TV Spotlight FRI: Night Court (7Two, 3:30pm), Columbo (7Two, 4pm), Friday Night Lights (ABC2, 8:30pm), Sex: An Unnatural History (SBS1, 10pm) SAT: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (ABC2, 8:30pm), Walking Tall (Ch 7, 8:45pm), 2 Days in Paris (SBS1, 10:15pm), Coogan’s Bluff (ABC2, 11:25pm), Friday Night Lights (Ch 10, 12:30am). SUN: U.S. Marshals [...]
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iPlayer Commences International Rollout
It’s easy to look at the future of Connected TV and focus on services like Hulu, Netflix, and iTunes. It’s set to be a whole lot more complicated than that with niche services set to make themselves known. While I’m sure there will be genre-driven services like Comedy, Sci-fi, Music, etc, that won’t be the [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Thursday 28 July 2011
TV Spotlight Crownies (ABC1, 8:30pm), Arrested Development (ABC2, 8:30pm), Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (SBS1, 8:30pm),Star Trek: The Next Generation (Eleven, 9:30pm), Three Kings (Go!, 9:30pm). Assigned Reading Babylon 5 almost lived once more. It’d be intriguing to see what Warner Bros had planned for this ‘distribution system’. A new Tales From The Crypt series is [...]
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Televised Revolution Podcast – Episode 52
It was legitimately an exciting week for TV news and discussion. The panel discuss it all. Battling flu, sleepiness, and a bitter winter wind, the lads rubbed their hands together and got to business. Up for discussion this week: Adam Boland sticks with Seven Changes expected at ABC Televisions 7:30. QI to tour Australia with [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Wed 27 July 2011
TV Spotlight Seduction in the City (SBS1, 8:30pm), Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey (ABC1, 9:30pm), Sons of Anarchy (One HD, 9:30pm), Death at a Funeral (7Two, 9:45pm), Blueberry (SBS1, 12:10am), Newsradio (7Mate, 12:30am). There’s a few shows of interest tonight. The new Judith Lucy show should be worth watching. The highlight for me is the supernatural [...]
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Adam Boland Sticks With Seven
Despite it oft-rumoured that former Sunrise EP Adam Boland was attempting to get out of his contract at Seven in a bid to set up a breakfast show at Ten, today comes the news that Boland has dropped his legal action against Seven and taken on the position of Channel Sevens Director of Social Media [...]
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Apple To Bid For Hulu?
If this comes to pass, Apple purchasing Hulu would alter television distribution to a degree that we’ve not yet seen before. The ramifications of such a purchase would be felt wide. It would also practically confirm the rumours that Apple are set to launch an actual Apple TV. A couple of weeks ago on White [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Thursday 21 July 2011
TV Spotlight Crownies (ABC1, 8:30pm), Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (SBS1, 8:30pm), Star Trek: Next Generation (Eleven, 9:30pm). Assigned Reading Larry David talks about dating, Seinfeld, and wealth. Channel Controller Stuart Menzies talks up ABC2 with TV Tonight.
READ MORE[TV Diary] Wednesday 20 July 2011
TV Spotlight Victorian Pharmacy (SBS1, 8:30pm), Lawrence Leung’s Unbelievable (ABC1, 9:30pm), The True Story: Jaws (ABC2, 9:30pm), Sons of Anarchy (One HD, 9:30pm). Assigned Reading Mark Scott wary that politicians may overreact, following the NoTW business. What TV can learn from Friday Night Lights.
READ MORE[TV Diary] Tuesday 19 July 2011
TV Highlights Teen Wolf Too (Go!, 8:30pm), The Fugitive (GEM, 8:50pm), Wilfred (Eleven, 9:30pm), Artscape: Jedi’s and Juggalos: Your Census Guide (ABC1, 10:08pm), South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Go!, 10:30pm). Assigned Reading Are 18-34 year-olds too young to get nostalgic? Easy question solved when you look at the sales for the Parker Lewis Can’t [...]
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