When the rebrand of One HD was announced, a number of FX series were mentioned as having been acquired to get a run on the channel. With the shows on FX skewing towards guys and several of them having strong sports-related elements to their core concept, it was a great fit for One HD. The [...]

Angry Boys was an interesting production in that it was co-financed by ABC in Australia, BBC in the UK, and HBO in the US. It also represents the most successful auteurist effort by an Australian in the US television market (I’m excluding Jason Gaan’s recent effort on Wilfred as he isn’t the showrunner of that [...]

The mark of a good TV pilot is one which sets up the general conceit of the show, introduces its characters effectively, and gives the viewer a taste for what they can expect from the series week in, week out. A pilot episode is rarely ever ‘good TV’ because it needs to be ‘good set-up [...]

Television is not an artistic medium. Yes, sometimes art does make its way into the form, but by and large most television is dictated by financial concerns. If a show doesn’t rate, it can’t charge a high rate for advertising, and thus its pulled. Likewise, if a show is highly profitable, it is rare to [...]

With this review of The Hard Times of RJ Berger following Mondays review of Hung, it is possible that it is ‘Large Penis Single Camera Comedy Week’ here at White Noise. It’s noteworthy that after a decade of female-empowerment action/adventure shows and female-orientated dramas, the last 18 months has seen several shows hit the air [...]

The most interesting program on Channel Sevens schedule in 2010 makes its first appearance tonight. What makes it such a stand-out on the Channel Seven schedule is its strong examination of the construct of masculinity when the good majority of Sevens marquee programs are unashamedly female-orientated relationship dramas. At its core, Hung is about the [...]

Lost returns tonight and poses a challenge to you greater than any mystery contained in the program: Will you download it? For years, television networks have treated viewers with disdain. The networks have aired programs months (sometimes years) after their initial airdate, they bounce shows across the schedules, there’s no guarantee that you’ll see more [...]

US talk show host Conan O’Brien will make his return to television in November for an 11pm timeslot. While the news is fairly significant in the US television landscape, it actually has quite a bit to say about the state of US free to air television. Conan won’t be returning to the air on Fox, [...]