"This week I lost my most important audience member, which has confirmed to me it's time to end my career," Paul Henry tells viewers.

COMMENT: Would life without television really be that bad? Consider these, the worst shows of 2016.

Departing star Paul Henry saved a sly dig for his former co-star Hilary Barry till the end of his final show for TV3.

Source: Newshub

Paul Henry dedicated his final stint hosting his TV3 show to his late mother, saying he had "lost my most important audience member". Video / Newshub

A New Zealand version of hit romance reality show Married at First Sight is on hold - but producers are hopeful it will still get made.

Yesterday's unveiling of Amazon Prime Video brings more competition to an area where Sky TV once had a monopoly, John Drinnan writes.

What were this year's best TV shows, movies and albums? Laura McGoldrick finds out with deputy entertainment editor Chris Schulz​ and entertainment writer Karl Puschmann.

Here are the shows that entertained, enthralled, engaged and outraged across 2016.

The streaming TV battle is getting even hotter as Amazon Prime launches in New Zealand - but it lands with one major show.

Westworld was the television gamble of the year so why did it do so well? Here's some other ideas to fix your Westworld cravings.

Michael Smith is suing Idol producers over an incident that happened as he was getting ready to perform for the judges on a taping of the program.

SKY TV has cut its 2017 earnings guidance citing rising content costs and falling revenue and subscribers.

A First Dates contestant literally wet himself in the middle of a blind date but managed to cover it up with a crafty story.

Why can't anyone watch Fleabag in New Zealand?

COMMENT: 2016 might be looked back on as the year television finally acknowledged that the good times wouldn't last forever.

It has been a tough season to be a Walking Dead fan, but finally there's hope.

Viewers of the BBC nature documentary series had been left concerned for the welfare of the newly-hatched turtles, after learning that their natural instincts had been altered by man-made lights. Source: BBC

The BBC has flouted Sir David Attenborough's own rule never to interfere in nature, after it told worried fans of Planet Earth II that a film crew had intervened to rescue stranded baby turtles.

Hyped local drama Dirty Laundry has been cancelled after just one season because "it didn't take off".

NZ's love affair with Westies will continue in yet another local TV show. But this one's for kids.

12 Questions: Shortland Street star JJ Fong has made a steamy impression on the long-running Kiwi soap - but there's much more to her talents than just acting.

Imagine brand-new Friends episodes. Or That '70s Show. Or Dawson's Creek. Well, it's not going to happen - thanks to these actors.

When it comes to first dates, admitting to addictions is a risky business. Jeremy took the risk, and it nearly went horribly wrong.

'And we didn't say "Yeah he is sexy" we went "he's very good isn't he?" And Benedict to this day doesn't think of himself as sexy.'

Jeremy Clarkson has risked reigniting his feud with the BBC by taking a pop at Chris Evans, the man who replaced him as Top Gear host.

Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady in The Brady Bunch, has been fired from a L.A. radio station over homophobic hate speech.

Vector Arena was transformed into boxing central last night as 10,000 fight fans packed the stands to watch Joseph Parker try to create history.