The Paul Henry Show

The Paul Henry Show
Genre News & Entertainment
Starring Paul Henry
Janika ter Ellen
Country of origin  New Zealand
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
Production
Executive producer(s) Fiona McMillan
Location(s) Auckland
Running time 40 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel TV3
Audio format Stereo
Original run January 27, 2014 – December 19, 2014
External links
Website

The Paul Henry Show was a New Zealand late night news television show that aired weekdays on TV3 for the duration of 2014 but was cancelled at the end of year after an announcement was made that Paul Henry would present a morning news show on TV3 and Radio Live simultaneously from 2015. The show premiered on 27 January 2014 on TV3, to replace the former late night news show Nightline.[1]

Presenters

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News anchors

History

Over the last few years leading up to the cancellation of Nightline on 20 December 2013, where the show had been struggling to maintain its viewership; Mediaworks felt that it was time for change. According to Nielsen, the show’s average audience per episode had declined by 29 percent over the last five years leading up to its cancellation, with viewers dropping from 155,000 in 2009 to 110,000 in 2013.

Mark Jennings, director of news and current affairs at Mediaworks, said, “Nightline has been a great programme for us over many years and produced some of our best broadcasters, but the landscape is due for change and Paul Henry will lead that change in later evening viewing.”[2]

The Paul Henry Show premiered on 27 January 2014 from 10:35 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. with Paul Henry as the show's host, and Janika ter Ellen as the news anchor, with Fiona McMillan as the show's executive producer. Labour Party leader David Cunliffe and Prime Minister John Key were both interviewed on the episode. Henry kicked off the interview with Cunliffe by stating "I'd never vote for you", and teased Cunliffe on his misspelling of Lorde on Twitter, as Cunliffe spelt it as "Lord" when he tweeted congratulating her on her Grammy Awards.[3] Key only managed to name three native New Zealand birds in the '9 in 10' challenge, where participants have to answer a question with 9 answers in 10 seconds. Henry asked Key to name native New Zealand birds, with Key naming Tui, Kiwi, Kakapo, and "some kind of pigeon".[4] The episode also followed Lorde's appearance at the 2014 Grammy Awards and the subsequent after parties, among other things. Although the first episode was aired at 10:35 p.m., the standard time slot for the show is 10:30 p.m. with a running time of 30 minutes.

At the end of 2014 an announcement was made that Paul Henry will move to presenting a morning news show and as a result this marked the end for The Paul Henry Show. The final show aired on the 19th December 2014. Since the start of January 2015 TV3 has aired an unbranded late night news show simply called 3 News. The replacement evening show will be presented by Samantha Hayes and David Farrier with a start date yet to be announced called Newsworthy. [5]

A start date for the new breakfast show presented by Paul Henry is 7 April 2015. The new breakfast show will be broadcast live from a purpose-built hybrid radio/television studio at MediaWorks’ Flower Street offices. The new show will replace both Firstline on TV3 and the breakfast show on RadioLIVE. It will be New Zealand's first cross-platformed show [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Henry show replaces long-running Nightline. 3 News NZ. 2 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Nightline canned, to be replaced by acid-tongued Paul Henry - UPDATED. StopPress. 5 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Colin Hogg: TV3's benevolent dictator warm and witty - but serious. New Zealand Herald. 30 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Paul Henry tamed down. Stuff. 28 January 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11396663
  6. ↑ MediaWorks announces NZ's first cross-platform show - Paul Henry to host breakfast on TV3 and RadioLIVE in 2015

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