1990 in New Zealand television

none October 2021 December 2014 May 2024 1990 New Zealand television This is a list of New Zealand television events and premieres that occurred in 1990, the 31st year of continuous operation of television in New Zealand. Events 1 January – Welcome 1990 Haere Mai was broadcast on TV One. It marked the beginning of 24 hours of special, all-New Zealand TV programming and began with New Zealand feature films and excerpts from past television programmes. A three-hour entertainment special to celebrate 1990 was broadcast live from Bastion Point on TV One at 7.30pm that night. 17 January – The final episode of Gloss was broadcast on Channel 2 at 7.30pm. 24 January – The 1990 Commonwealth Games opened and TV One had live coverage. 9 February – The final weekday edition of The Early Bird Show was broadcast on TV3. The Early Bird Show was transferred to Saturday and Sunday mornings from 17 February onwards. 10 February – The New Zealand version of Treasure Hunt, based on the format of the French game show La Chasse au Trésor, premiered on TV One and screened Saturdays at 6.30pm, with Raylene Ramsay as studio host and Nick Tansley as direct skyrunner. 12 February – TV3's weekday transmission commenced at midday and all morning programming was dropped. The Oprah Winfrey Show premiered on TV3, as did the US soaps The Bold and the Beautiful and Another World. Nightline, as the late night edition of 3 National News, debuted and screened at 10.30pm. 16 February – RTR New Releases premiered on Channel 2. Screening Fridays at 4.30pm, RTR New Releases was the newest addition to the RTR portfolio (which included RTR Countdown and RTR Megamix) and devoted to 'the hottest of the week's new music releases' in a non-stop, video clip-based format. It later moved to 4.20pm as part of Friday's 3.45 Live!. 16 February – A Current Affair was dropped by TV3 due to poor ratings and strong competition from Holmes on TV One. 17 February - Channel 2 weekend morning programmes starts at 6.30am running seven days a week. 19 February – Programmes for North and South Island viewers commenced on TV One and screened weeknights as lead-ins to One Network News at 6pm. North Island viewers received Te Karere at 5.20pm and a sitcom rerun (i.e. M*A*S*H, WKRP in Cincinnati and George & Mildred during much of 1990) at 5.30pm. South Island viewers received a Bugs Bunny cartoon at 5.20pm, followed by a delayed broadcast of Te Karere (at 5.35pm), then The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) or The South Tonight (Dunedin) at 5.45pm. 19 February – Australian soap Home and Away moved from two double episodes a week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7.30-8.30pm) to five half hour episodes a week (Monday to Friday evenings) at 6pm. 3 National News moved from 6pm to 6.30pm, but the weekend edition remained at 6pm. 10 March – Sounz!, which began in November 1989, was added to the RTR portfolio and renamed RTR Sounz!. Hosted by Robert Rakete, RTR Sounz! was a blend of 'the hottest music video releases, instant phone-and-win prizes and live acts' and screened Saturdays at 10am on Channel 2 (straight after What Now). 12 March – 3.45 Live! returned to Channel 2 with two new hosts, Hine Elder and Phil Keoghan. 23 March – Australian science and technology programme Beyond 2000 premiered on Channel 2 and screened Fridays at 8.30pm. 25 March – 60 Minutes resumed on TV3 and screened Sundays at 7.30pm. The programme was dropped earlier this year and its resources was transferred to A Current Affair before being dropped altogether, leaving the network with no regular current affairs programme. 13 April - The popular French children's cartoon Bouli made its New Zealand television debut on Channel 2. 14 April – Top Town screened on Channel 2 at 7pm in one hour-long highlights package. 14 April – The Early Bird Show changed its name to EBS. 14 April – The weekend edition of 3 National News moved to 5.45pm and was reduced in duration to 15 minutes. Home and Away extended to seven nights a week at 6pm. 16 April – Thomas the Tank Engine began screening on TV3; it was shown weekdays at 3.20pm. 21 April – The 1990 Top Town Final screened on Channel 2 at 7pm and acted as the final episode of Top Town. The series was revived by TVNZ in 2009. 