Comments on: Mick Molloy’s The Nation starts on Nine

By: catbrain

catbrain — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:51:24 +0000

Well, I’ll be giving it a bash because Tuesday nights are pretty vacant on FTA, apart from the police procedurals and serious stuff on ABC/SBS.

By: markymarc

markymarc — Mon, 28 May 2007 12:46:34 +0000

i guess in theory, having more shows that dissect media and news is a good thing, (a world with both John Stewart & Colbert is better than just the one?) But the problem is that CH9… are just incapable of making watchable tv. Could be worse – it could have Richard Wilkins.

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:50:42 +0000

More shit casting news with Channel 9 announcing Nikki Osborne will be part of the show. As in Nikki Osborne brain dead bimbo QuziMonkey co-host.

If her efforts on QuizMonkey are anything to go by, the show will be bursting with humour.

By: dishy

dishy — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:43:16 +0000

It will run until around 2015, because Australia loves crap TV shows. And this sounds like total crap.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:42:28 +0000

Having been at the shooting of the pilot, there’s a couple of things I should mention.

Jackie O is a late addition – as a replacement for Fifi Box! Personally, I prefer Box over O.

As for the longevity of the show, the pilot was a lot more punchy than the old Saturday night show, has better talent with more direction and I suspect there’s going to be more oversight from 9 management as to content, rather than Mick being given carte blanche by Jamie, as he was for the previous show.

By: catbrain

catbrain — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:20:32 +0000

Nice one, Josh! I’d forgotten about that Daria ep…

So, they’re basically trying to do The Chaser’s War On Everything with a single host and changing guests?

I don’t reckon they’ll pull it in a hurry – gotta keep their Australian “drama” quota up.

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:49:59 +0000

Jackie O – fantastic! Why not Jo Stanley and Fifi Box too? And maybe Alan Jones.