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Trekkies and True Blood fans will be over the (full) moon about this week’s TV-on-Blu-ray premieres. To coincide with Star Trek Into Darkness’ box office run — it grossed the third highest opening week of the year here – Paramount is releasing three enterprising collections. They range from Star Trek Stardate Collection: I – X, a [...]

SoHo will screen the eighth and final season of Dexter only hours after its US broadcast but True Blood again will air first on Prime. Sky’s premium HD drama channel has just announced its July highlights, which are headed by Dexter, and seasons two of Magic City and The Newsroom. But there’s no sign of True [...]

Season Pemiere: Shameless (TV2, 11.30, 5.1) It’s summertime and the Gallaghers are hustling. Far better than the UK original, this “black-as-coal comedy” returns for another late-night HD run. One US critic reckons summer brings out the best in the Gallaghers: “The warm weather brings with it a slightly more relaxed tone. The Gallaghers are still under constant threat [...]

Network Movie Premiere: Knight and Day (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) How’s this for mission impossible: a silly secret agent romp that entertains despite being top-heavy with star power and a screenplay rewritten so often that the difference between it and the original is like night and day. Yes, the title’s dire but, as a classic odd couple caught [...]

SoHo Highlight: The Newsroom (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Mac asserts her control of the News Night rundown; Jim takes a fall for Maggie; a break-up secret gets out. As The Huffington Post observed at this early stage of the news drama’s run: “There appears to be an interesting critical split emerging around The Newsroom. Reviewers – including myself – have [...]

Season Premiere: Grey’s Anatomy (TV2, 8.35, 5.1) The careers and relationships of Seattle Grace’s finest hang in the balance – who will sink and who will shine? Chances are anyone remotely interested in this sudsfest already will know, thanks to TV2 taking almost a year to screen the “latest” season (season nine goes to air next month in [...]

SoHo Premiere: The Newsroom (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) For one night only — Aaron Sorkin’s talky take on the cable new business that US critics have both roasted and toasted. SoHo was going to launch the series this month but rather than risk it getting lost amid Olympic Games headlines, has opted to hold it [...]

This week HBO renewed rookie drama The Newsroom after just one episode — and only hours ahead of the second tanking in the ratings. The premiere screens Sunday July 18 on SoHo (Sky 10, 8.30) and is being previewed, in HD, on Sky’s on-demand service from Sunday. (The series will air 8.30 Mondays from August 13.) [...]

SoHo will premiere Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom on July 18 but won’t screen the series proper until August. It had intended to debut the cable news drama 10 days earlier, with subsequent episodes to air thereafter. But rather than risk the series getting lost amid next month’s wall-to-wall Olympics coverage, Sky’s opted to tease SoHo [...]

NZ will be among the first territories to see “easily the most buzzworthy show” of the LA Screenings, The Newsroom. An updated Broadcast News meets The West Wing, the behind-the-scenes-of-a-cable news network drama is from Aaron Sorkin. He not only wrote the long-running White House drama series but also won an Oscar for the screenplay [...]