TV Highlights Teen Wolf (Go!, 7:30pm), Victorian Pharmacy (SBS1, 8:30pm), Sons of Anarchy (One HD, 9:30pm), Lawrence Leung’s Unbelievable (ABC1, 9:30pm). Assigned Reading Could we really see a Ben & Jerry’s flavour based on Ron Swansons desire for “All The Bacon & Eggs You Have“? The Chicago Code makes its premiere on Fox8 tonight.
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[TV Diary] Tuesday 28 June 2011
TV Highlights Go Back To Where You Came From: The Response (SBS1, 8:30pm), Black Rain (One HD, 9:30pm), Wilfred (Eleven, 9:30pm), GasLand (SBS1, 10:05pm), Eastbound & Down (7Mate, 10:30pm). Assigned Reading Law & Order: Criminal Intent comes to its end. Law & Order: SVU finds two new lead detectives.
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Is Apple TV Set To Offer TV?
Rumours have been building in recent months that Apple are set to move in a big way into television. There’s been talk of some sort of partnership with Samsung, Steve Jobs wanting to ‘revolutionise television’ prior to the publication of an authorised biography next year (and before he moves beyond this mortal coil), and then [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Monday 27 June 2011
TV Highlights Swingtown (ABC2, 8:30pm), An Idiot Abroad (One HD, 8:30pm), Flight of the Conchords (SBS1, 10pm). Assigned Reading Bert Newton is getting back to work. Thank god. Now, I just wish Nine would give him something to do that’s more worthy of his talent. Spend some time in the Bitchin’ Kitchen. The NYT takes [...]
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Wilfred
I approached the US remake of Wilfred with high expectation. As someone who had only seen a handful of episode of The Australian series, I wasn’t wildly invested in whether the show held up to the original (which I did like, quite a bit). Rather, I was simply interested in whether this US adaptation would [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Friday 24 June – Sunday 26 June 2011
TV Highlights FRI: Field of Dreams (One HD, 7:30pm), David Mitchell’s SoapBox (ABC2, 9:25pm), What’s the Problem with Nudity? (SBS1, 10:05pm). SAT: Jeremiah Johnson (GEM, 1:30pm), The Time Machine (Ch 9, 2:30pm), The Party (GEM, 4pm), Raw Comedy (ABC1, 10:20pm),Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (ABC2, 11:40pm), Run Fat Boy Run (Ch 9, [...]
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Fox International Set To Launch Channel in Australia
Following on from rumours that Fox International are set to launch a channel in Australia comes a significant number of job ads placed this morning to staff up. The advertisements mention a general entertainment channel, so I’d assume this may see a relaunch of the FX brand in Australia. Let the speculation begin! * * [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Thursday 23 June 2011
TV Highlights French Food Safari (SBS1, 7:30pm), On Trial (ABC1, 8:30pm), Arrested Development (ABC2, 8:30pm), Go Back to Where You Came From (SBS1, 8:30pm), Zoolander (Go!, 9:30pm), Star Trek: TNG (Eleven, 9:30pm), The Edukators (SBS1, 11:50pm). Assigned Reading Elijah Wood tells the AV Club why he took a role on Wilfred (US). In another AV [...]
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The Killing: It’s About The Structure, Stupid.
{NOTE: This post features spoilers about The Killing, including the final episode of season one. Read at your own peril} The Killing is a series that launched on AMC earlier this year to strong critical reaction. The show is based on a Danish series and follows the murder investigation of high school student Rosie Larsen. [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Wednesday 22 June 2011
TV Highlights Neighbours (Eleven, 6:30pm), Go Back to Where You Came From (SBS1, 8:30pm), The Conspiracy Files: Lockerbie (SBS2, 8:30pm), Lawrence Leung’s Unbelievable (ABC1, 9:30pm), Am I Normal?: Sexuality (ABC2, 9:30pm), Sons of Anarchy (One HD, 9:30pm). Assigned Reading Australian TV Producer John Edwards has a chat with TV Tonight. The story behind Kids In [...]
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