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Jon Snow's Game of Thrones resurrection: It's time to stop bringing back the dead

Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) comes back to life in Game of Thrones, season six.

KARL QUINN 6:00pm Killing a hugely popular character in a major TV show is a brave thing to do. Bringing them back to life is not.

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Current affairs program anchor makes red-faced apology after dining segment shows genitalia

Embarrassing broadcast ... Duncan Garner 'genuinely apologised' to viewers after the second cut to the restaurant, saying they 'saw too much'.

8:17am The anchor of New Zealand current affairs program Story faced an embarrassing live broadcast situation on Wednesday night.

Outback horror classic: Has Mick Taylor met his match in Wolf Creek's TV offshoot?

John Jarratt's hunter becomes the hunted in the new Wolf Creek TV series.

SARAH THOMAS 12:00am TV series Wolf Creek turns the cult horror films inside out.

Game of Thrones: Jon Snow 'twist' magnifies flaws and staleness

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CRAIG MATHIESON 12:00am SPOILER ALERT What was once shocking is now crude, and what was once thrilling is now merely satisfying.

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Green Guide Letters: Midsomer turns silly

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12:00am Oh no, just when I thought Midsomer Murders couldn't get any worse they managed it. Just dress up daggy old Midsomer with a space ship or two, some scientific instruments, include the requisite number of corpses and it will come up to date. Sorry guys the very essence of Midsomer was its dagginess, the village green, the quaint villagers, and the latent air of evil. Now it's just succeeded in looking plain silly.

Television: With an election looming, the brilliant Shaun Micallef returns to ABC

Who better to hold our hand through the hell that is election time than Shaun Micallef and the Mad as Hell team.

LOUISE RUGENDYKE 12:00am With an election coming up television needs Shaun Micallef like never before.

TV explainer: why Game of Thrones' messages are not acceptable for children

Game of Thrones can be downright damaging to impressionable youth.

BEN POBJIE 12:00am Parental guidance is required when it comes to Game of Thrones and a younger audience.

Australians' rights to use VPNs should be enshrined in law: report

Australians would be guaranteed the right to source Game of Thrones from the likes of HBO Now if a recommendation of the Productivity Commission is adopted.

KARL QUINN 11:22pm The right of Australians to source cheap digital content from overseas should be guaranteed by the Parliament, a report has urged.

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Nine finds its Voice at last in the battle of the reality titans

The addition of Ronan Keating as a judge/coach has done The Voice no harm in its first week.

KARL QUINN 5:23pm The Voice has got off to a flying start, affording Nine a glimmer of light after what has been a rather gloomy spell.

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Australia's Next Top Judge: Our form guide to reality TV's henchmen

Jessie J rose to pop stardom in the UK.

BEN POBJIE Ben Pobjie roasts the judges who will make or break the dreams of starry-eyed competitors.

What's on

What's on: TV highlights, Thursday, May 5

 Abbi Jacobson (left) and Ilana Glazer star in the hilarious comedy Broad City.

MELINDA HOUSTON 12:15am Make sure you catch Broad City; head to Norway with Adam Liaw; and follow the fast-paced drama of The Amazing Race.

TV guide: what's on Friday, May 6

Charming: P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson), left, and Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) in Saving Mr Banks.

Saving Mr. Banks is charming and sweet; nude dating show Adam Looking For Eve isn't.

TV guide: what's on Saturday, May 7

RockWiz Salutes the Legends of Europe.

RockWiz readies to call Sweden and a remarkable Pedro Almodóvar film.

TV guide: what's on Sunday, May 8

Red carpet hosts: Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson on the Today show.

Before we get to TV's 'night of nights', who will take out frock shock gold on the red carpet?

TV guide: what's on Monday, May 9

Neil Oliver, the host and face of television documentary series Coast, is off to New Zealand.

Neil Oliver sets off to discover the land of the long white cloud, while Scandal turns up the drama to 11.

TV guide: what's on Wednesday May 11

60 Days In is a dangerous experiment as volunteers pose as inmates to get a no-holds barred insight into prison life.

60 Days In is a dangerous experiment where volunteers go undercover inside a violent US jail.

TV guide: what's on Thursday May 12

Here's cheers to Heston Blumenthal's food for love in Heston's Recipe for Romance,

A thrilling finale for Janet King; Heston goes bonkers in the kitchen.