OpinionColin Hogg: Best Bits struggles to live up to its name"I felt slightly embarrassed just watching it, though at least it didn't look like it was wasting an awful lot of taxpayer or anyone else's money," writes Colin Hogg.22 Jul 09:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Thank goodness this oh-so-nice X Factor is nearly overI feel so much older now than when X Factor NZ launched, writes Colin Hogg.21 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Retail therapy, nostalgic and tragicI was a little nervous about watching <i>Hoarding: Buried Alive</i>, a new reality series that launched last week.15 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Eliminations shatter the dreamsSome people have been saying awful things about Mitre 10 Dream Home, writes Colin Hogg.08 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Breakfast serves up cheesy bites'Why don't you write something about <i>Breakfast</i>?" I've been asked a few times lately by people who seem quite exercised about the show's awfulness.01 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Singing contest misses an x-factor of its ownNow down to the last six performers standing, last night's episode in the endless singing contest series was a lame, tame effort, writes Colin Hogg.30 Jun 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Mothers rule in search for sons' bridesShe's very good to her mother," my own mother used to say, by way of drawing my attention to the dateless daughters of friends of hers.24 Jun 09:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Light, fluffy - is it news or an omeletteIt seems something of a modern media miracle that our two big broadcasters still offer primetime local current affairs television shows, but they both do, God bless them.10 Jun 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Entranced by flood of Queen tributesColin Hogg woke up on Sunday a republican and went to bed a monarchist after watching a late-afternoon avalanche of tributes to Queen Elizabeth.03 Jun 09:11 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Live show hype hurting The Vote, X FactorWhat is it that makes television so excited when it's broadcasting live to the nation?27 May 08:40 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Hottest Home Baker a shock hitI had an awful dream, the sort of thing television critics can suffer, and in it I imagined a new TV series.20 May 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: X marks the spot ... but it's a missionThe bickering judges were more interesting than the mostly-uninspired performances on X Factor last night, writes Colin Hogg.19 May 09:45 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Seven Sharp finally getting some edgeThat most picked-upon local television show of recent times, <i>Seven Sharp</i>, seems a little sharper these days, writes Colin Hogg.13 May 09:36 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Comics present good, stupid funOne of the problems with writing about television is that I have to look at more of the stuff than might actually be good for me.06 May 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Tortured talent takes literal turnIn case you hadn't noticed, there are suddenly singing contest shows all over television, most of them virtually the same, separated only by key words or even just a letter.29 Apr 10:00 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Two down ... and the conquest continuesX-Factor's strong start continued in its second episode, which featured more of "mean judge" Melanie Blatt, writes Colin Hogg.22 Apr 08:50 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Talent show has genuine X FactorEthan the apprentice embalmer didn't get through and neither did Sian the supermarket worker from Matamata, or Mason, the country-singing silage contractor from Gore21 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Remarkable shows restore faithProgramme on teenagers fighting flab overcomes clutter of cliches to succeed and Maori TV offers hope.15 Apr 09:25 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Plenty of hot air over weatherHickey, along with television's other primetime weather wizards, rarely has anything wise to say about what the sky has in store for us, writes Colin Hogg.08 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Blokey sports news is light reliefSeeking a change from all the seven o'clock current affairs tussling between TVs One and 3 every weeknight, I turned to The Crowd Goes Wild over on Prime.01 Apr 04:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Maori TV hits current affairs sweet spotThere is a middle ground in current affairs on television. It's called <i>Native Affairs</i> and it runs for an hour from 8.30 on Monday nights on Maori TV.18 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionTV review: Spare us Anna GuyWho knew current affairs would be free-to-air TV's new competitive sport?06 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionFair Go's Hansel finds GretelIn the merciless world of New Zealand television, Fair Go is some sort of miracle - marked out to live forever apparently.04 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Unsettling look at our shaky islesI felt like I'd gone back to the future on Sunday night when I turned to Prime and came upon one of those most rare and ancient beasts though it took a disaster to make it.25 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Current affairs experiment gone wrongSince the new show launched two weeks ago, down and down their ratings have sunk, writes Colin Hogg. And no, there is no light at the end of this tunnel.18 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Black drama in The Blue RoseThe Blue Rose makes Auckland look like the kind of place where bodies might float in the harbour and all the good guys are bad, writes Colin Hogg.04 Feb 10:52 PM
OpinionTV: Idol can't beat BuzzcocksNot a multimillion-dollar budget and a panel of superstar judges from across the upper stratosphere of pop music, paid millions apiece just to appear.21 Jan 08:35 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Oddball docos-pointless but fun<i>Eliminating Basil</i> might have been a better title for <i>When Tourists Attack</i>, a British documentary that popped up last Thursday night on TV One.14 Jan 04:30 PM