29 April – Marae, a block of Māori and Pacific Island programming, premiered on Channel 2 and screened Sundays from 10am–12pm during 1990. Each edition of Marae began with the archival documentary series Waka Huia at 10.05am and the Pacific news magazine Tagata Pasifika at around 11.05am. Panui ("The Word"), a media commentary segment, followed at around 11.28am and the last 25 minutes, from 11.35am, would be devoted to other programmes from TVNZ's Māori department: Pounamu (a docudrama series on seven leaders of Māoridom), Whakairo (a seven-part series which examined both contemporary and traditional Māori art), When the Haka Became Boogie (a seven-part series on Māori entertainers, musicians and artists), Revival (another opportunity to see past Koha programmes) and highlights from the 1990 National Aotearoa Cultural Festival at Waitangi. 29 April – A controversial Frontline documentary called For the Public Good was broadcast on TV One at 6.30pm. It explored the relationship between business and the Labour Government. The screening of the documentary led to a complaint from the New Zealand Business Roundtable and Treasury and an order for TVNZ to broadcast a correction and apology and to refrain from broadcasting advertising programmes via TV One from 6pm until closedown on the evening of Sunday 3 February 1991.https://www.bsa.govt.nz/images/assets/PDF-Decisions/1989-90/26-9014121990The-New-Zealand-Buisness-Roundtable.pdf New Zealand Business Roundtable and Treasury and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-026, 1990-027 2 May – TV3 was placed into receivership but continued to broadcast. Debut of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe on TV3, nearly 7 years after its original premiere. 18 May – Sky Network Television, New Zealand's first pay television service, began broadcasting to Auckland with three channels (Sky Movies, Sky Sport and CNN) on scrambled UHF frequencies. By mid-year, Sky extended its UHF service to Hamilton and Tauranga. 20 May – A second series of Pioneer Woman, over three parts, was broadcast on TV One in a mid-evening slot on Sunday nights. The first series was shown in 1983. 26 May – The final episode of It's in the Bag, from Kaikohe, was broadcast on TV One at 7pm. 2 June – The New Adventures of Black Beauty debuted on TV3 with a 90-minute series premiere at 6.30pm. The 26-part series screened Saturdays at 7.30pm. 13 June – The sitcom version of The Billy T James Show premiered on TV3 and screened Wednesdays at 7.30pm. 17 June – Opus, a weekly programme devoted to classical music and the performing arts, was replaced by a new series called 10AM. Screening Sundays at 10am–12pm (as the title suggested) on TV One, the series covered the arts spectrum, with news, reviews, features and performances in a magazine-style format. It combined locally produced items with content from The South Bank Show and the Australian series Arts World. 18 June – Home and Away moved to five days a week at 5pm on TV3, with The Oprah Winfrey Show in the new timeslot of 5.30pm (as a lead-in to 3 National News). 25 June – Joanna Paul replaced Philip Sherry as anchor of 3 National News at 6.30pm and presented both 3 National News and Nightline on weeknights. 9 July – The Westcott File, a current affairs segment presented by Genevieve Westcott, began screening as part of 3 National News at 6.30pm. 20 July – The final episode of the New Zealand version of A Question of Sport was broadcast on TV One at 8pm. A Question of Sport was revived by TVNZ in 1994. 22 July – A New Zealand produced episode of the aviation documentary series Reaching for the Skies entitled "An End to Isolation" was broadcast on TV3 at 6.30pm. It traced the development of aviation in New Zealand, with archive footage, interviews with some of the country's early aviators and a look at the impact flying had had on the Land of the Long White Cloud. 27 July – Breakfast News (half hourly news and weather bulletins between 7–8.30am) was last broadcast on Channel 2. August – Suzy Cato joined TV3 as co-host of EBS, alongside Russell Rooster and Kiri Kea. 1 August – The Billy T James Show took a break and was replaced by Larger than Life, an Australian sketch comedy series featuring The Comedy Company'''s Mark Mitchell, which took a not-very-serious look at life and its problems. Larger than Life screened Wednesdays at 7.30pm on TV3 and ran for six weeks. The Billy T James Show returned on 12 September. 6 August – The midday edition of One Network News was reduced in duration from a 15 minute bulletin to just five minutes. 9 August – The James Gang Rides Again, a documentary about Billy T James and five of his fellow heart transplant patients from Auckland's Green Lane Hospital, was broadcast on TV3 at 8.30pm. 13 August – Perigo, a weekly current affairs interview programme with Lindsay Perigo, was first broadcast on TV One. It screened Mondays at around 9.30pm but moved to Wednesdays from 3 October, beginning with the Perigo Election Specials in the lead-up to the 1990 election. 