http://boxcutters.net/blog It's Television: Dissected Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:34:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In very sad news today, reports that Mark Priestley who played Dan Goldman in All Saints was found dead in Sydney. He had apparently been suffering from depression. (See stories at: The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC online.) Anybody who had seen All Saints in the last four years ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/08/28/vale-mark-priestley/ OK. It does not get better than this. Jess McGuire from RRR's I'd Rather Jack and also Defamer joins us to talk about Australian Idol. We also finally cover off on Daria and mix it up a whole lot around the edges. Get some: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 146 in your browser ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/08/25/boxcutters-episode-146/ Yes the Olympics are still on but we do our best to find television news amongst all the medal action. We talk about Quantum Leap in a bit of Things You May Have Missed as well as a Crap TV and the world's quickest I Don't Buy It. The truly ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/08/19/boxcutters-episode-145/ Gerard McCulloch joins us to look at the first few days of Olympic coverage, Hole in the Wall and Make Me A Supermodel. Keep a look out for another Postcard from A Show as well as some letters to Boxcutters. Plus news and pork and a couple of chicken related ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/08/12/boxcutters-episode-144/ With Tom Elliot and James Talia we talk a lot about the state of commercial television in general, its past, its future and the way things currently stand. It's a great chat with some eye or ear opening insights and predictions. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Boxcutters ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/08/05/boxcutters-episode-143/ Yes, ladies and gentlemens, we have the one and only fabulous Adam Richard with us in the Ross Seat this week. We talk about Celebrity Dog School, Star Dancers and a thousand other shows. Fun and exciting, it's 142. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell us what you think. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/07/29/boxcutters-episode-142/ The Australian reports that Sunday and Nightline have both been axed by the Nine Network. Two news and current affairs programmes that once stood tall in the jungle of commercial network reportage are now gone. Over the past few years both shows, but Sunday especially, were stripped of their traditions and ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/07/25/breaking-news/ The one hundred percent excellent John Richards joins us as guest co-host this week. We talk about what it's like to try to get a pilot made and accepted in Australia. There is also heaps of nerdalicious sci-fi and fantasy talk and almost no reality TV coverage. Really! Ooh look, it's ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/07/21/boxcutters-episode-141/ Save Our SBS has been in the news a lot lately with its criticisms of the way Shaun Brown has been running things. We speak to Darce Cassidy from the group about the problems they see with the broadcaster. Queen Josie Parelli sits in the Ross seat this week and ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/07/14/boxcutters-episode-140/ James Talia joins us on the phone from the UK with a Boxcutters scoop. Not even Media Watch had the information we have for you on this show. Nerida Haycock sits in Ross's seat, keeping it warm and us informed. We talk about Press Gang in our youth television series ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/07/08/boxcutters-episode-139/ The past couple of months have been all go go go at Boxcutters HQ so we've decided to take a week off. We'll be back with our big 140th 139th episode on July 7th. We hope you can find out a way to entertain yourselves until then. On another note, thanks to ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/06/29/sometimes-we-all-need-a-break/ Channel Nine will not be moving from its Sydney and Melbourne bases. They have withdrawn both sites from sale. The Age reports: The network is now expected to inject capital to digitise its Artarmon Road, Willoughby, studios in Sydney's north, and the Bendigo Street, Richmond, studios in Melbourne's east. When PBL Media listed ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/06/25/channel-nine-will-not-be-moved/ This week Toby Sullivan joins us in Ross's chair to discuss Degrassi and arts programmes. We take a quick look at All Saints and there's also an I Don't Buy It to pique your interest. It's all there in 138: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Write to us. You can also win tickets to see Toby's ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/06/24/boxcutters-episode-138/ What a huge episode of Boxcutters we have in store for you today. Nelly Thomas is our Ross for a day. We have a special surprise phone call, introduce a new segment, talk about Big Brother, Crap TV and have a challenging quiz question for you. All of this is ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/06/17/boxcutters-episode-137/ 136 = Lawrence Mooney + Ray Watch + News / Pork(Quiz) Really that's all you need to know. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Send us your equations. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/06/10/boxcutters-episode-136/ Bravo TV, who we mentioned a few weeks ago now have a deal with our own Arena, threw their own awards ceremony the other day called The A-List Awards. Anyway, Lauren Hutton won something called the Beuty Icon or something like that. You can see her acceptance speech at http://video.bravotv.com/player/?id=259862. It's worth clicking ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/06/06/the-a-list-awards/ Make yourself comfortable and strap on your ear-goggles. Wilbur Wilde is back filling in for Ross and James Talia phones in with tales of Europe. 