New Girl and Homeland available to watch online in New Zealand before TV premiere

  • Breaking
  • 27/01/2012

MediaWorks is premiering full episodes of two of the biggest television shows of the 2012 season online, ahead of their television broadcasts next month.

Zooey Deschenal’s new sitcom New Girl, which is set to screen on FOUR from Tuesday 7 February, is available to watch online from today at FOUR.co.nz/NewGirl.

The critically-acclaimed Homeland, which picked up the Best Drama award at the Golden Globes, will be available to watch at TV3.co.nz/Homeland from 9am Thursday February 2 ahead of its TV3 debut.

Each episode will be available online for a week, and the special advance screenings are only for the season premieres.

 “We’re always looking for innovative ways to launch our big new shows,” says Director of Programming Kelly Martin.

“This is a first for us, and quite possibly a first for New Zealand television. I’m genuinely curious to see how the audience reacts.”

Non-traditional approaches to television promotion have paid big dividends internationally. When Fox made episode one of New Girl widely available ahead of the US season launch, two million people watched the show online and the word-of-mouth translated into ratings success, with a debut television audience of more than 10 million viewers.

Homeland and New Girl are part of TV3’s new season programming which is rolling out on TV3 and FOUR from Sunday February 5, including shows such as Terra Nova and Would I Lie To You?

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