Pulp Sport was a TV show filmed in New Zealand, that mixes sport with various styles of comedy. The hosts Jamie Linehan and Ben Boyce acted under their respective pseudonyms Bill and Ben, performing a half hour of various sports based skits. They are usually accompanied by an anthropomorphic fox Mascot.
'Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger was a New Zealand science-based reality television series broadcast on TV3. Each episode saw the two hosts, James Coleman and Greg Page, work to produce a "new and improved" version of a household appliance or object. At the beginning of each episode, the hosts selected their team from a combined pool of five people, four of whom had skills that were of value to the project, and one of whom did not. They then spent the remainder of the day in a shed producing the new device, before holding competitive tests the following morning. The tests were adjudicated by Kirsten Pederson. Before the series aired, Coleman told news media that the episode in which he attempted to make a clothes drier from a lawnmower engine and an angle grinder was a near-disaster, as "The clothes ended up being distributed in specks of cotton around the laundry and the hooks flew off and embedded themselves around the set," but "Luckily, they didn't kill or blind anyone." The series was nominated for an Aotearoa Film & Television Award in 2011.
Firstline is a New Zealand morning news programme produced by 3 News, the news division of TV3. The two-and-a-half hour programme, designed to compete with TVNZ's Breakfast, first went to air on 7 March 2011. It was hosted by Rachel Smalley until mid-2013, after which the host's seat rotated amongst other 3 News presenters. Sports news is presented by Sam Ackerman. Firstline features regular technology segments including Tech Bytes on Thursdays, and commentary by Steve Simms, Paul Spain or Ben Gracewood on Mondays. Unlike most other morning news services, Firstline is solely a news show and does not include magazine or lifestyle segments, instead choosing to focus on recent current events, with reports from 3 News reporters and live or pre-recorded interviews.
Reality Trip is a documentary series (seven one hour episodes), which takes five young Kiwi consumers to three different countries to see where the products they buy come from – computers, bananas, costume jewellery, clothes, and tea. They’re products most New Zealanders buy without thinking about their origins and who makes them.
A selection of stand-up comedians are given the titles of real lectures but none of the content. Host Becky Lucas invites some of the funniest people in New Zealand to give their own version of that lecture.
Target is a New Zealand consumer advice show. It's hosted by Carly Flynn and Brooke Howard-Smith. The show has run for 11 seasons and remains one of New Zealand's highest rated factual programs and has won 1 Qantas Media Award. As of 2013, the show is on hiatus
INTO THE VALLEY is a four part documentary series that takes us into the lives of the people from both sides of the line who experienced the Tuhoe raids in 2007, when government forces attack a remote New Zealand indigenous community in search of domestic terrorism. An in-depth and personal story, as told by the people of Tuhoe young adults who were children caught up in the raids, artist-activist Tame Iti, as well as politicians, and police officers. Told with retrospective insight, film excerpts, archives along a personal ride deep into the valley.
3pm is a New Zealand children's show hosted by Suzy Cato. It screened on the independent station TV3 in 1992, and featured an oversized pumpkin, games, interviews, viewers' mail and cartoons. The show was produced by the television company Kids' TV Ltd. 3PM is also an acronym for Product-Project-Portfolio Management, or alternatively Project-Program-Portfolio Management.
Nightline is a New Zealand late night news show currently on TV3 hosted by Sacha McNeil. Nightline, hosted usually in the 10.30pm to 11.00pm timeslot, has a high focus on the arts and current events. It competes directly with TVNZ's Tonight show. Nightline generally runs the entire year, its timeslot being pushed later on some occasions to cater to long-running shows, but traditionally takes a short break over the Christmas period. Previous hosts have included Rachel Smalley, Samantha Hayes, Carly Flynn, Carolyn Robinson, Leanne Malcolm, Sarah Bradley, Joanna Paul and Belinda Todd.
Hitched is a New Zealand Reality TV show filmed by Cream Media and broadcast by TV3 following couples behind the scenes on the journey towards the biggest day of their lives, their wedding. How do couples today celebrate their union, is Marriage still religious, a Rite of passage, expression of love and commitment or an excuse for a party? In reality, weddings can be an expensive, stressful and sometimes a traumatic affair. There can be tremendous pressure for everything to be just perfect, but what is a perfect wedding? Hitched Season 1, screened Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8pm on TV3. Hitched Season 2, screened Tuesday, April 13 at 8pm on TV3.
