Talkback

Your comments on TV and radio

LOTTO TIME

As the Lotto draw on Saturdays is set at 8.00pm, why is it not possible for TVNZ 1 to have a set time for the Wednesday draw? It seems to be at quite random times on Wednesdays. That time could also be listed in the Listener.

WE King (Auckland)

TVNZ responds: Wednesday Lotto plays at the start of the 20.20pm commercial break, and although the exact time will differ slightly based on programme length, it will always be between 8.15-8.25pm. We’ll work with our scheduling team to get the exact time in the electronic programme guide, but it will miss the Listener listings as they’re printed too far ahead.

ALL DOWNHILL

I can’t believe the decline of television. There are no programmes worth watching any more. My husband and I have returned to the video shop. All we watch on TV now is the news and The AM Show. Coast New Zealand was wonderful and the thriller The Missing was well done. We need more such programmes, not reality shows and dumbing-down garbage.

Joanne Hunter (Masterton) LEAGUE OF OUR OWN

In a similar vein to the question as to why rugby games start at 7.35pm, not 7.30pm ( Talkback, June 24), my request is on behalf of all those who start work at 6am or thereabouts as I do.

Why can’t the rugby league grand final be played on a Saturday night, not on Sunday, so we can view it live and not have to avoid radio sports and newspapers all day on Monday if we plan to watch it after work? It would not clash with the AFL grand final, which is played in the afternoon to a different audience.

If ever the Warriors get to the NRL grand final, many people here would welcome the rescheduling.

Murray Hunter (Titirangi, Auckland) CARDS FALL

My wife and I have enjoyed the US political drama House of Cards, but why is the fifth season only on Netflix and not on a free-to-air channel as it had been for all previous seasons?

Brian Collins (Aro Valley, Wellington)

Talkback responds: House of Cards was Netflix’s first commissioned series and screened exclusively on that platform in the US. However, before Netflix launched here in 2015, the first two seasons screened on TV3 (as it was then). In 2016, Netflix sorted out any remaining rights issues and made all seasons available on its platform.

PRIME HITS SPOT

Dear Prime, re Human Planet: awesome. Thank you. More, please. DL Calder (New Plymouth)