HAPPY FESTIVUS! Today on December 23 we observe the time honoured Festivus tradition. While I encourage you to engage in the feats of strength with your loved ones, it doesn’t stop us airing our grievances about television. Every day throughout the year I air my TV-related grievances, but today it’s your turn. Please let me [...]
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World Movies – Christmas Viewing Highlights
TV schedules can look pretty dire at the best of times, but it has been rough going these past few weeks leading into Christmas. Yes, a few absolute gems have made it onto the schedule, but it’s a wasteland generally. The guys at Foxtel channel World Movies have pointed out to me that they’re programming [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Friday 16 – Sunday 18 December 2011
TV Spotlight FRI: Friday Night Lights (ABC2, 8:30pm), The Libertine (GEM, 9:30pm), Anything Else (7Two, 11pm). SAT: The 27 Inch Man (ABC2, 7:30pm), The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (Ch 7, 7:30pm), Jerome Robbins’ NY Export: Opus Jazz (SBS2, 8:30pm), The Misfits (ABC2, 8:30pm), The Wrestler (Ch 10, 9pm), Acolytes (Ch 9, 9:30pm), Mars Attacks! (Go!, [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Thursday 15 December 2011
TV Spotlight Brokeback Mountain (GEM, 8:30pm), Greatest Cities of the World (ABC1, 9:25pm), Dirty Pretty Things (SBS1, 10pm). Assigned Reading Lilley angry after ABC fail to register Angry Boys for the Logies. Jane Fonda to recur in new Sorkin TV series, playing a Ted Turner-type character. NOTE: This will be the second last [TV Diary] [...]
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[TV Diary] Wednesday 14 December 2011
TV Spotlight Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Go!, 4pm), The Killing (SBS2, 8:30pm), The Killing (One HD, 9:30pm), The 27 Inch Man (ABC2, 9:30pm), The Trip (ABC1, 10:05pm). Assigned Reading Police have raided a company offering 1000 illegal pirated channels for a $90 a month subscription. The League has been picked up for a [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Tuesday 13 December 2011
Apologies for the lack of TV Diary updates. I’ve been stuck staring at my desktop screen for the past 4 days pressing the big red button on Devastating Explosions. TV Spotlight The Office (Eleven, 8:30pm), Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil (ABC2, 10:26pm), The Inbetweeners (Go!, 10:30pm), Arrested Development (ABC2, 10:46pm). Assigned Reading Mick Molloy [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Thursday 8 December 2011
TV Spotlight Happy Endings (Ch 7, 8:30pm), Arrested Development (ABC2, 8:30pm), JCVD (SBS2, 9:30pm), Be Kind Rewind (Go!, 9:30pm), Peep Show (ABC2, 10:50pm). Assigned Reading ABC1 Controller Brendan Dahill spoke with TV Tonight about 2012. CVC Asia Pacific has brokered a deal with Goldman Sachs.
READ MORE[TV Diary] Wednesday 07 December 2011
TV Spotlight The Killing (SBS2, 8:30pm), The Thick of It (ABC1, 9pm), Queen: Days of Our Lives (ABC2, 9:30pm), The Killing (One HD, 9:30pm). Assigned Reading Die On Your Feet is currently being shopped around. A novel based on The Walking Dead is out now. It’s technically based on the comic book series the TV [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Tuesday 6 December 2011
TV Spotlight Review With Myles Barlow (ABC2, 8:30pm), Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil (ABC2, 10:25pm), The Inbetweeners (Go!, 10:30pm), Parks and Recreation (Ch 7, 10:50pm), The Unusuals (Ch 9, 11:30pm), The League (One HD, 12:30am). Assigned Reading Paul Henry has let it slip that February 27 is set as the start date for Tens [...]
READ MORE[TV Diary] Monday 5 December 2012
TV Spotlight Rocknrolla (Go!, 9:30pm), Housos: Foxtel (SBS1, 10pm), Ran (SBS2, 10:30pm), London Live: Manic Street Preachers, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the Coral, Dizzee Rascal (ABC2, 11:55pm). Assigned Reading Kellie Connelly offers her view on the dismantling of the Mornings With KAK show. It’s A Knockout is already profitable with its McDonalds sponsorship. Will it be back [...]
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