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    Sky TV to buy Three owner for $1

    Sky TV has agreed to fully acquire TV3 owner Discovery New Zealand for $1.

    Frequent Trump critic Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' canned

    Host Stephen Colbert with an Emmy in 2021. Photo: Reuters

    Frequent Trump critic Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' canned

    "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the most-watched late-night program on US television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at President Trump, will end its 10-year run.

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    Severance, The Penguin lead Emmy race

    Psychological thriller Severance and crime drama The Penguin have the most nominations for Emmy Awards in the contest for TV's highest honours.

    Obituary: Andrew Shaw, TV executive

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    Obituary: Andrew Shaw, TV executive

    Andrew Shaw was a highly influential broadcasting manager, but for New Zealanders of a certain age he will always be remembered for his first job in the medium.

    Otago produce in spotlight

    Ben Bayley visits Forest Lodge Orchard (Electric Cherries). Photo: Makoto Takaoka

    Otago produce in spotlight

    Fruit synonymous with Central Otago will feature on this weekend’s episode of top chef Ben Bayly’s A New Zealand Food Story.

    Obituary: Jean Marsh, actress

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    Obituary: Jean Marsh, actress

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    Posthumous appearance to ‘build the band’

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    Posthumous appearance to ‘build the band’

    British pop star Liam Payne's final TV appearance is finally on the horizon, less than a year after he died suddenly in Argentina.

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    Queenstown crime drama 'huge hit' overseas

    Actors Chelsie Preston Crayford and Matt Whelan are expected to reprise their roles as leading...

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    Queenstown crime drama 'huge hit' overseas

    A second series of Queenstown-based TV murder-mystery drama A Remarkable Place to Die is set to be shot in the resort from this November till the end of April.

    Obituary: Jay North, actor

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    Obituary: Jay North, actor

    Jay North appeared in many TV shows but it was his first, as a 6-year-old, which made his name.

    If at first you succeed

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    If at first you succeed

    The creator of the decade’s most-lauded TV drama, turns his satirical eye to tech bros.

    Host of The Chase New Zealand revealed

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    Paul Henry revealed as host of The Chase New Zealand

    Broadcaster Paul Henry has been named as the host of The Chase New Zealand, a gig which he accepted with "no hesitation".

    Obituary: Richard Chamberlain, actor

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    Obituary: Richard Chamberlain, actor

    Soap star turned king of the mini series, Richard Chamberlain was an actor whose craft was perhaps never fully recognised.

    'It's rough': Kath and Kim star has cancer

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    'It's rough': Kath and Kim star has cancer

    Prominent Australians are backing much-loved comedian Magda Szubanski after she revealed her diagnosis with an "obscure" cancer.

    Cheers actor George Wendt dies

    George Wendt. Photo: Getty Images

    Cheers actor George Wendt dies

    Comic actor George Wendt, best known for his Emmy-nominated supporting role as the beer-bellied barfly Norm on Cheers has died. He was 76.

    Obituary: Michelle Trachtenberg, actress

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    Obituary: Michelle Trachtenberg, actress

    Former child star Michelle Trachtenberg graduated from child roles to star in several well-regarded TV shows.

    ‘Real Housewives’ bring the drama to our doorstep

    Pictured while filming in Queenstown last winter are some of the Real Housewives of Sydney cast,...

    ‘Real Housewives’ bring the drama to our doorstep

    Queenstown's taken a starring role in the latest season of reality TV show The Real Housewives of Sydney.

    Going with the floes in northern exposure

    Bailey Poching as radio DJ Colin.

    Going with the floes in northern exposure

    Bailey Poching plays a radio DJ looking for love in Netflix’s new Arctic comedy.

    'I thought I knew penguins. I was so wrong'

    'I thought I knew penguins. I was so wrong'

    Years of filming, often in extreme conditions, has provided new insights into the extraordinary challenges endured by penguins for a series to be premiered on the eve of Earth Day.

    Sisters ride their way to TV screens

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    Sisters ride their way to TV screens

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    Obituary: Brian Murphy, actor

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    Obituary: Brian Murphy, actor

    Living his on-screen life as a put-upon figure, actor Brian Murphy was the mainstay of several hit television shows playing, as he termed it, "old codgers".
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