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Billy McCaskill
''Shortland Street'' is a television soap opera from New Zealand, first broadcast on 25 May 1992. It currently airs on television network TVNZ 2. The 26th season of ''Shortland Street'' began airing on 15 January 2018. The following is a list of characters that appeared on the show in 2018 by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Maxine Fleming. Dion Tai Dion Tai, played by Sonny Tupu, made his first appearance on 23 January 2018. Dion arrives at the hospital as a famous rugby league star for a charity photo shoot. Upon running into the star-struck Jack Hannah (Shortland Street), Jack (Reuben Milner), Dion openly discriminates against him for his sexuality, and flirts with Sass Warner (Lucy Lovegrove). However, upon running into Jack again, it emerges that Dion himself is secretly gay, and attracted to Jack. The two begin a casual relationship, with Dion too afraid to come out due to his high-profile rugby league career. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortland Street
''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand Prime time, prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show was first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992 and is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 8,000 episodes and 32 years (as of December 2024). It is one of the most watched television programmes in New Zealand. The show was originally screened as five half-hour episodes each week, and received mixed reviews on its premiere. After its launch, the show suffered a drop in ratings and would have been cancelled if TVNZ had not ordered a year's worth of episodes in advance. TVNZ renewed the production in early 1993 after the show's ratings picked up, and the show has since garnered "long-term public enthusiasm". Today, it is one of New Zealand's highest-rated shows, frequently making AGB Nielsen Media Research's top 5 programmes of the week, achieving an average linear daily reach of 345,000 viewers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |