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New seasons of Mad Men and Veep make it a Very Important Programmes week on SoHo. After a couple of months of filler programming, the premium drama channel has regained its original promise, with must-see fare like season three of Game of Thrones, British thriller Good Cop, an episode of Showrunners (8.00 Tuesday) about Todd [...]

US critics are in an effusive frenzy over season three of Game of Thrones, which premieres here Monday (SoHo, 8.30) within three-and-a-half hours hours of its HBO debut. This is the medieval fantasy’s fastest turnaround yet on NZ TV — although Australia’s Foxtel will screen it even earlier. Foxtel’s Showtime will premiere the first of [...]

HD isn’t the only new normal on TV3 — it’s also the name of its latest gay parenting sitcom. Not surprisingly, the network is teaming it with Friday night re-runs of Modern Family from March 22. From Glee creator Ryan Murphy, The New Normal stars The Hangover’s Justin Bartha and Girls’ Andrew Rannells as a gay [...]

They won’t match Game of Thrones’ lightning-fast turnaround but the latest seasons of Veep and Mad Men also are being fast-tracked to air on SoHo. The Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy about a US vice-president will start its second season on April 18 and Mad Men its sixth season on April 14. SoHo’s Veep broadcasts will lag [...]

Don Draper may never have looked more dapper than in the season-five Blu-ray of Mad Men. “Mad Men: Season Five moves from the Super-35 format of the previous seasons to a native high definition production captured on Arri Alexa cameras with Panavision Primo lenses at ProRes 4:4:4 (1080p/24) resolution. “It arrives on Blu-ray in a [...]

How many more Emmy Awards does The Daily Show With Jon Stewart have to win before it’s picked up for broadcast here? On Monday it won its tenth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series, the longest streak in Emmy history, and its eighth Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Yet its continuing neglect here, to [...]

When will Sky TV pay the Emmy Awards the HD respect it does the Academy Awards? The irony of the satcaster dumping TV’s answer to the Oscars on its SD entertainment channel, Vibe, is many of the nominees that stand to win big are being showcased in HD on SoHo. Vibe largely is a re-run platform for [...]

SoHo Highlight: Mad Men (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Season finale: As the partners consider expanding the office space, Don begins seeing ghosts, Pete’s affair comes to a disappointing end, and Megan’s mother briefly reunites with Roger. “All told it was more of a creative roller coaster this season on Mad Men,” said The Hollywood Reporter. “I liked [...]

SoHo Highlight: Mad Men (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1)  Lane’s world comes crashing down after getting busted for forging Don’s signature on a check; Sally experiences an awkward rite of passage while spending the weekend with the Drapers. “This drama is recovering its poise as it heads towards the season’s conclusion,” said The Guardian of the penultimate episode. [...]

SoHo Highlight: Mad Men (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Peter asks Joan to make an unspeakable sacrifice to help secure the Jaguar account; Peggy prepares to make a drastic move in response to Don’s treatment; Megan’s acting career creates tension between her and Don.The Hollywood Reporter called it “another outstanding episode” while Esquire magazine said it was about ”what [...]