 1992 and 1999, created by Darren Star for the FOX network and executive produced by Aaron Spelling for Spelling Television....
  • Mega Structures
  • Midsomer Murders
    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders is a United Kingdom Television program drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. A detective drama, it focuses on the main character of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, played by John Nettles, and his efforts to solve the various crimes that take place in the List of fictional counties of Midsomer ....
  • Monster Garage
    Monster Garage

    Monster Garage was a popular television show for the Discovery Channel hosted by Jesse G. James. Each episode was an hour in length and was conceived and produced by reality automotive show mastermind Thom Beers....
  • Mr Bean
  • MythBusters
    MythBusters

    MythBusters is a popular science television program produced by Australian firm Beyond Television Productions originally for the Discovery Channel in the United States and Canada....
     (Discovery Channel
    Discovery Channel

    The Discovery Channel is an United States satellite and cable TV channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications....
    )
  • Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure
    Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure

    Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure is a BBC television programme of which two series have been broadcast. It is presented by wine expert Oz Clarke and motoring journalist James May , with Clarke aiming to educate May about wine while undertaking a road trip....
  • Planet Earth
    Planet Earth (TV series)

    Planet Earth is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Alastair Fothergill....
  • Psych
  • Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
    Queer Eye

    Queer Eye is an Emmy American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo on July 15, 2003. The program's name was changed from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after the third season to broaden the scope of its content....
  • Robin Hood
  • Scrapheap Challenge
    Scrapheap Challenge

    Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. In the show, teams of contestants have 10 hours in which to build a working machine that can do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap....
  • Sea of Souls
    Sea of Souls

    Sea of Souls is a BBC Television drama series, based around the fictional activities of a group of investigators into psychic events. Produced in-house by BBC Scotland, initially in association with Sony Pictures, the series debuted on BBC One in the UK in February 2004....
  • Seconds From Disaster
    Seconds From Disaster

    Seconds From Disaster is a documentary television series that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters. Each episode aims to explain a single incident by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately affected the disaster....
  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl
    Secret Diary of a Call Girl

    Secret Diary of a Call Girl is a Great Britain television drama broadcast on ITV2 starring Billie Piper as "Belle", a high-class London-based call girl....
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, about 70 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, the program features a new crew and a new Starship Enterprise....
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television program that premiered in 1993 and ran for seven seasons, ending in 1999. Rooted in Gene Roddenberry?s Star Trek universe, it was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, at the request of Brandon Tartikoff, and produced by CBS Paramount Television....
  • Star Trek: Enterprise
    Star Trek: Enterprise

    Enterprise, retitled Star Trek: Enterprise at the start of its third season, was a science fiction television program created by Brannon Braga and Rick Berman and set in the Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry....
  • Stargate Atlantis
    Stargate Atlantis

    Stargate Atlantis is an United States-Canada science fiction television program, part of the Stargate owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Developed by producers Brad Wright and Robert C....
  • Stingers
    Stingers

    Stingers was an Australian TV police drama Television program. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Nine Network gave the program....
  • Temptation
  • 'Til Death
    'Til Death

    ?Til Death is an United States sitcom on the Fox Broadcasting Company network which premiered on September 7, 2006 and is written and executive-produced by husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa....
  • The Biggest Loser
    The Biggest Loser

    The Biggest Loser is an United States reality television show that began broadcasting on the NBC network on October 19, 2004. The seventh season began on January 6, 2009....
     (UK Version)
  • The Bold And The Beautiful
    The Bold and the Beautiful

    The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their Haute couture business Forrester Creations....
  • The Cosby Show
    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show is an United States television program situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 and running for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992....
  • The Dog Whisperer
  • The NRL Footy Show
    The NRL Footy Show

    The NRL Footy Show is a Logie Award winning Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates. Following the success of the The AFL Footy Show, the Nine Network quickly developed a Footy Show for the rugby league market....
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an Emmy-nominated American television situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996....
  • The Huntress
    The Huntress (TV series)

    The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 in film Steve McQueen film, The Hunter ....
  • The L Word
    The L Word

    The L Word was an American television drama series on Showtime that portrays the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles Area city of West Hollywood, California....
  • The Office
    The Office (UK TV series)

    The Office is a British Academy Television Awards, Golden Globe Award winning and Emmy-nominated United Kingdom television program comedy that first aired in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001....
     (UK version)
  • The Real Hustle
    The Real Hustle

    The Real Hustle is a BBC television series made by Objective Productions and written by Alex Conran and R. Paul Wilson. The show demonstrates confidence trick and Magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by presenters Conran, Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement ....
  • Top Gear
    Top Gear (current format)

    Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
  • True Heroes
    True Heroes (TV series)

    True Heroes revolves around the daily lives of three police officers in a Neighbourhood Police Centre in Singapore. The show was endorsed by the Singapore Police Force, which opened up facilities such as the Old Police Academy and the Ang Mo Kio Police Divisional Headquarters, and loaned real police vehicles and equipment for filming purposes...
  • True Stories
    True Stories (TV series)

    True Stories was an Australia biography Documentary film series which explored the personal journeys of ordinary, and sometimes extraordinary Australians....
  • Weeds
    Weeds (TV series)

    Weeds is an United States dark comedy television series created by Jenji Kohan, produced by Lionsgate Television for the Showtime network....
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 15 consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
     (Australian
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is an Australian television game show which currently offers a maximum prize of Australian dollar5,000,000 for correctly answering 16 successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
     and UK
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)

    In the United Kingdom, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television reality television/game show which offers a maximum cash prize of one million British pound for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
     versions)
  • Wife Swap
    Wife Swap

    Wife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by United Kingdom independent television production company RDF Media and created by Stephen Lambert ....
     (UK and US versions)
  • Wildfire
    Wildfire

    A wildfire is any uncontrolled, non-structure fire that occurs in the wilderness, wildland, or The Bush. Synonyms such as wildland fire, forest fire, brush fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, Peat#Fires, bushfire , and hill fire are commonly used....
  • You Are What You Eat
  • You Swallowed What


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