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These were the best 10 TV shows of 2024
From reality TV to sci-fi, here are the shows that stood out for reviewer Karl Puschmann.
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Critics Choice: NZ stars and Kiwi spinoff show score nominations
13 Dec 2024New Zealand-born actress Anna Sawai, Kiwi actor Antony Starr and the What We Do in the Shadows spinoff will face some tough competition.
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Emilia Pérez scores 10 Golden Globes nominations
10 Dec 2024The nominees for 2025 included some former child superstars, along with some surprises.
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Neighbours star reveals terminal cancer diagnosis
3 Dec 2024Australian actor Ian Smith, 86, reveals he has left his role on the show after being diagnosed with a "very aggressive" form of cancer.
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What TV to watch in December
2 Dec 2024A gory horror flick, career vampires, and a colourful new season of Drag Race - everything you need for a break from the festive madness.
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Why surreal sitcom The Mighty Boosh captured an entire generation
Come with us on a journey through time and space to reflect on a cultural moment, 20 years after it first aired. Video
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Rivals: Adapting a 'bonkbuster' for a 21st-century TV audience
20 Nov 2024The bonkbuster receded into the background of popular culture in the 21st century. So why is it having a cultural moment in 2024? Video
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What happens to the leftover facts from QI?
Ten years ago, four self-described dorks gathered around a microphone to share interesting facts that they had learnt that week. Audio
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What happened to the wife of former councillor Peter Beckett?
12 Nov 2024His wife drowned in Canada in 2010, and he maintains he tried to save her. A year later he was charged with her murder.
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How Gina Chick deals with the grief of losing her three-year-old daughter
8 Nov 2024The winner of series Alone talks to Anika Moa about going through breast cancer and chemo while pregnant, and the heartbreak of losing her daughter, Blaise, to the same disease at three years old.
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Dawson's Creek actor James Van Der Beek reveals cancer diagnosis
In a statement provided to US media outlet People magazine, the 47-year-old said he had been "privately dealing with this diagnosis".
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The Diplomat is back, here's what you need to know
The first season of The Diplomat was a smash hit - and with the US presidential election around the corner, it's never been a better time to watch. Video
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Jack and Michael Whitehall: 'We push each other's buttons'
The Travels With My Father stars say they often undermine each other, but "it's all underpinned by a great love and affection". Video, Audio
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Actor Craig Parker to enjoy 'amazing cosplays' at Armageddon
26 Oct 2024NZ actor Craig Parker has spent his career playing villains with great hair, lycans, gladiators, and even the greatest lover in the French court. Audio
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The Office Australia is out today - how does it stack up?
More than 20 years after the original, we've given it a crack Down Under.
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Reality break: You are not big or clever for hating on reality TV
19 Oct 2024Opinion - The reality is that reality TV does not rot your brain. It's the opposite.
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Celebrity Treasure Island winner's secret is out of the bag
17 Oct 2024JP Foliaki gathered his friends and whānau together for a finale viewing party. "It's like a surreal feeling ... reliving it through watching the episode last night."
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The tragic real life story behind Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
17 Oct 2024Kirat Assi's world came crashing down after learning that a man she had been in a relationship with for eight years never really existed. Video
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Celebrity Treasure Island: Record breaking dig finally leads to a winner
17 Oct 2024After the longest ever final battle to find the buried treasure, one wet, tired celebrity bagged $100,000 for their charity.
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Bluey stage show coming to New Zealand
16 Oct 2024Bluey's Big Play The Stage Show, a theatrical adaptation of the animated show, will hit the road in April 2025. Audio
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What is the new boss of The Office Australia like?
14 Oct 2024Felicity Ward, who plays the character, describes her as "a baby goat on ice". Video, Audio
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How a home invasion changed Celebrity Treasure Island host's life
13 Oct 2024Originally hailing from Queensland, Bree Tomasel is best known on this side of the ditch as the co-host of Celebrity Treasure Island and a radio host on ZM. Audio
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TV drama centred on Polkinghorne trial in the works
10 Oct 2024No cast have been announced, The Mysterious Death of Pauline Hanna, but the production company is in talks with a major NZ writer and a local tv network has backed the project.
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The Office actor now 'cancer free' after surgery and chemo
The actor says she had undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiation for stage 1 triple positive breast cancer after a diagnosis last year.
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South Korean celebrities' Auckland pop-up proves a hit
7 Oct 2024An Auckland restaurant's dish, exported to a Seoul pop-up store for a reality TV show, has been popular among Koreans. Video
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Alone star Gina Chick: 'We're connected to something so vast'
5 Oct 2024Video - The reality show winner has been through some "pretty massive things", she opens up to RNZ about her journey. Audio
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Sepuloni has 'no regrets' after elimination from reality show
1 Oct 2024"I tried my hardest not to be the type of person that I might be embarrassed about later on when I was watching it back," the Labour MP for Kelston says.
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Dai Henwood: 'Optimism won't cure me, but pessimism will kill me'
30 Sep 2024The comedian likens the brutal regime of chemotherapy he has undergone to "keeping a classic car on the road".
