Broadcast TV Spotlight Fearless (SBS2, 9:30pm) Fresh Downloadables Burn Notice, Fifth gear, Penn & Teller: Bullsh!t, Royal Pains Assigned Reading Ellen Degeneres is to leave American Idol. With ratings sliding on the US program, its unlikely that this will be the last of changes made. An X-Files fan proves they have horrid taste in their [...]
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TV Diary: Thursday 29 July
Broadcast TV Spotlight Review With Myles Barlow (ABC2, 9:45pm), Chicken Run (7Two, 7pm), Diamonds Are Forever (7Two, 8:50pm). Fresh Downloadables Top Chef, Mythbusters, Louie, Memphis Beat If you enjoy your comedy a little darker than most, it would be criminal for you to ignore the Louis CK comedy series Louie. Assigned Readings Matt leBlanc has [...]
READ MORETV Diary: Wednesday 28 July 2010
Broadcast TV Spotlight Gruen Nation (ABC1, 9pm), Yes We Canberra (ABC1, 9:45pm), What The Future Sounded Like (ABC2, 11pm). Fresh Downloadables Warehouse 13, Hells Kitchen US, Deadliest Catch, Sherlock, White Collar, Rescue Me Assigned Reading Matt Weiner talks about the season four premiere of Mad Men. There is a campaign to get Bruce Campbell cast [...]
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Review: Sherlock
The title Sherlock Holmes connotes certain expectations on what the audience should expect. Immediately it conjures up images of Sherlock and his assistant Doctor Watson, excessive fog, long jackets, and middle aged men solving crimes in the late 19th century. The recent Robert Downey Jr version adds a certain sense of mischief and a faux-steampunk [...]
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TV Diary: Tuesday 27 July 2010
Broadcast TV Spotlight Liberal Rule (SBS2, 7:30pm), The Wire (ABC2, 9:30pm). Tonight see’s the season 4 finale of The Wire. This is the last episode ABC has the rights to of the series. If any viewers are keen to see the fifth and final season, they’ll have to hope Nine give it a run, or [...]
READ MORETV Diary: 26 July 2010
Broadcast TV Spotlight The Goodies ‘Kitten Kong’ (ABC2, 8pm), Q&A (ABC1, 9:30pm). I strongly recommend avoiding Hot In Cleveland. Strong cast, awful show. The dialogue and gags are just awful. It might play well with the 2 & A Half Men crowd where ill-conceived scripts never get in the way of hilarity. Fresh Downloadables Top [...]
READ MORETV Diary: 23 July 2010
Broadcast TV Spotlight The Drum (ABC News 24, 6:05pm), City Slickers (Go!, 7:30pm) Fresh Downloadables Burn Notice, Fifth Gear, Penn & Teller: Bullsh!t, Royal Pains, Rookie Blue Assigned Reading It’s increasingly difficult to view The Australians media section with any credibility, especially in light of their campaign against ABC News 24. Catherine Overingtons review of [...]
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Spot the difference: ABC News 24
When revamping or launching a new TV show or format, a smart producer will examine what others are doing, determine what works and what doesn’t, then inject it with their own sense of flair. Apparently CNN’s Anderson Cooper works.
READ MORETV Diary: 22 July 2010
Broadcast TV Spotlight ABC News 24 launch (ABC1 + ABC News24, 7:30pm), A Good Man (ABC1, 9:30pm), Review with Myles Barlow (ABC2, 9:30pm). Fresh Downloadables Memphis Beat, Psych, Top Chef Assigned Reading Bill Murray has never watched Seinfeld? Read about Bill Murray’s TV viewing and other aspects of his approach to the business called show [...]
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Hey Hey: Not yet retro chic
I am watching Hey Hey It’s Saturday tonight. No, really. In 2009, I joined Australia by cringing through the two specials that went to air. I thought they were by and large terrible and they served as a reminder why I stopped watching that “lame” show when I was 15. Of course, I thought Simon [...]
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