14 August – 1990: The Issues, a combination of sketch comedy and political satire with David McPhail and Jon Gadsby, premiered on TV3 and screened Tuesdays at 7.30pm as a lead-in to the 1990 election. 18 August – Animal Antics, a quiz show in which New Zealand celebrities were tested on animal facts to raise funds for their favourite animal charity, premiered on Channel 2. It was hosted by Mark Leishman and screened Saturdays at 6.30pm. 25 August – Pepsi began sponsoring RTR Sounz! and RTR Countdown through a naming rights agreement; both programmes screened on Channel 2. RTR Megamix and RTR New Releases finished a week earlier (as part of 3.45 Live!). 25 August – New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos, presented by Ian Taylor, premiered on Channel 2 and screened Saturdays at 8.05pm. 31 August – Radio with Pictures was revived on Channel 2 as a music video show with no presenters and screened Fridays at around 11.30pm. 1 September – Telethon 1990 was broadcast on Channel 2. Hosted by Paul Holmes, Judy Bailey and John Hawkesby, Telethon originated from Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and ran for 24 hours (from 7.30pm Saturday 1 September until 7.30pm Sunday 2 September). 2 September – Mark Leishman shaved the moustache, and Telethon 1990 raised over $4 million for the Celebration of Age Trust. 10 September – British soap Gems premiered on TV3 and screened weekdays at midday in a double episode format, and Home and Away moved to double episodes at 4.30pm. 13 September – An official opening concert of Auckland's Aotea Centre, featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, was broadcast on TV One. 15 September – Infocus, a magazine-style news show for teenagers, made its debut as part of TV3's EBS. Created by TV3 producer Ian Kingsford-Smith and funded by NZ On Air, Infocus featured then 16-year-olds Tony Bartlett (Howick College) and Stephanie Tauevihi (Northcote College) as presenters. News and magazine items were produced by students from 11 Auckland schools. There were also news clips from other centres. An extended edition of Infocus, on Sundays (9-9.25am), was later added. 1 October – ITN World News was first broadcast on Channel 2 and screened weekdays at 7am, with a same-day repeat at 8am. During the summer months, ITN World News screened at 8am. 2 October – The final episode of Wildtrack, a wildlife series for children, was broadcast on Channel 2 as part of 3.45 Live!. Taylormade Productions, a Dunedin-based independent production house, took over the production of Wildtrack in 1991 with a new name (Wild T) and a new format. 9 October – Roger Hall's Neighbourhood Watch, a comedy series about life in New Zealand suburbs, premiered on TV One and screened Tuesdays at 7.30pm. 11 October – Hard Copy, an American tabloid television show, began screening on TV One in the North Island and screened at 5.30pm as a lead-in to One Network News. It was later replaced by the British sitcom George & Mildred, and Hard Copy screened weekdays at midday from 3 December. 12 October – A Sir Howard Morrison special at the Aotea Centre, featuring the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, was broadcast on TV One. 13 October – 48 Hours, a US documentary series that deals with social issues, premiered on TV One and screened Saturdays at 7.30pm. 21 October – The mid-evening/late night edition of One Network News, on weekends, was last broadcast on TV One. 25 October – The final episode of Ten Out of Ten, a live programme to help solve homework problems with host Rodney Bryant, was broadcast on Channel 2 as part of 3.45 Live!. 27 October – Lindsay Perigo and Paul Holmes presented TVNZ's election night coverage via TV One, while TV3's own coverage was presented by Bill Ralston, Genevieve Westcott and Joanna Paul. The governing Labour Party, led by Mike Moore, was defeated, ending its two terms in office. The National Party, led by Jim Bolger, won a landslide victory and formed the new government. 28 October – Living Treasures, a 10-part series in which Ian Fraser interviewed world figures who visited New Zealand as part of the 1990 celebrations, began screening on TV One. 23 November – Te Karere Headlines and the midday edition of One Network News were last broadcast on TV One. 25 November – The final edition of Frontline, from Wellington's Avalon Television Studios, was broadcast on TV One at 6.30pm. Within the next year, Frontline moved production to TVNZ's Auckland studios. 