100% world-class excellent Boxcutters coming your way. More discussions about all things television than you could ordinarily hope for. I hope I haven't built it up ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/06/03/boxcutters-episode-135/ TV reviewer and columnist for the Age, Jim Schembri joins us as our special co-host. We also speak to Marc Edwards from Ice TV about what's going on with the whole Channel Nine lawsuit. It's a great show with information and laughs a-plenty. We're reinventing television while talking about it: RSS feed iTunes Direct ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/05/27/boxcutters-episode-134/ This week the wonderful Queen Josie, formerly of Chartbusting '80s, is our guest host with lots of talk about life in community television, Australia's Got Talent and what the networks are doing. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Write to us http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/05/20/boxcutters-episode-133/ For those interested in seeing the first 3 season recap that Justin was talking about in this week's episode, this is it here. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/05/13/lost-first-3-seasons-in-8-minutes/ All the fun of the fair with Justin Hamilton as our guest co-host. Of course we discuss Lost and Channel 10 screwing with footy fans. We ask the question: Are the networks losing money? But we don't have any answers. Episode 132 is better than... RSS feed iTunes Direct Download What did you do on ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/05/12/boxcutters-episode-132/ David Knox, James Talia, the Logies, the Fuglies, Big Brother, Canal Road: all of these things go into making a wonderful episode of Boxcutters. It's Episode 131! RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Give us your opinions. Check out what David Knox reckons at TV Tonight. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/05/06/boxcutters-episode-131/ This week the lovely Nelly Thomas joins us as co-host while Ross is still away. We talk about the start new series of Big Brother and the end of So You Think You Can Dance, all garnished with a lovely sprinkling of News, Crap TV, Quiz and Pork. Episode 130: RSS feed iTunes Direct ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/04/29/boxcutters-episode-130/ 80 minutes of nonstop Boxcutters with Courteney Hocking who regales us with tales of working in a network television call centre. We review Saxondale and there's also a Raywatch and an I Don't Buy It to keep you on your toes. 129 the goose drank wine: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Clap hands (send us ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/04/22/boxcutters-episode-129/ "Some things I know and some things I don't." - John Monad What I do know is that John from Cincinnati starts screening on Showcase this Monday at 8.30pm, around the time many of us here experience the earliest rumblings of our weekly granola cravings. This show has divided audiences, and ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/04/18/john-from-cincinnati/ This week Wilbur Wilde joins us as a special guest co-host. Of course we talk about working on Hey Hey It's Saturday as well as a review of the Canadian show, jPod, and the answer to our very difficult quiz question. Where the Wild(e) things are: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Let the rumpus begin. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/04/15/boxcutters-episode-128/ This week James Talia calls us all the way from London to talk about Olympic flames, news broadcasts and how funny the BBC can be. We have a look at the Logie nominations and there are more clues for the difficult Boxcutters Quiz. Also we are joined by the wonderful ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/04/07/boxcutters-episode-127/ Get ready for a one-hundred percent excitement filled episode of Boxcutters with reviews of Gladiators and East of Everything. We also have all the television News and Pork you could hope for and a tragic crime against decency in I Don't Buy It. Episode 126 will get you going: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/03/31/boxcutters-episode-126/ Boxcutters listens to you!! That's right. This week as per your request – more boxes, less cutting. This week the very funny Tim Ferguson takes us through The Big Gig to Axed! and much in between. We review Emerald Falls. Plus your latest fix of News and Pork and all things television. Box Box ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/03/24/boxcutters-episode-125/ This week the wonderful Anna Brain joins us to talk about Project Runway, we continue our investigation into timeslot classification and there's some Crap TV in there as well. Oh yeah, and the quiz, thanks to Crumpler and some news as well. It's over here: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell us the good news. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/03/17/boxcutters-episode-124/ This week – A GREAT BIG LANGUAGE WARNING!!! We discuss classifications and what not and it leads to some rather blue language, so be warned. Also, the usual smattering of Pork, some News, a little Reality upfront, the Quiz, and a Things We Did Miss – the excellent UK comedy The Thick ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/03/10/boxcutters-episode-123/ Big show this week with James Talia calling in from Greece, the long awaited return of Ray Watch and a review of the new BBC drama Ashes to Ashes. Also listen closely for the Quiz, Pork and News all in the places where you would normally expect them to be ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/03/03/boxcutters-episode-122/ This week we discuss new HBO drama In Treatment. There’s a rural I Don’t Buy It. We complain about Channel 9’s shoddy Oscars telecast. There’s some Biggest Loser Quotes as well as the usual News, Quiz and Pork. 121 - rhythms with fun! Listen: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download say http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/02/26/boxcutters-episode-121/ Uninformed opinion