Latest from Colin Hogg on television

Colin Hogg: Road doco a bit on pedestrian side

Its a strange and slightly sad state of affairs weve reached where anything faintly sensible and informative on television seems so out of place.

Colin Hogg: Checking in on Henry's late show

Paul Henry's newsreading sidekick is too good looking to be heard - not that there was much news last week, writes Colin Hogg.

Colin Hogg: Food race looks good, tastes awful

It's too long, too drawn out and just too plain silly to really care about, much less care which bright-eyed young couple eventually won, writes Colin Hogg.

Colin Hogg: Three down, one to go

Jesse Mulligan's gone - will Hosking soon be fronting yak-powered Seven Sharp solo?

Colin Hogg: Ode to Aotearoa defies the cynics

An embarrassing thing about living in a small country is that awful need to know what visitors think of us and our place, writes Colin Hogg.

Colin Hogg: Simpsons at 25 still pushing limits

It's odd to consider that the ever-young, ever-popular Simpsons cartoon television series has been with us for a quarter of a century, writes Colin Hogg. In TV terms, it's almost as much a dinosaur as Coronation Street.

Colin Hogg: Best Bits short on laughs

Watching free-to-air television at the moment isn't for wimps. It's so dull at times you might find yourself out taking the dog for a long walk, writes Colin Hogg.

Colin Hogg: Play it again, Sam... but let's have some more stories

I didn't watch last night's first episode of the new series of <i>3rd Degree</i>, TV3's flagship current affairs show, because of its feature story. I watched because of Samantha Hayes, its new co-presenter.

Colin Hogg: It's the plane crazy news

It's hard to tell whether television loves or hates those news stories that refuse to unfold, the ones that have no easy answers, writes Colin Hogg.

Colin Hogg: Between a frock and a hard place

Relegated to the summer viewing wilderness, wedding dressmaker show feels oddly mean-spirited, writes Colin Hogg.

Colin Hogg: Few gems among yuletide turkeys

There's no such thing as bad television. There's just some stuff you wouldn't watch unless your life depended on it, and that's a little hard to imagine.

2013 TV: 'Fluff and wobbly bits'

Colin Hogg: Seven Sharp due for merciful death

TV One's evening current affairs show will one day be looked back on with embarrassment, writes Colin Hogg.

Colin Hogg: Kiwi comedy shakes us out of daze

Coarse, confronting and occasionally profound Auckland-based comedy series just what we've been missing.

Colin Hogg: Grime-time TV desperate viewing

Stephen Fry's comic quiz show a welcome relief from crazy clean-aholics and talent show train-wrecks.

Colin Hogg: Hard to tell real life from real dross

Television seems to like the idea of reality-based programming but obviously has no idea what it means, writes Colin Hogg.

Colin Hogg: Tem's everyday life an open book

If Temuera Morrison is the answer, then what on earth was the question?

Colin Hogg: Camping out in mainstream

Norton's excitability still locked on maximum as 14th series starts, writes Colin Hogg.