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TV2
CountryNew Zealand New Zealand
Ownership
OwnerTVNZ

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.

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.

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:

Notable past original programming includes:

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:

New Shows

These shows will come to TV2 in the near future.[citation needed]

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

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 Pop's Ultimate Star Sunday Night Movie
MON Shortland Street Shortland Street My House My Castle Desperate Housewives Men in Trees
TUE The Amazing Race 11 Ugly Betty Motorway Patrol Nailed, Sorted, Exposed
WED The War At Home Scrubs Primeval Nip/Tuck
THU Supernanny Grey's Anatomy 20/20
FRI Freddie The New Adventures Of Old Christine What About Brian Balls Of Steel Distraction
SAT 8 Simple Rules Fear Factor† Saturday Night Movie

News and Current Affairs are in Grey; Drama is in Blue; Sitcoms, Animation and Comedy are in Purple; 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 2007-07-15. For up-to-date information, see TV2's online television guide. (link). †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.

Sources

References

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