For the street in central Auckland, see Shortland Street, Auckland.
Shortland Street
Genre
Medical drama Soap opera
Created by
Jason Daniel
Directed by
Lauren Porteous Mana Epiha Emmett Skilton Curtis Vowell Mia Blake
Jacqueline Nairn Ian Hughes Ghazaleh Golbakhsh Geoffrey Cawthorn[1]
Starring
(Ensemble)
Theme music composer
Graham Bollard
Composers
Graham Bollard (1992–2019) Sam Watson (2019–2023) William Philipson (2023 – current)
Country of origin
New Zealand
Original language
English
No. of seasons
33
No. of episodes
7,998 (as of 30 August 2024)
Production
Executive producers
Don Reynolds
Alan Coleman
Tim Sanders
Caterina De Nave
Rachel Lang
Tony Holden
Simon Bennett
John Barnett
Producers
Caterina De Nave (1992)
Brian Lennane (1992–1993)
Tony Holden (1994–1995)
Gavin Srawhan (1995–1996)
Alan Coleman (1995)
Judith Trye (1996–1997)
Lisa Page (2000–2001)
Harriet Crampton (2001–2005)
Katie Wolfe (2005)
Jason Daniel (2005–2008)
Steven Zanoski (2009–2013)
Simon Bennett (1997–2000, 2013–2016)
Maxine Fleming (2016–2018, 2022–)
Oliver Driver (2019–)
Production locations
8 Tolich Pl, Lincoln North, Auckland 0610 New Zealand
Editors
Anna Benedikter Matthew Allison
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies
South Pacific Pictures Grundy Television (1992–2006) Fremantle Australia (2006–present)
Original release
Network
TVNZ 2
Release
25 May 1992 (1992-05-25) – present
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Shortland Street is a New Zealand 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 7,900 episodes and 32 years (as of May 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.[2] 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".[3] Today, it is one of New Zealand's highest-rated shows, frequently making AGB Nielsen Media Research's top 5 programmes of the week[citation needed], achieving an average linear daily reach of 345,000 viewers (in the year to June 2021) and is TVNZ's "most streamed show".[4]
^"Shortland Street". TVNZ Ondemand.
^"And they said it wouldn't last – Shortland Street – tvnz.co.nz". Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^Horrocks, Roger & Nick Perry (2004). Television in New Zealand: Programming the Nation p23 Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press
^McConnell, Glenn (23 June 2021). "Shortland St and Patrick Gower doco are popular, but not the biggest shows on TV". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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