26 November – Beyond 2000 moved from Channel 2 to TV One and screened Mondays at around 8.30pm. 2 December – On weekdays Fast Forward (a science and technology programme from TVNZ), A Dog's Show and Country Calendar were repeated on TV One, and That's Fairly Interesting was repeated on Channel 2. 10 December – Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue was simulcast on both TV One and Channel 2 at 4.20pm. Then-Prime Minister Jim Bolger introduced the New Zealand screening. Within the next year, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue was repeated on Channel 2 at 5pm on 14 October 1991 and simulcast with TV3. 14 December – The final editions of The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin) were broadcast on TV One at 5.45pm. 14 December – The final edition of 3.45 Live! was broadcast on Channel 2. 14 December – Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered on Channel 2 and screened Fridays at 7.30pm during the summer of 1990/91. 28 December – Play School and other children's programmes were last broadcast on TV One. The New Zealand version of Play School ceased production during 1990 but continued to screen on Channel 2 in reruns a few years later. Debuts Domestic 16 January – Arthur Lydiard (TV One) (1990) 23 January – The Kenyans: Running a Revolution (TV One) (1990) 12 February – Nightline (TV3) (1990–2013) 16 February – RTR New Releases (Channel 2) (1990) 18 February – Betty's Bunch (Channel 2) (1990) 27 February – Royal Tours: The Queen and Us (TV One) (1990) 10 March – RTR Sounz! (Channel 2) (1990) 20 March – I Want to Die at Home (TV One) (1990) 25 March – 60 Minutes (TV3) (1990–1992, 2002–2012) 10 April – Gina, the Spirit of the Bluebird (TV One) (1990) 15 April – Circus Oz (Channel 2) (1990) 24 April Māori Battalion March to Victory (TV One) (1990) 29 April – Marae (Channel 2) (1990) 8 May – Miles Turns 21 (TV One) (1990) 18 May – The Main Event (TV3) (1990) 20 May – All for One (Channel 2) (1990) 20 May – Pioneer Woman (TV One) (1983, 1990) 29 May – Billy T James: Alive and Gigging (TV3) (1990) 2 June – The New Adventures of Black Beauty (TV3) (also United Kingdom and Australia) (1990–1992) 17 June – The Billy T James Show (TV3) (1990) 17 June – 10AM (TV One) (1990) 15 July – African Journey (Channel 2) (1990) 22 July – Reaching for the Skies - "An End to Isolation" (TV3) (1990) 9 August – The James Gang Rides Again (TV3) (1990) 18 August – Animal Antics (Channel 2) (1990) 25 August – New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos (Channel 2) (1990–1995) 31 August – Radio with Pictures (Channel 2) (1976–1988, 1990–91) 15 September – Infocus (TV3) (1990–1994) 9 October – Neighbourhood Watch (TV One) (1990) 27 November – The Great Earthquake Survival Test (TV One) (1990) International 2 January – AUS Body Business (Channel 2) 2 January – UK Professor Lobster (Channel 2) 2 January – UK Kim (TV One) 3 January – UK The Franchise Affair (1988) (TV One) 4 January – USA The Richest Cat in the World (TV3) 5 January – USA Nightmare in Badham County (TV3) 7 January – UK Birds for All Seasons (TV One) 7 January – USA Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (TV3) 7 January – UK Game, Set and Match (TV One) 7 January – UK By the Sword Divided (TV One) 14 January – AUS Cyclone Tracy (Channel 2) 14 January – USA The Red Spider (TV3) 14 January – AUS Nature of Australia (TV3) 17 January – USA Heartland (1989) (Channel 2) 17 January – UK Forgive Our Foolish Ways (TV One) 17 January – USA American Wilderness (TV One) 20 January – USA The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (Channel 2) 21 January – UK The Snow Spider (Channel 2) 21 January – UK Chocky's Challenge (TV3) 22 January – USA Hands of a Stranger (Channel 2) 24 January – USA Island Son (Channel 2) 24 January – USA Lena: My 100 Children (TV One) 26 January – USA Spider-Man (1977) (TV3) 27 January – USA Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (Channel 2) 29 January – USA/JPN Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (TV3) 29 January – USA/CAN Police Academy: The Animated Series (TV3) 1 February – UK Cloud Waltzing (Channel 2) 1 February – USA Driving Academy (TV3) 2 February – USA The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson (TV3) 2 February – USA America's All Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV3) 3 February – USA Major Dad (Channel 2) 3 February – USA The Jim Henson Hour (Channel 2) 3 February – USA Yogi's Great Escape (Channel 2) 4 February – USA A Death in California (TV3) 5 February – UK Blackadder Goes Forth (TV One) 5 February – USA The Critical List (TV3) 5 February – USA Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (Channel 2) 7 February – USA Anything but Love (TV One) 8 February – USA Supercarrier (TV3) 8 February – UK The Dark Angel (TV One) 9 February – USA Trackdown: Finding the Good Bar Killer (TV3) 9 February – USA Highwaymen (TV3) 10 February – USA Finnegan Begin Again (TV One) 10 February – USA Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (Channel 2) 11 February – USA/UK Jack the Ripper (1988) (Channel 2) 12 February – USA Dress Gray (TV3) 12 February – UK Bangers and Mash (Channel 2) 12 February – USA C.O.P.S. (Channel 2) 12 February – USA The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV3) 12 February – JPN/USA/NLD Ox Tales (Channel 2) 12 February – UK Give Us a Clue (TV3) 12 February – USA Trial by Jury (TV3) 12 February – USA The Bold and the Beautiful (TV3) 12 February – USA Defenders of the Earth (Channel 2) 12 February – USA Another World (TV3) 13 February – SPA Wisdom of the Gnomes (Channel 2) 13 February – USA The Face of Rage (Channel 2) 14 February – UK Woof! (Channel 2) 14 February – JPN/USA/NLD Wowser (Channel 2) 15 February – USA Brotherhood of Justice (Channel 2) 15 February – USA Heathcliff and Marmaduke (Channel 2) 16 February – POL The Adventures of a Blue Knight (Channel 2) 16 February – USA Knight & Daye (TV One) 17 February – USA Starcrossed (TV3) 17 February – USA Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (TV3) 18 February – UK Comeback (TV One) 18 February – USA Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (TV3) 18 February – USA Popples (Channel 2) 18 February – UK Greenclaws (Channel 2) 19 February – USA Studio 5-B (TV One) 19 February – UK The One Game (TV One) 20 February – USA The Defiant Ones (Channel 2) 20 February – AUS Shipwrecked (TV3) 22 February – USA Six Against the Rock (Channel 2) 26 February – USA The Death of Richie (Channel 2) 26 February – CAN Sword of Gideon (TV3) 28 February – USA Dirty Dancing (TV3) 1 March – USA Combat Academy (TV3) 2 March – UK Monkeys (TV One) 3 March – USA Peaceable Kingdom (Channel 2) 4 March – USA Love with a Twist (TV3) 4 March – USA Easy Street (TV3) 6 March – USA Sidekicks (TV3) 6 March – USA Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (TV One) 9 March – USA Calendar Girl Murders (TV3) 9 March – USA Doctor Doctor (Channel 2) 9 March – UK Hot Dog (Channel 2) 18 March – USA The Go Show (TV3) 19 March – AUS Bangkok Hilton (Channel 2) 19 March – AUS The Power, The Passion (TV3) 19 March – SA Shaka Zulu (TV3) 21 March – UK Windfalls (Channel 2) 22 March – USA The Wonder Years (TV3) 23 March – AUS Beyond 2000 (Channel 2) 23 March – USA How to Pick Up Girls (TV3) 25 March – UK Raspberry Ripple (TV One) 25 March – UK Gophers! (Channel 2) 7 April – USA Case Closed (TV3) 7 April – USA Country Clips (TV3) 8 April – USA Just the Ten of Us (Channel 2) 8 April – UK The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988) (Channel 2) 9 April – AUS Family Feud (TV3) 10 April – USA A Cry for Love (TV One) 10 April – USA Crime Story (TV3) 11 April – USA Moving Target (TV3) 11 April – USA The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (Channel 2) 12 April – USA My Body, My Child (TV One) 13 April – FRA Bouli (Channel 2) 13 April – USA Easter Dream (TV One) 14 April – USA Poison Ivy (TV3) 16 April – AUS The Making of 0–9 (Channel 2) 16 April – JPN Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (Channel 2) 16 April – USA The Murder of Mary Phagan (TV One) 17 April – UK Alexei Sayle's Stuff (Channel 2) 17 April – JPN/GER Maya the Bee (Saban dub) (Channel 2) 20 April – USA Blue Thunder (Channel 2) 20 April – USA The King of Love (TV3) 21 April – USA Ladykillers (TV3) 21 April – USA Unsub (Channel 2) 21 April – USA Ring Raiders (Channel 2) 22 April – USA Centennial (TV3) 22 April – UK The Hymnmakers (TV One) 23 April – USA Generations (TV3) 23 April – USA Sister Kate (TV3) 24 April – USA Nobody's Child (TV One) 24 April – UK Bodytalk (TV One) 25 April – IRE The Irish Rovers Silver Anniversary (TV One) 25 April – USA C.A.T. Squad (TV3) 26 April – USA The Earth Day Special (Channel 2) 26 April – USA A Question of Love (TV One) 29 April – USA Eisenhower and Lutz (TV3) 29 April – USA Eyes on the Prize (TV One) 2 May – USA Bridge to Silence (TV3) 2 May – USA He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (TV3) 4 May – USA Airwolf (TV3) 7 May – UK Mike and Angelo (Channel 2) 8 May – AUS All the Rivers Run II (Channel 2) 9 May – USA Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (TV3) 10 May – USA Hot Pursuit (TV3) 10 May – USA Mork and Mindy (1982) (Channel 2) 12 May – USA Free Spirit (Channel 2) 13 May – UK Gentry (TV One) 13 May – USA Police Story: The Freeway Killings (TV3) 13 May – USA The Amazing Spider-Man (TV3) 14 May – USA Alvin and the Chipmunks (Murakami-Wolf-Swenson/DIC version) (Channel 2) 15 May – FRA/CAN The Smoggies (Channel 2) 15 May – UK Disaster at Hillsborough (TV One) 18 May – CAN Worlds Apart (TV One) 26 May – USA Galtar and the Golden Lance (Channel 2) 26 May – USA Great Circuses of the World (Channel 2) 28 May – IRE/AUS Act of Betrayal (TV One) 29 May – USA Adam: His Song Continues (TV One) 6 June – AUS/UK The Heroes (Channel 2) 6 June – USA Stillwatch (TV One) 9 June – USA The Lion of Africa (TV3) 15 June – USA Top Secret (TV3) 15 June – UK Moschops (Channel 2) 15 June – UK The River (Channel 2) 15 June – UK Poddington Peas (Channel 2) 15 June – USA The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (Channel 2) 16 June – USA Hardball (Channel 2) 17 June – USA The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (TV3) 17 June – UK The Heat of the Day (TV One) 18 June – USA SST: Death Flight (TV3) 18 June – USA The Centurions (Channel 2) 19 June – AUS Tudawali (TV One) 20 June – USA Born to Be Sold (TV3) 21 June – USA Stone Pillow (TV One) 23 June – UK Don't Miss Wax (TV3) 24 June – UK To Each His Own (TV One) 24 June – USA Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (TV3) 25 June – USA Bosom Buddies (TV One) 29 June – USA American Geisha (TV3) 30 June – UK Floyd on Britain and Ireland (TV One) 9 July – UK Les Misérables (TV One) 9 July – AUS Tanamera – Lion of Singapore (Channel 2) 9 July – UK Vanity Fair (1987) (TV One) 10 July – USA Baby Girl Scott (TV One) 10 July – USA Confessions of a Married Man (TV3) 10 July – UK This is David Lander (Channel 2) 11 July – USA Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (TV3) 11 July – USA The Return of Ben Casey (TV One) 18 July – USA Trollkins (Channel 2) 28 July – USA The Karate Kid (Channel 2) 29 July – CAN Lorne Greene's New Wilderness (TV3) 29 July – USA The People Next Door (TV3) 29 July – JPN My Favorite Fairy Tales (Channel 2) 29 July – AUS/UK The Heroes (TV3) 29 July – USA Whales Weep Not (TV One) 29 July – UK Korea: The Unknown War (TV3) 30 July – JPN Peter Pan: The Animated Series (Channel 2) 30 July – USA The Marshall Chronicles (TV3) 1 August – AUS Larger Than Life (TV3) 1 August – UK A Very British Coup (TV3) 3 August – USA Threesome (TV3) 4 August – USA Chicago Story (TV3) 4 August – CAN Learning the Ropes (Channel 2) 4 August – USA War and Peace in the Nuclear Age (TV One) 5 August – USA Laverne & Shirley (1981) (Channel 2) 5 August – UK One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV One) 6 August – USA Beverly Hills Buntz (Channel 2) 7 August – USA Jonny Quest (1986) (Channel 2) 7 August – UK The Paradise Club (TV One) 8 August – UK A Royal Birthday Gala (TV One) 10 August – USA Desperate (TV One) 11 August – UK Drift the Mute Swan (TV One) 12 August – CAN Body of Evidence (TV3) 12 August – USA The Bourne Identity (Channel 2) 14 August – FRA Seabert (Channel 2) 14 August – UK The Queen Mother at 90 (Channel 2) 14 August – USA/UK Paddington Bear (Channel 2) 15 August – USA Elvis and Me (TV3) 17 August – UK Winter Flight (TV One) 18 August – UK HRH the Prince of Wales: The Earth in Balance (TV One) 19 August – AUS Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Channel 2) 20 August – USA HeartBeat (TV3) 22 August – UK No Strings (Channel 2) 22 August – USA Dangerous Affection (TV3) 22 August – USA Nadia (TV One) 24 August – USA The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987) (TV3) 25 August – USA Doogie Howser, M.D. (Channel 2) 25 August – GER/AUT/FRA/SWE/SPA/CZE Frankenstein's Aunt (Channel 2) 26 August – UK Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (TV One) 26 August – UK The Bell-Run (TV One) 27 August – UK Album (Channel 2) 27 August – USA Homeroom (TV One) 31 August – USA The King of Love (TV3) 2 September – UK Way Upstream (TV One) 3 September – UK My Brother Jonathan (TV One) 4 September – JPN/CAN The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Channel 2) 5 September – USA Promised a Miracle (TV3) 7 September – USA The Ryan White Story (TV One) 8 September – USA The Young Riders (Channel 2) 9 September – UK The Country Boy (Channel 2) 9 September – AUS Kidnapped (Channel 2) 10 September – UK Gems (TV3) 13 