Ten may have decided to bring to an end the long-running Video Hits, but that doesn’t mean your Sunday mornings are now lacking music videos. As you wake up each Sunday morning fighting the sleep in your eyes and hunting groggily around the kitchen for a box of Special K, you can fill your Video [...]
READ MOREAugust, 2011
Happyville Pet Shop is “trying to steal your money”. Except, it isn’t.
Last night on ACA, it was reported that a lady named Danielle had installed Pet Hotel and Pet Shop on her iPad for her kids. Despite the fact that the games “were free”, in-app purchases made by her kids led to a credit card bill in excess of $4000. It’s pretty unfortunate for Danielle that [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Wednesday 31 August 2011
TV Spotlight Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey *FINAL* (ABC1, 9:30pm), District 9 (Go!, 9:30pm), Sons of Anarchy (One HD, 9:30pm). Assigned Reading Judge Judy fans have a big cry at TV Tonight. It begs a number of questions – the most significant being that anybody cares that much about Judge Judy? The middle-aged Jewish man who [...]
READ MORESpiral: Plumbing The Depths of Police Procedurals
One of the more interesting police dramas on TV is the French series Spiral (Engrenages). I have no idea if French law enforcement is structured in the way depicted within the show, but I do find the relationship between the police and public prosecutors/Judges fascinating. Being French, they are also a heck of a lot [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Tuesday 30 August 2011
TV Spotlight Australian Story (ABC1, 8:30pm), Cutting Edge (SBS1, 8:30pm), You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo (SBS1, 10:05pm), Parks and Recreation (Ch 7, 11:10pm). Assigned Reading Apple have ended its TV rental service. Failed offering, or could it perhaps not jive with a future cloud-based Netflix-style all-you-can-eat service? Ab Fab is set [...]
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The Joy of Sets Set
While a few photo’s of the Joy of Sets set have been posted by the Joy of Sets team this afternoon on Facebook, below is a reasonably clear look at the new home of Martin/Kavalee. While the set looks much like I’d assumed, I’m pretty impressed with some of the TV memorabilia littered throughout the [...]
READ MOREtwentysomething – iView Preview
At the ABC2 launch party that took place last week, the promo that seemed to garner the most enthusiasm from the crowd was for the new series “twentysomething”. I’m still yet to get a look at a full episode of the show, but it does look promising. The two leads are appealing and the presence [...]
READ MORETony Clifton – It’s All Been Worth It
Lounge singer Tony Clifton has made a rare appearance on the US comedy panel chat show The Green Room with Paul Provenza. Again, he has proven his value as one of the finest entertainers and gentlemen to grace the stage.
READ MORE[TV Diary] Monday 29 August 2011
TV Spotlight Carlos (ABC2, 8:30pm). Part one of the three part mini-series Carlos kicks off tonight on ABC2, continuing on Monday nights. I’ve blogged about this series a couple of times already, but may I once more suggest to check this one out. Carlos is about the terrorist dubbed Carlos The Jackal and is jam [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Friday 26 August – Sunday 28 August 2011
TV Spotlight Fri: James May’s Toy Stories – Lego (SBS2, 7:30pm), Knocked Up (Ch 7, 8:30pm), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (7Mate, 9:30pm). Sat: North by Northwest (Gem, 2:30pm), Romancing the Stone (Ch 10, 8:40pm), Road to Morocco (ABC2, 11:05pm), The Boys From Brazil (Ch 7, 11:30pm), Blazing Saddles (Ch 9, 12:15am). Sun: Easy [...]
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