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New Zealand : TV Guide 15 - 21 May - The Partridge Family gets back on the bus. The Partridge Family is making a comeback. The Hit 70s show is returning to TV and David Cassidy will be in it. The former teen heart-throb, now 53, says. "I thought it would be great to be able to put a spin on it for a whole new generation of people who haven’t been a part of it." First broadcast in 1970, the show featured an all-singing family who toured the country in their psychedelic bus. It turned David into the biggest teen idol the world had ever seen. Membership of his fan club eclipsed that of Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
Thanks to Roni for this info.

There is a 4 page article on Danny Bonaduce in the March issue of The Australian Woman's Weekly - New Zealand edition. Amongst other things, Danny mentioned that he is making plans to move to Sydney. He also mentioned that David stepped in to help him when nobody else did. He's the biggest Partridge Family fan because it was one of the greatest things that ever happened to him. There is a picture of Danny with his family and two pictures of The Partridge Family.
Thanks to Brendon for the alert.

New Zealand : David appeared in ‘Malcolm In The Middle’ on TV3 at 8pm on April 7th.
Thanks to Roni for vigilantly keeping her eyes out.

The October 21st issue of HELLO Magazine with an article on David is available as from the week of Dec 22nd.

David is in The New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, March 17th 2003 issue. Caption reads: "It’s hard to see why now but David Cassidy got Hippest Fashion Plate - Male for playing Keith Partridge in The Partridge Family."
(Thanks to Roni for the alert)

The repeat of The Cassidy Family on Famous Families was shown at 9am and Shirley Jones profiled on Celebrity at 4pm, both on Sunday January 12, 2003, TV3.

New Zealand - watch ‘Come On Get Happy’ at 8.20pm, TV2 on Saturday 28th December. This is the behind the scene story by Danny.

Famous Families : The Cassidy Family - will be shown on New Zealand’s TV3, on Saturday 28th at 12 noon. Quoted from TV Guide - Documentary about the Cassidy family, from the romance of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones to the overnight successes of Jack’s son David and his half-brother Shaun.

This week’s issue of ‘My Weekly’ from the UK on sale in New Zealand (Sept 9-15), dated July 13th, has the follow-up to the April 27th article about David on page 42 and 43.

The April 27 issue of ‘My Weekly’ from the UK with David on the cover and a 2 page feature is on sale this week (June 24 - 30) throughout New Zealand and Australia. Also, there is a small picture of David with the news of David’s concerts in the UK in ‘Woman’s Own’ magazine dated April 22 on sale this week.

David and Shaun were on the weekend (Saturday) edition of Entertainment Tonight, May 18th, at 5pm on PRIME, New Zealand. David talked about his dark years, the loss of his father, being imprisoned by fame, the fans and moving on to doing Blood Brothers with Shaun.

Catch David Cassidy on ‘Entertainment Tonight’ at 7pm, April 5th, on PRIME, New Zealand.

A review on ‘VH1-Behind The Music’. Please note that David’s has never been shown in New Zealand (yet).

Peter Sinclair wrote in his Web Talk article, ‘Feed the World’ dated May 20, 99 : Now former teen idol David Cassidy and his songwriter wife, Sue, hope they can make it happen all over again with Message to the World [www.eat-m.com], this time for those who are hunted and driven as well as hungry: the Kosovar refugees.

THE DAVID CASSIDY STORY
TV4, 9.30pm, Monday, 14th January, 2002.
The obligatory made-for-TV tale of 70s teen heart-throb and pop star David Cassidy's rise and fall, based on his autobiography C'mon Get Happy: Fear and Loathing on The Partridge Family Bus. As well as documenting the pressures of touring, his failed romances, and his battles with addiction and depression, the film is most fascinating when it focuses on his life-long struggle to get the approval of his plainly jealous father, a former veteran Broadway actor.
TV Guide Jan 12 - 18.

Larry Love, the dancing hamster, sings 'I Think I Love You'. These toy hamsters are available throughout New Zealand at The Warehouse.

A repeat of Viva Variety Special which was shown in January this year will be on at 12 midnight, on Sunday 18th November. David was a guest in the show.

Walk On By series starts on Thursday November 15 at 9.30pm on TV1. Amongst many other stars, David Cassidy was interviewed in the series. This BBC programme tracks the history of pop music over the past 100 years. Read the NZ Herald's report.

Jack Cassidy guest starred in a re-run episode of Mod Squad on TV4 at 2pm, 14th July, 2001.

Family link in Shirley's role
Shirley Jones (The Partridge Family) guest stars in a special two-part episode of the darkly comic Cover Me, on TV4 at 8.30pm, Wednesday (June 6, 2001).
Jones plays mob widow Mary Colomby who is concerned her son is all too eager to follow in her dead husband's footsteps.
An undercover FBI family discover Mary may be willing to co-operate in bringing her son down.
The secret to Jones' guest role is she is the mother of Cover Me creator and writer Shaun Cassidy. Cassidy, a former teen idol (and star of The Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Mysteries, TV4, 4pm, Sundays) has become a top producer, creating shows like American Gothic and Roar. Jones worked with Cassidy's half-brother (and teen idol) David on The Partridge Family.

Teenage Dream was a Nightmare
In 1970, when he was 19, David Cassidy became the idol of millions of teenagers as his record career took off, and the television series The Partridge Family was launched.

His public image made him Mr Squeaky Clean of the pop music world.

There was a much darker side to his life and career, however, in which he struggled against the demons in his soul. This part of Cassidy was largely hidden from the world.

The David Cassidy Story (TV3, 8.30pm, Thursday 7th December) traces his life from boyhood and reveals why, when he published his autobiography in 1994, he called in C'mon Get Happy... Fear and Loathing on The Partridge Family Bus.

It stars Andrew Kavovit as David Cassidy, Malcolm McDowell as Jack Cassidy, Katie Wright as Susan Dey and Dey Young as Shirley Jones. David Cassidy was executive producer.

TV Guide, December 2 - 8 2000 issue

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