TV2 (NEW ZEALAND)

'TV2' is a television channel in New Zealand, which is owned and operated by TVNZ. It targets a younger audience than its sister network, TV One. TV2's line up consists of dramas, sitcoms, and reality shows both imported from the United States, and produced in New Zealand.

Contents

History

Programming

News Programming

Original Programming

Imported Programming

New Shows

Current Primetime Schedule

Logos

See also

External links

Sources

References

History

TV2 was formed following the dissolution of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in 1975, and took over the AKTV2 and CHTV3 stations in Auckland and Christchurch. It began broadcasting in those cities on 30 June of that year, but did not begin broadcasting in Wellington until that November.
TV2 opened with a Telethon for the St John Ambulance Service. As there was only one national link, and TV One had priority, TV2 used the link overnight to feed the next day's programmes between Auckland and Christchurch so they could be broadcast simultaneously.
In 1976 TV2 was renamed South Pacific Television, and along with TV One and Radio New Zealand it became part of the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ) in 1977.
In 1980 South Pacific Television (which reverted to its original name of TV2) and TV One merged to form Television New Zealand, with the promise of 'complementary programming'.
In 1981, tenders were called for the supply of programmes for TV2's morning slot. The following year Northern Television began producing programmes as the first private enterprise TV broadcaster in the country. In 1983 Northern TV was forced to close due to high costs and low advertising revenue.
The National government debated selling off TV2 to a private enterprise in 1983, but this did not happen. In 1988 the Labour government dissolved BCNZ, and deregulated the broadcasting market. With the launch of TV3 in 1989, TV2 (now rebranded 'Channel 2') moved away from complementary programming and repositioned itself as an entertainment channel, leaving more serious programming to TV One. In 1995 Channel 2 reverted to its old name, TV2.
On September 22 2007, TV2 is expected to go into 16:9 widescreen on Freeview 24 hours a day.

Programming

TV2 screens a variety of local and international (mostly American) shows. Apart from 20/20, news and sport is usually catered for by sister channel TV One.

News Programming

News and sport is usually catered for by sister channel TV One. However, the show does feature one news show, 20/20, based on the American show of the same name. While TV2 has never had its own newscast, TV2 once featured headline updates at the top of the hour, but these were discontinued in 2002. TV2 does broadcast headlines for the ONE News bulletin at 5:00pm and 5:30pm.

Original Programming

TV2's original programming is also produced and filmed in New Zealand.. Due to the small population of New Zealand, and TV2's small viewing audience when compared to TV networks in America and the United Kingdom, most shows have a low budget as the television viewing audience in New Zealand is not large enough to justify high cost programming. Many shows also rely on government subsidies provided via New Zealand On Air. Most of TV2’s original programming is reality shows, which are known to be much cheaper to produce than scripted programming.
Notable current original programming includes:

★ Radio Waves. (This was canned before the rival TV1 soap opera "Close To Home" was)

★ Shortland Street

★ Neighbours At War

★ Motorway Patrol

★ 20/20

★ Moon TV

★ Sensing Murder

★ NZ Idol

★ Police Ten-7

★ Mitre 10 Dream Home

★ Treasure Island

★ My House My Castle
Notable past original programming includes:

★ Flipside

★ NZ Idol

★ Police Stop

Imported Programming

The majority of TV2's line up is imported from other television markets, mostly from the United States. TV2 has a contract with the ABC for supply of most of its American programmes. Programmes also come from the NBC and CBS. Notably, TV2 features no shows from FOX, apart from American Idol, The O.C., and Mad TV as American Idol is distrubuted by Fremantle Media. The The O.C and MAD TV are supplied through TVNZ's Warner Bros. agreement, as FOX has an exclusive agreement with TV2's main rival, TV3. In a rare situation, TV2 is currently screening episodes of ABC drama Men in Trees months in advance of the US, as ABC decided to attach these episodes onto the second season of the show.
Notable Imported programming includes:

★ Desperate Housewives ★ The Amazing Race ★ Ugly Betty ★ Lost ★ ER ★ Men in Trees ★ Grey's Anatomy ★ American Idol ★ The O.C. ★ Primeval

New Shows

These shows will come to TV2 in the near future. Most of the shows have in fact been canceled in their country of origin but TV2 will still screen many of them.

Program	Type	Nation	Original Network	Status In Home Nation
Charm School	Reality		TV2	Yet to premiere
Entourage	Drama		HBO	Active
Happy Hour	Sitcom		FOX	Canceled
In Case of Emergency	Sitcom		ABC	Canceled
The Class	Sitcom		CBS	Canceled
The Knights of Prosperity	Sitcom		ABC	Canceled
Twenty Good Years	Sitcom		NBC	Canceled
Smith	Drama		CBS	Canceled
The Nine	Drama		ABC	Canceled
Traveler	Drama		ABC	Canceled
Six Degrees	Drama		ABC	Canceled
Notes from the Underbelly	Sitcom		ABC	Renewed for a second season
Four Kings	Sitcom		NBC	Canceled
Torchwood	Drama		BBC Three	Renewed for a second season
Primeval	Drama		ITV	Renewed for a second season
Kyle XY	Sci-Fi		ABC	Renewed for a second season

Current Primetime Schedule

	7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
SUN	''The Zoo''	''Sunday Premiere Movie''				''Sunday Late Night Movie ★ ''
MON	''Shortland Street''	''		''Brothers and Sisters''		''Ghost Whisperer''
TUE		''The Amazing Race''		''Sensing Murder''		''Police Ten-7''	''Motorway Patrol''
WED		''Two and a Half Men''	''Scrubs''	''The Nine''		''The Contender 3''
THU		''Supernanny''		''McLeod's Daughters''		''20/20''
FRI		''Freddie''	''Four Kings''	''What About Brian''		''The Friday Night Project''	''Distraction''
SAT	''The Class''	''†''		''Saturday Night Movie''

''News and Current Affairs'' are in 'Grey';
''Drama'' is in 'Blue';
''Sitcoms'', ''Animation'' and ''Comedy'' are in 'Purple';
''Lifestyle programs'' are in 'Green';
''Factual programs'' and ''Documentaries'' are 'Yellow';
''Reality'', ''Game shows'' and ''Talk shows'' are in 'Red';
''Sport'' is in 'Orange';
''Movies'' are in 'Pink'.
The above represents TV2's usual primetime schedule. It does not reflect one-off events, and program starting times may vary from those shown. This schedule is current as of 2007-08-07. For up-to-date information, see TV2's online television guide. (link).
★ This programme will start anytime after 9:30pm and continues until at least 11:30pm. †This programme is interrupted for 5 minutes at 8:00pm for the Lotto draw.

Logos

'TV2' has had numerous logos throughout its history. The current logo is highly comparable to that of BBC Two.

See also

''For a more extensive list of programs screened on TVNZ, see List of TVNZ television programming''.

External links

★ Official Site

Sources

★ TVNZ

References