Television

Suburgatory looks at what happens when a worried father (Jeremy Sisto) moves his daughter (Jane Levy) to the suburbs to get her away from negative big-city influences.

Homeland is not just the best new drama of the season (and would be, no doubt, even if the bar had been set higher than it has been this year), it's the first telling of a post-9/11 story that is all the things it should be: politically resonant, emotionally wrenching and plain old thrilling to watch.

Perhaps the best, most definitely the strangest, take on superheroes has returned to television.

Bob Harper isn't going anywhere. Season 11 of The Biggest Loser starts tomorrow with the biggest twist the weight-loss show has ever seen: Contestants must choose between working out with Harper and Jillian Michaels or with two unknown trainers.

Despite a diversionary opening salvo of post-feminist raunch and unfortunate racial stereotyping, 2 Broke Girls is a solid, old-fashioned sitcom about two mismatched girls taking on the big city and makin' their dreams come true.

You could never tell by looking at him now, but Liam McIntyre, who plays the sinewy hero in Spartacus: Vengeance, had severe asthma when he was a boy.

Old Age Mums is a television programme that delves into the ethically and morally grey area of women having children well past their menopause.

With primetime shows on both sides of the Tasman, Jay Ryan has become one of our most in-demand television actors. The Go Girls star talks to Lydia Jenkin about his new role as a doctor in Offspring and escaping West Auckland.

With her own extensive property portfolio, property manager Andrea Elliott has seen it all when it comes to rogue tenants, but one Dunedin rental proved television gold.

It sounds like the kind of thing that would emerge either from the mind of an imaginative 9-year-old or an alcohol-fuelled barroom bet: who would win in a battle between a pirate and a knight? Or how about between a Spartan and a ninja?