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TV3 will use two-hour specials of The Block NZ to launch HD dramas The Killing and Smash. The Killing, both seasons of which already have aired on SoHo, will screen 9.30 Wednesdays from September 5 and the musical drama Smash, 9.30 Thursday from September 6. From September 13, Smash’s lead-in will be The X-Factor USA, [...]

SoHo will follow season two of The Killing, which continues tonight at 8.30 on Sky 10, with the subtitled Danish original, Forbrydelsen.  The bad news is it won’t screen in HD but the good news is it’s much better than the US re-make. It was released here on DVD last year and series two comes out [...]

SoHo Highlight: The Killing (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Double-episode season-two premiere of a whodunit that polarised many viewers with its inconclusive season-one finale. “If you’re moving on with The Killing, you’re either a sucker for punishment or a hopeless fan of Detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and her Scandinavian sweaters,” declared the Philadelphia Daily News. “The good [...]

Early reviews for Mad Men, which resumes next month on SoHo (along with Game of Thrones and The Killing), suggest season five is as sharp as dapper Don Draper’s wardrobe. Entertainment Weekly said the two-hour premiere — the first new Mad Man episode in 17 months and the first to be directed by star Jon [...]

Season one of SoHo’s The Killing has been quietly withdrawn from sale after TV3 objected to its March 14 release on Blu-ray and DVD. The network owns the murder mystery through its output deal with 20th Television, which distributes Fox Television Studios productions. But under the terms of the contract, Sky TV can opt to [...]

Having proved there is an audience for blue-chip natural history documentaries in primetime with Frozen Planet, let’s hope the next batch TVNZ buys from the BBC are in HD. Anyone who compares the Blu-ray of Frozen Planet, which went on sale today, with the SD broadcast won’t regret their purchase. As well as superior resolution [...]

SoHo Highlight: The Killing (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Encore screening of the season finale that angered critics and will surprise those who have seen the superior Danish original (which is on DVD). As Entertainment Weekly observed: “The Killing concluded its first season with an ambiguous ending that seemed less thought-out than anxious — for something that would strike viewers [...]

The Killing ends its first season tonight on SoHo (Sky 10, 8.30) but fans won’t have to wait long for the second. It will premiere on Sky’s premium drama channel in April, along with season two of Game of Thrones, season five of Mad Men and the miniseries, The Pillars of the Earth. Pillars will [...]

SoHo Highlight: Missing (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) In episode 11 of 13, Sarah and Holder discover more on Rosie, but the investigation stalls when they have to set out on a search for Jack. “In terms of the larger story this show is telling, Missing was absolutely pointless, and yet another reminder that it’s very hard to stretch a [...]

SoHo Highlight: The Killing (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) The cops regroup while Richmond goes up in the polls; Stan faces consequences for his ill-thought out actions, leaving Mitch alone to keep the family afloat. ”This week’s episode, which after the absurd twists and turns of Stonewalled and Undertow, felt like a modest step in the right direction,” The AV Club [...]