NZ On Air has today announced funding for a major new drama series, intended for prime time on TV One, from the writers and producers of Outrageous Fortune and Go Girls.

Nothing Trivial is a warmly comic drama based around a pub quiz team of five friends with one thing in common: each is unlucky or unhappy in love. The 13-part series will receive $6.9 million.

"We're very excited to be supporting this project," said NZ On Air chief executive Jane Wrightson. "We've been looking for a quality drama to serve TV One audiences for a while now, and this one has all the credentials. The series deals with matters common to us all - life, love and the pursuit of happiness - in a witty and quintessentially Kiwi way."

Made by South Pacific Pictures, New Zealand's most successful drama production company, the series has been created by award-winning writers Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan.

Nothing Trivial is supported from NZ On Air's contestable TV fund, from which around $66 million a year is invested to create a varied range of content for different audiences.