Google and Facebook create almost no content themselves.

A major US deal could have repercussions in the local market.

It's easy to sacrifice John Banks. It's a lot harder to stop funding racism.

One horrific graph shows reveals how housing costs have risen far faster than wages.

Judith Collins reflects on life in politics and why she's treated differently to the PM.

The ability to retain the subsidy is why businesses are now declaring big profits.

TVNZ's cull is mystifying on multiple levels, writes Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: Duncan Greive looks back at the historic lockdown, and how it was achieved.

Reality television has arrived on Netflix in the shame of strange cooking show Nailed It!

The Push is 'the most nightmarish and provocative piece of pop culture in human history'.

Key, Hosking and English were NZ's power structure, is generation shift to blame change?

I watched three shows over the summer - none of them would've existed 5 years ago.

The shock resignation of Hosking has led to Three playing some aggressive media chess.

It allows everyday people the chance to shine on national television in a made-up sport.

Honesty of MAFS makes The Bachelor seem too kitsch to continue.

The Menendez Murders is surprisingly complex and in-depth for a Law & Order instalment.

Doctor Foster is back on our screens and it's more confronting than ever.

Who Owns New Zealand Now blames the housing crisis on Chinese buyers - with no evidence.

The days of Jeremy Clarkson, Paul Henry and Mike Hosking are coming to an end.

Julia Sloane's attempting a feature-length comeback after her infamous racial slur.

The new Attitude series In My Mind deserves a better timeslot, writes Duncan Greive.

Duncan Greive says while Netflix's had its failures, "none come close to...Filthy Rich".

Julie Christie made Kiwis watch themselves on TV. Why isn't she celebrated?

The Keepers is "harrowing but impossibly compelling" writes Duncan Greive.

Hyde & Seek is the third series from the creators of Filthy Rich - and easily their best.

Are we a nation of "fat phobic turds"? Survivor's first elimination suggested we might be.

Duncan Greive reviews the RNZ series The 9th Floor.

John Campbell is back on the small screen as Checkpoint makes its television debut.

COMMENT: The Hui changed the narrative on a major story this week, writes Duncan Greive.

The brilliance of I am Innocent is telling NZ stories we'd rather not see, but need to.

This year's slightly odd lot put real back in Reality TV.

New Zealand television has a problem. Too much talent.

Broadchurch is tackling a new crime this season with boldness and bravery, writes Duncan Greive.

Duncan Greive gives his verdict on the first episode of Three's new current affairs show

The Spinoff editor and Herald critic Duncan Greive recounts his failed journey through The Project's audition process.

COMMENT: Both shows, which screen in prime time on TVNZ1, show that while linear television might be on the way out, it's certainly not dead yet.

Mike Hosking and Toni Street have the biggest audience by far of any current affairs show on air. So why don't they make the most of it?

COMMENT: The Crowd Goes Wild maybe the cheapest show on NZ television, but it retains an unmistakable exuberance that Seven Sharp has never known.

COMMENT: Unfortunately, despite a strong start, Beware The Slenderman ends up an incomplete tangled mess.

Shortland Street's plots, sets, and character archetypes are rotating with a little too much regularity.

REVIEW: Thanks to the brooding charisma of Hardy and the scale of the battle he faces, Taboo possesses a pulpy magnetism which cannot be denied.

COMMENT: 2016 might be looked back on as the year television finally acknowledged that the good times wouldn't last forever.

We wanted Patrick Gower's eyes to pop over John Key's shock resignation. That's what we got, writes Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: Sky's new channel Viceland has launched today in hopes of bringing back younger audiences that have been stolen by streaming services.

Duncan Grieve reviews docudrama Pike River, praising its unflinching look into the tragedy surrounding the event.

COMMENT: The implications for NZ on Air are stark. They simply cannot keep funding programming if the audience is no longer watching it.

The exit of Paul Henry and the dumping of Story make for another miserable glut of headlines. But the talent that does remain, Duncan Garner and Guy Williams especially, lends hope that the darkest hour is before the dawn, writes Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: Though it endorses the lunacy of the monarchy, most will enjoy Victoria for the high grade and sharply constructed period drama it is.

COMMENT: Thanks to Insecure and Atlanta, each are quietly revolutionary the idea of African American sitcoms.

The plight of promising pilot Animals shows what's wrong with the local television industry, writes Duncan Greive.

Funny Girls sparkles with promise and frequently delivers piercing insight and always a wild charisma and energy, but it also has issues.

Last night's debut of the much-heralded Westworld - a bloated, pompous sci-fi Western - proves the Golden Age of television is over.

COMMENT: Instead of having JonBenét Ramsay's story retold, in this doco we're given fascinating insight on the re-examination solving her murder.

COMMENT: If you were to pick an auteur film talent to bring hip hop's origin story to TV, it's unlikely Baz Luhrmann would figure on your list.

COMMENT: The name Kiwi Living last year felt like some exclusive club. Now, quite unexpectedly, they seem to want everyone to feel at home.

COMMENT: The nuance and power of the the piece was indisputable, a monument to bravery and what television can still achieve if it aspires to.

The Real Housewives of Auckland might be appallingly timed but it is the most entertaining television of the year, writes Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: Television has lost out to the internet, and it's time everyone - including funding body NZ On Air - acknowledged it.

COMMENT: The fact "reality TV isn't real" still gets regular play as a Big Reveal is one of the best running jokes in our media.

COMMENT: I was surprised at the news of the renewal of Filthy Rich, as I was far from the only critic to find the show a dated, horny mess.

A new TV series on Boomers and their lovely homes feels wrong amid the housing crisis they helped cause, says one TV critic.

Maori television's brilliant new drama This Is Piki should be screened daily on mainstream TV, writes Duncan Greive.

Despite the show becoming perhaps the signature cultural phenomenon of this era, it also had begun to suck, writes Duncan Greive.

Orenthal James Simpson has roared back into the public consciousness this year, and this riveting documentary is irresistibly compelling television.

The Secret, based on a bizarre true story, is both painstakingly paced and a show in a hurry.

I spent my family holiday immersed in child murder.

A Serial-style podcast investigates a series of unsolved murders in Australia dating back to the early 90s - and it's riveting listening.

COMMENT: Veteran film-maker Bryan Bruce delivered one of NZ's worst hours of television last night, as he took a ''rambling, incoherent" look at NZ's school system.

R&R and Back Benches are seriously entertaining - but you need commitment to catch them, writes Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: After 10 weeks of some of the most interminable and vacuous television, season two of The Bachelor exploded like an over-cooked saveloy.

COMMENT: Duncan Greive looks back at the brief and blighted Mark Weldon era at MediaWorks.

It's easy to forget that TV3's news division, as well as currently providing the country's best drama, also continues to function on a daily basis.

The shock resignation of Hilary Barry from Mediaworks represents a bigger blow than any of the other high profile TV3 newsroom departures, says Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: Everything about the story stank to high heaven: the dresses were purchased for her, and had a book value of less then $800.

COMMENT: A year in Paul Henry is in the rudest health of any TV3 news product this side of the peerless The Nation, writes Duncan Greive.

So - was Celebrity Family Feud cross-promotional heaven or hell, asks Duncan Greive.

COMMENT: A long time ago, before HD and broadband and snackable content, there was a little sitcom that went by the name of Step By Step.

Last night's episode of Shortland Street saw the debut of a trans character, played by a trans actor. But the show has tackled important social issues from day one, writes Duncan Greive.