Prime is a network which Reign aired on, in New Zealand. (Eleven is the Australian versions)
Prime is the second privately owned national free-to-air television broadcaster available in New Zealand. They air a varied mix of programming, largely imported from Australia, the UK and America, and not including rugby union, cricket, netball and rugby league matches.
It was originally owned by Prime Television Limited in Australia. Prime later entered into a joint-venture agreement with Nine Entertainment Co. (Nine Network Australia). On 8 February 2006, the Commerce Commission gave Sky Television clearance to purchase the station for NZ$31 million.
Prime's analogue terrestrial signals had covered 91% of the population via the state-owned Kordia transmission network. It is currently available in digitally free-to-air form via Sky Network Television on satellite and Kordia on terrestrial. Vodafone also carry the channel for their cable subscribers in Wellington and Christchurch.
Current Programming[]
Native concept
Back Benches
The Brokenwood Mysteries
The Crowd Goes Wild
Decades in Colour
Shearing Gang
Sachie's Kitchen Foreign concept
Getaway
New Zealand's Got Talent (moved to TV One after first season)
The Animal Files
University Challenge Foreign Primetime
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ANZAC Girls
FremantleMedia
American Idol (From 2013)
Got Talent (US and AU)
MasterChef (multiple series)
The IT Crowd (from 27 September 2014)
Trollied
Endemol
Deal or No Deal
Lionsgate Television
Beach Patrol
Boardwalk Empire (re-run after run on SoHo)
Bridezillas
True Blood
CBS Television Distribution
60 Minutes (from 2013)
Beat the Geeks Beauty and the Beast(moved to Sky's Sci Fi channel The Zone)
CSI: Cyber
Drawn Together
Elementary
Emily Owens (TBA)
Madam Secretary
The Millers (Sundays)
NCIS: New Orleans Reign
Scorpion
Under the Dome (moved to Sky's Sci Fi channel The Zone)
Jane the Virgin (from July 24)
NBC Universal Television Distribution
'Til Death
American Chopper
Dr. 90210
Downton Abbey
Kidnapped
Mayday
Monster Garage
Scrapheap Challenge
Seconds From Disaster
The Biggest Loser
True Heroes
True Stories
20th Century Fox Television
Bones (from 2014)
Modern Family (from 2014)
Sleepy Hollow
BBC Worldwide Doctor Who
James May's Man Lab
MythBusters
New Tricks
Outnumbered
Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure
Silent Witness
Silk
The Real Hustle
The White Queen
Top Gear (UK and AU)
What Remains
ITV Granada
A Touch of Frost
Airline
At Home with the Braithwaites
Blue Murder
Chatsworth
DCI Banks
Holiday Showdown
Homes from Hell
Ladette to Lady
Lewis
Midsomer Murders
You Are What You Eat
Daytime
CBS Television Distribution
The Doctors (from 2012 season – 5 months behind US)
The Test (from 10 February 2014)
Hot Bench
Hour of Power (Sunday mornings) Latenight
CBS Television Distribution
Late Show with David Letterman (a day behind the US)
NBC Universal Television Distribution
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
