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Who won, who lost in the first television leaders’ debate? I name the biggest...
Well, I won’t keep you in suspense. It wasn’t Goff. And it wasn’t Key. It was you and me – the voting public. We were conned by Television New Zealand into thinking that for an hour-and-a -half last...
View ArticleA UK TV comedy show that we really should have in Godzone
I’ve just discovered this UK comedy show on You Tube. Haven’t stopped laughing since. It’s called Mock The Week. Can we have this on NZ TV please! Here’s a brief sample:
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Why Fair Go must never be afraid to bite the hand that feeds it.
I probably should have commented on this story earlier, but the repossession of Q and Livy’s car, sold to them by an unlicensed dealer on Trade Me with a $7,000 debt owing to Pacific Dawn Finance,...
View Article‘Unlikely Things…’ an occasional diversion.
From the hilarious BBC satire Mock the Week: Unlikely Things to read on a Valentine’s Day Card.
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Critics rave over brilliant new TV comedy series coming to our screens soon!!!
Coming to your TV screen soon!!! In the wake of The Artist, New Zealand’s first SILENT television programme - The Politically Incorrect Meaning of Life Show, starring Mr Bean as a hilarious Kiwi...
View ArticleTarget this week – Public Service Television or Gratuitous, Voyeuristic Sleaze?
[This post produced some strong responses from readers who considered I was being unfair to the producers of Target by accusing them of deliberately appealing to the prurient interests of viewers in...
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When Hone met Rachel – Now that was a surprise!
I was watching Rachel Smalley talk to Hone Harawira on The Nation this morning. This was a quite extraordinary interview for two reasons: First, Smalley is now without peer in New...
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TVNZ exchanges current-affairs for a mess of pottage at 7pm
[On the same day that this post was published TVNZ's Head of News and Current Affairs, Ross Dagan, resigned. Spooky eh?] I think it was my good friend Joe Atkinson who coined the term ‘morselisation’...
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Campbell versus Key – the wider issue.
The wider issue is television itself. Television does not deal well with complexity. This is particularly the case with commercial television which subscribes to the view that the average viewer has a...
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Is New Zealand TV suffering from thelephobia*?
Here are two breast cancer awareness ads – one from New Zealand, one from Scotland. Which one do you find more compelling? There have been some rather strange explanations as to why nipples are...
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