Mike Hosking's banter with Toni Street on Seven Sharp took a slide this week when he said: "I heard about the rumours about you in the old days on those hay bales."

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

Actor Kyle MacLachlan is maintaining the air of mystery about the coming third series of the cult TV drama Twin Peaks, 25 years on from the second.

Alison Mau has discussed for the first time how she was hounded by the media over her split with Simon Dallow and same-sex relationship.

We've got access up the wazoo but few shows set pulses racing, writes Karl Puschmann.

A Breaking Bad fanatic killed a police officer and dissolved his body in the bath after using Grindr to invite him over for a drug-fuelled sex party.

COMMENT: I would expect TVNZ to take the platform towards accommodating online pay TV, competing with Sky, John Drinnan writes.

Jade Thirlwall was left fighting in hospital after a battle with anorexia.

Australia's Next Top Model host Jennifer Hawkins is cancelling a slate of interviews so she won't have to talk about Trump.

"Nature made me a freak. Man me a weapon. And God made it last too long."

The Government has shaken up the way political parties can broadcast their messages, after compulsory election broadcasts failed to inspire voters.

The Walking Dead has a lot of explaining to do when season seven returns next week.

Auckland bartender and First Dates NZ star Johnny Almario has some important advice for those playing the dating game.

Anne Batley-Burton says bad blood has spilled off screen - she's only inviting one of her Real Housewives of Auckland co-stars to her birthday party.

He was suffering from a chest infection but Kiwi dance star Brendan Cole still soldiered on through Strictly Come Dancing.

Just days ago, Miranda told Sam Neill she'd bring back her sitcom if he asked her to, and now it's coming back.

The popular mobile game Candy Crush, downloaded millions of times around the world, will be turned into a live-action TV game show.

As The Simpsons nears the record for most episodes of an American scripted prime-time show - the Fox series celebrated its 600th episode, just 35 behind all-time champ Gunsmoke - the minds behind the animated program sometimes get hit with the question.

The X Factor judge gets around airline rules about pets on board, insisting the pooches are 'emotional support animals'.

Fans couldn't believe their eyes when a flashback scene featured a much younger version of Anthony Hopkins.

We're three episodes into HBO's Westworld, which means we should have a handle on this wacky Western theme park and the futuristic universe that surrounds it.

Real world and digital worlds are combining more rapidly as technology becomes increasingly accessible to more Kiwis.

The death of Janet Moses is a sad, difficult story, however the crime docu-drama Belief tells it with poise and clarity.

The company reported total revenue of $US2.29 billion and 3.57 million new streaming subscribers.

Luke Hemsworth was too "scared" to have breakfast with Sir Anthony Hopkins.

A streaming service provider marketed as "Bye Bye Sky" and a "Netflix killer" is selling fast in New Zealand, despite an internet piracy expert's warnings.

Actor Emmett Skilton shot to fame playing the skinny Viking god Axl in The Almighty Johnsons. Now he is directing the hit comedy web series Auckward Love.

A former Breakfast presenter says she is enjoying her new life away from TVNZ's flagship morning news show, which underwent a major overhaul recently.

Australian fans thought Rove had lost his mind last Friday, but he was actually just nailing a dare.

Everything I read said Westworld stunk. I watched it anyway.