American Ninja Warrior

Australian Spartan is the people’s obstacle course show

by

It may not be as flash as its counterparts, but TVNZ 2’s latest obstacle course show more than makes up for it in pure heart. The giant obstacle course could be about to topple the commercial-grade kitchen as television’s main competitive arena in this part of the world. Australian Spartan (Sunday nights, TVNZ 2) is … Read more

The time is right to bring back Clash of the Codes

by

Duncan Greive watches Australian Ninja Warrior and makes a serious pitch for the return of New Zealand’s own ’90s multi-sport extravaganza. Australian Ninja Warrior already contains a number of ingredients which suggest a deeply problematic show: the co-option in name only of an ancient Japanese culture for reality TV; a blonde breakout star running in … Read more