Holmes' first TV segment featured guest Dennis Conner, the America’s Cup skipper.

TV3 typically screened repeats of popular shows such as Home Improvement or The Simpsons in this time slot.

TVNZ immediately took Holmes off the air and replaced his nightly show with Close Up, originally presented by Susan Wood.

On 8 August 2005, almost six months to the day after the show launched, it was axed by Prime Television,[7] with Prime chief executive Chris Taylor citing poor ratings and inability to attract viewers from the traditional primetime news strongholds of TV One and TV3.

Paul Holmes returned to TVNZ in 2009 to present political talk show Q+A on TV One.