Nova TV is, along with HRT and RTL, one of the three Croatian television channels that air the largest amount of original programming in Croatia. The channel has its own everyday news programming, as well as various scripted television series. A smaller quantity of original reality and game show series is also aired by the channel. The channel also airs acquired foreign programming, both television series (mostly English or Turkish) and movies.
Currently, Nova TV's programming schedule usually consists of children's programming (mostly acquired animated series) airing in the morning, followed by re-runs of original and acquired television series during the day. The prime time is generally reserved for news and other original programming.
Original programming
News programming
Dnevnik Nove TV is the main news program of Nova TV. It is broadcast daily at 19:00 UTC.
As of 2008[update], and it was the second most popular news program in Croatia, closing in on Dnevnik HRT, its main competitor.[1] Dnevnik Nove TV overtook Dnevnik HRT in 2010, becoming the most watched news programme in Croatia. Since its launch in 2005, the style of the broadcast has changed little.
A minor incident occurred in 2015, when Milorad Pupovac, a vice-president of Independent Democratic Serb Party, was forced out of the programme for his speech on the removal of Cyrillic tables in Vukovar by an amendment of the City Statute, due to "being in 2015". Both sides, Serbian and Croatian, apparently condemned the incident, some likening it with the forced takeaway of the right to free speech. However, Nova TV soon issued a response in which they said that:
Nova TV's news anchor sought to focus the guest on the issue for which he was invited to the show. Given the fact that our guest continuously kept digressing off the topic, the host had to end the conversation at certain moment because [...] it was a live interview, within a show which also deals with other topics [...]. Just like many times before, Mr. Pupovac will continue being relevant and respected guest in our studios.[2]
The station also became notable for showing one of the first Croatian sitcoms called Naša mala klinika, which started to air in November 2004,[3] and in early June 2005 the channel started airing another locally produced sitcom called Bumerang.
Supertalent, the Croatian entry in the Got Talent franchise, is a part of Nova TV's staple programming, airing since September 2009. It is one of Nova TV's longest-running original series, set to enter its eleventh season in Fall 2024.[6] Nova TV rebooted Ples sa zvijezdama, which previously aired 8 seasons on HRT 1.[7] A reboot of Survivor, which previously aired a season on HRT 2 in 2005 and another one on RTL in 2012, premiered on Nova TV in March 2022.[8]
As the first Croatian commercial television network, Nova TV made the Croatian TV viewers familiar with reality shows when first airing the American shows such as Survivor and Temptation Island. Nova TV was also the first television network to show The Jerry Springer Show in Croatia, which ran until 2022. In 2005, the channel also introduced popular American TV series such as Lost (2004–2010) and Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) as well as reality show The Apprentice (2004–2017) to the Croatian audience. Nova TV is also known for broadcasting newer blockbusters first released in the 1990s and the 2000s as well as some less popular television or cinema movies that are quite hard to find anywhere else in Croatia.
Sports programming
Nova TV is also notable for live broadcasts of various sporting events such as alpine skiing and Mirko Filipović's fights. For many years, they have also been broadcasting FA Premier League matches, as well as some of the English cup matches. However, they stopped showing English football following the end of the 2006–07 season, with the Premier League now available in Croatia through RTL Televizija. In 2009, Nova TV bought the rights to show the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesdays until 2012. Their Champions League coverage consists of one live broadcast and the highlights of all the remaining matches of the night, but not the final, which is broadcast by HRT. In 2018, Nova TV bought all Croatia national football team fixtures live until 2028.
Nova TV features Croatian dubs of various popular animated series for children, which mostly air in the mornings. In the late 2000s, it was the first channel to air Croatian dubs of popular series such as Dora the Explorer, Bratz, Peppa Pig and Winx Club. Nova TV's children programming also airs on Mini TV, a specialized channel launched on 1 October 2008.[9]
^In 2024, RTL announced the reboot of the series under the same name.
^Seasons 1–8 of Ples sa zvijezdama aired on HRT 1 from 2006 to 2013. The first season to premiere on Nova TV in 2019 is the ninth season of the series overall.
^Season 1 of Survivor aired on HRT 2 in 2005, followed by Season 2 on RTL in 2012. The first season to premiere on Nova TV in 2022 is the third season of the series overall.
^Živković, Nikolina (6 September 2022). "Pogledajte kako se zabavljala ekipa 'Naše male klinike', fotke iz 2005. bude stare uspomene" [See how the 'Naša male klinika' team had fun, photos from 2005 bring back old memories]. 24sata.hr (in Croatian). 24sata. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2024. The first Croatian sitcom 'Naša mala klinika' arrived on television screens at the end of 2004, and some still like to watch it today.
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