Golden Boy (New Zealand TV series)

Golden Boy is a New Zealand comedy television series.

Golden Boy
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Eli Matthewson Nic Sampson Thomas Ward
Starring	Hayley Sproull Kimberley Crossman Rima Te Wiata Dean O'Gorman James Rolleston Erana James Alison Bruce Rawiri Paratene
Theme music composer	Stephen Gallagher
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16 (+ pilot)
Production
Executive producer	John McDonald
Producer	Bronwynn Bakker
Running time	23 minutes
Production company	MediaWorks
Original release
Network	Three
Release	July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16) – November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Premise

The series chronicles the journey of aspiring journalist Mitch, sister of star rugby player Tama – with whom their small hometown is obsessed, adding an interesting dynamic to Mitch's pursuit of her journalistic ambitions.^[1]

Cast and characters

• Hayley Sproull as Mitch
• Kimberley Crossman as Lisa
• Rima Te Wiata as Susan
• Dean O'Gorman as Aussie Dave
• James Rolleston as Tama
• Erana James as Kahu
• Alison Bruce as Carol
• Rawiri Paratene as Bertie

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released		Viewers (in millions)
			First released	Last released
Pilot	1		September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)		TBA
1	8		July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	September 3, 2019 (2019-09-03)	TBA
2	8		September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15)	November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)	TBA

Episodes

Pilot

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
0	1	"Pilot"	Jackie van Beek	Alice Snedden, Eli Matthewson & Nic Sampson	September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)

Season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Ghost Vapes"	Chelsea Preston-Crayford & Rose Matafeo	Nic Sampson	July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)
2	2	"Crawdon Hooker"	Chelsea Preston-Crayford	Alice Snedden	July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)
3	3	"CCTV"	Rose Matafeo	Kura Forrester	July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30)
4	4	"Seal"	Rose Matafeo	Brynley Stent	August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06)
5	5	"Balls Out"	Leon Wadham	Eli Matthewson	August 13, 2019 (2019-08-13)
6	6	"Break a Leg"	Leon Wadham	Chris Parker	August 20, 2019 (2019-08-20)
7	7	"Tama, Driving & Jail"	Leon Wadham	Jono Pryor	August 27, 2019 (2019-08-27)
8	8	"Pregnancy"	Leon Wadham	Alice Sneddon	September 3, 2019 (2019-09-03)

Season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
9	1	TBA	Leon Wadham	Alice Snedden	September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15)
10	2	TBA	Leon Wadham	Chris Parker	September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22)
11	3	TBA	Leon Wadham	Brynley Stent	September 29, 2020 (2020-09-29)
12	4	TBA	Leon Wadham	Kura Forrester & Nic Sampson	October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)
13	5	TBA	Tom Furniss & Tom Sainsbury	Brynley Stent	October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)
14	6	TBA	Tom Furniss & Tom Sainsbury	Chris Parker	October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)
15	7	TBA	Tom Furniss	Eli Matthewson	October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)
16	8	TBA	Leon Wadham	Alice Snedden	November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)