September – CAN Easy Prey (TV3) 14 September – USA Will Vinton's Claymation Classics (Channel 2) 15 September – USA Laguna Heat (TV3) 15 September – UK Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (TV One) 16 September – CAN Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War (TV3) 17 September – AUS Col'n Carpenter (TV3) 18 September – UK Mr. Bean (TV One) 19 September – USA An Early Frost (TV3) 21 September – UK The Ratties (Channel 2) 22 September – USA War and Remembrance (TV One) 23 September – UK Making News (TV One) 23 September – UK And a Nightingale Sang (TV One) 24 September – USA The Saint in Manhattan (TV One) 24 September – AUS The Great Bookie Robbery (TV One) 24 September – USA Braker (TV One) 26 September – USA Cracked Up (TV One) 26 September – USA Foofur (Channel 2) 27 September – USA Gumby Adventures (Channel 2) 27 September – CAN Two Men (TV One) 28 September – USA A Stoning in Fulham County (TV One) 30 September – UK Summer's Lease (TV One) 1 October – UK The Labours of Erica (TV One) 2 October – UK May to December (TV One) 3 October – CAN Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird (TV One) 5 October – UK No Job for a Lady (TV One) 5 October – USA Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (TV3) 5 October – UK Flying Squad (TV One) 6 October – CAN Just for Laughs (TV3) 7 October – UK Last Night of the Proms (TV One) 7 October – UK Chocky's Children (TV3) 8 October – USA/CAN Star Wars: Droids (Channel 2) 8 October – UK Firefighter (TV One) 9 October – AUS Shadow of the Cobra (Channel 2) 9 October – USA FM (TV One) 9 October – USA One of the Boys (1989) (TV One) 9 October – USA The California Raisin Show (Channel 2) 10 October – USA Destination America (TV One) 10 October – CAN/USA Liberace: Behind the Music (TV3) 11 October – USA Hard Copy (TV One) 11 October – USA Fight for Life (TV One) 13 October – USA Wolf (TV3) 13 October – USA 48 Hours (TV One) 14 October – UK Jumping the Queue (TV One) 14 October – USA The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (Channel 2) 17 October – USA Live-In (TV One) 17 October – GER The Hallo Spencer Show (Channel 2) 17 October – USA What Price Victory (TV One) 18 October – USA Divorce Wars: A Love Story (TV One) 18 October – UK The Poison That Waits (TV One) 18 October – USA Dream Date (TV3) 19 October – UK Satellite City (Channel 2) 25 October – USA/CAN Star Wars: Ewoks (Channel 2) 27 October – USA Dink, the Little Dinosaur (Channel 2) 28 October – UK First of the Summer Wine (TV One) 28 October – USA C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (TV3) 4 November – UK She's Been Away (TV One) 4 November – AUS 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Channel 2) 7 November – USA Infidelity (TV3) 8 November – UK A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV One) 17 November – UK The Flying Gourmet's Guide: A Guide to the Great British Bird Table ( TV One) 19 November – USA Lonesome Dove (Channel 2) 20 November – USA Harem (TV3) 21 November – UK On the Up (TV One) 29 November – USA Totally Hidden Video (Channel 2) 29 November – UK Capital City (Channel 2) 2 December – USA Happy Birthday Bugs: 50 Looney Years (Channel 2) 2 December – USA Into the Homeland (TV3) 2 December – UK Gruey Twoey (Channel 2) 2 December – CAN You Can't Do That on Television (TV3) 2 December – USA Mad Scientist (Channel 2) 3 December – USA America's Funniest People (Channel 2) 3 December – USA/FRA/CAN Heathcliff (Channel 2) 4 December – UK Running Wild (TV3) 5 December – USA Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Channel 2) 5 December – USA The Gary Coleman Show (Channel 2) 8 December – UK The Kit Curran Radio Show (TV3) 8 December – USA Prime Time Pets (Channel 2) 9 December – USA Dragnet Today (Channel 2) 9 December – UK You Rang, M'Lord? (TV One) 9 December – UK Fight Cancer (TV One) 9 December – UK The Beiderbecke Connection (TV One) 9 December – USA Marvin, Baby of the Year (Channel 2) 9 December – CAN Anne of Green Gables (Channel 2) 9 December – USA Beauty Queens (TV One) 10 December – USA Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (TV One)/(Channel 2) 10 December – UK Blackadder's Christmas Carol (Channel 2) 10 December – USA Snoops (TV3) 11 December – UK The Forest of Boland Light Railway (TV One) 12 December – USA Baywatch (Channel 2) 14 December – USA Star Trek: The Next Generation (Channel 2) 25 December – AUS The Adventures of Candy Claus (TV3) 25 December – UK Fireman Sam: Snow Business (Channel 2) 25 December – USA Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (Channel 2) 27 December – USA Adam-12 (1990) (Channel 2) 30 December – UK Chance in a Million (TV One) 31 December – SPA Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (TV One) 31 December – SPA The Fruitties (Channel 2) 31 December – JPN/USA The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Channel 2) 31 December – USA The New Adventures of Batman (Channel 2) USA Dungeons & Dragons (Channel 2) Changes to network affiliation This is a list of programs which made their premiere on a New Zealand television network that had previously premiered on another New Zealand television network. The networks involved in the switch of allegiances are predominantly both free-to-air networks or both subscription television networks. Programs that have their free-to-air/subscription television premiere, after previously premiering on the opposite platform (free-to air to subscription/subscription to free-to air) are not included. In some cases, programs may still air on the original television network. This occurs predominantly with programs shared between subscription television networks. International Program New network(s) Previous network(s) Date USA The Porky Pig Show TV One Channel 2 1990-01-19 19 January POL Teddy Drop Ear Channel 2 TV One 1990-01-22 22 January USA/MEX Amigo and Friends TV One Channel 2 1990-01-22 22 January UK Doris TV One Channel 2 1990-01-23 23 January UK Rarg Channel 2 TV One 1990-01-30 30 January CAN Tales of the Mouse Hockey League Channel 2 TV One 1990-02-06 6 February UK Bananaman TV One Channel 2 1990-02-07 7 February USA The Porky Pig Show Channel 2 TV One 1990-02-12 12 February USA ALF Tales Channel 2 TV One 1990-02-12 12 February USA Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Channel 2 TV One 1990-02-12 12 February CAN The Raccoons Channel 2 TV One 1990-02-13 13 February UK Doctor Snuggles TV One Channel 2 1990-02-14 14 February UK Rainbow TV One Channel 2 1990-02-15 15 February USA Misterjaw TV One Channel 2 1990-02-16 16 February USA Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet Channel 2 TV One 1990-02-17 17 February USA Groovie Goolies Channel 2 NZBC 1990-03-17 17 March UK The Wombles Channel 2 TV One 1990-03-18 18 March AUS Mother and Son TV One Channel 2 1990-03-31 31 March UK Rebecca (Welsh series) Channel 2 TV One 1990-04-01 1 April UK Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends TV3 Channel 2 1990-04-16 16 April USA The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Channel 2 TV One 1990-04-18 18 April USA Falcon Crest Channel 2 TV One 1990-04-19 19 April AUS Special Squad TV One Channel 2 1990-04-25 25 April AUS Colour in the Creek Channel 2 TV One 1990-05-07 7 May UK/USA Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories TV One Channel 2 1990-05-16 16 May UK The ChuckleHounds TV One Channel 2 1990-05-18 18 May UK The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Channel 2 TV One 1990-05-28 28 May UK Fireman Sam Channel 2 TV One 1990-06-08 8 June USA The Munsters Channel 2 TV One 1990-07-02 2 July USA The Munsters TV One Channel 2 1990-07-06 6 July USA Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels Channel 2 South Pacific Television 1990-07-11 11 July UK P.C. Pinkerton TV One Channel 2 1990-07-31 31 July USA Jana of the Jungle Channel 2 South Pacific Television 1990-08-09 9 August UK The Sooty Show TV One Channel 2 1990-08-10 10 August UK Andy Robson TV3 TV One 1990-09-16 16 September UK Monty Python's Flying Circus Channel 2 TV One 1990-10-09 9 October UK Captain Pugwash Channel 2 TV One 1990-10-12 12 October AUS Beyond 2000 TV One Channel 2 1990-11-26 26 November CAN/FRA Babar TV One Channel 2 1990-12-10 10 December New channels Subscription Sky Sport Sky Movies CNN Television showsPlay School (1975–1990)What Now (1981–present)Gloss (1987–1990)Blind Date (1989–1991)The Early Bird Show (1989–1992)Shark in the Park (1989–1992)New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos (1990–1995)60 Minutes (1990–present) Ending this year3:45 Live (Channel 2) (1989–1990)Gloss (Channel 2) (1987–1990)It's in the Bag (TV One) (1974–1979, 1986–1990)Opus (TV One) (1980s–1990)LaughINZ (TV3) (1989–1990)The Mainland Touch (TV One) (1980–1990)Perfect Match (TV3) (1989–1990)Play School (TV One/Channel 2) (1975–1990)A Question of Sport (TV One) (1988–1990)RTR Megamix (Channel 2) (1988–1990)RTR New Releases (Channel 2) (1990)The South Tonight (TV One) (1980–1990)Ten Out of Ten (Channel 2) (1989–1990)Top Town (Channel 2) (1976–1990)The Video Dispatch (Channel 2) (1980–1990)Wildtrack'' (Channel 2) (1981–1990) References 1990