comes home to roost in this episode of Boxcutters. We discuss Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle, have an open inspection of Monster House and talk more about Underbelly than we probably mean to. Plus News, Crap TV, I Don't Buy It, The Quiz, and PORK! Wrap your laughing gear ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/02/18/boxcutters-episode-120/ Hugely exciting show this week. We chat to David Knox the man behind the always informative TV Tonight website about television and television blogging. We risk life and limb and possible defamation with a review of Underbelly. There’s a couple of Crap TVs. And an extra helping of Pork. Listen: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download say http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/02/11/boxcutters-episode-119/ After 30 years at Nine, Ray Martin has quit the network. With reports of his discontent last year - before the reinstatement of David Gyngell as network chief executive - the snubbing of his pitch for a chat show and the earlier start time for the Sunday programme, it's not ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/02/07/ray-martin-quits/ James Talia joins us all the way from London to talk about journalism, celebrity and parochialism. Also we discuss Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and dumb ads with no common sense. News and Pork fill out the show. No time to dilly or dally: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download contact us http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/02/04/boxcutters-episode-118/ Ross mentioned this in the comments but it's worth having its own post. Wayne Carey, after being arrested the other night (as we discussed on episode 117), has been fired from Nine. And the Nine Network this morning said it had sacked the former football great turned commentator, a day after radio ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/01/30/wayne-carey-sacked-from-nine/ We’re back baby!! Cutting up them boxes and causing strife. This week we review what kept us interested televisually over the summer months. Debate rages over the inherent hilarity (or lack thereof) in UK import Peep Show. And we Don’t Buy some ads from the tennis (both long and short form). Plus ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/01/28/boxcutters-episode-117/ [Mr Black] couldn't make it for our third summer edition, unfortunately. Sorry to get your hopes up. [Mr Black] had a very busy time towards the end of last year and has promised us that a catch-up in the coming months will make up for it. I certainly hope so and I'm ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/01/21/no-episode-tonight/ Executive Producer of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Rob Brearley, joins us in our second interview session for the Summer. He talks to us about quiz shows, dealing with 10 year olds and building a career in television. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell us what you think about our Summer Series. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/01/14/boxcutters-summer-edition-2-rob-brearley/ If you're interested in testing out the new Australian version of TiVo, they're currently looking for Beta testers. You will get a TiVo box in your home and will have to do some homework that goes along with it but I'm sure it will be an interesting look at how ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/01/09/tivo-are-calling-for-beta-testers/ Alex Papps is in the hot seat for the first of our Summer interviews. With an acting career spanning over 20 years, he lets us know just what it takes to move through the highs and lows of being an actor in this fine country of ours. Ladies and gentlemen, Alex ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/01/07/boxcutters-summer-edition-1-alex-papps/ Just watched the first ep of SKINS the new UK comedy from the writers of Shameless and stuff. I thought it was great. Loads of fun and very funny. Anybody else see it? Screening 10pm Mondays for the next 8 weeks. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2008/01/07/skins/ Welcome to BOXCUTTERS SPECIAL EDITION BRAVO. For you listening convenience and pleasure this episode has been divided into two parts. In the first part the three merry men look at the 2007 – the year that was. What rocked, what sucked and everything in-between. Later some friends drop by the studio for ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/12/31/boxcutters-special-edition-bravo/ Joy to the world, Boxcutters is here. For our last regular episode of the year we bump it up a notch with 2 I Don't Buy Its. A Crap TV rears its head and we take a look at The Tudors and Satisfaction. Hear the three *ahem* wise men: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Send your ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/12/24/boxcutters-episode-116/ So what do you get if you cross Ernie and Bert and the Sopranos? Pure gold. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/12/19/ernie-bert-meets-the-sopranos-finally/ The black mist slowly clears revealing the fullness of the situation… Tonight – Two new show reviews, one local – East West 101 and one international –Five Days. Award nominations time with the Golden Globes and the Writer’s Guild. Plus News, Pork and the long awaited answer to last week’s quiz… One ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/12/18/boxcutters-episode-115/ First there was that whole thing with Christine Spiteri (which we covered in Episode 113) and now it seems John Westacott has made another Channel 9 female news presenter unhappy. This article from the Daily Telegraph details the rumours of goings on at Nine in Sydney with Majella Weimers, fill-in weather ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/12/14/is-john-westacotts-hair-on-fire-or-does-it-just-look-like-that-because-his-ears-are-burning/ My favourite game show host is in hospital, reports ET Online: ET breaks news that ALEX TREBEK has been hospitalized. A rep for "Jeopardy" tells ET Alex suffered a minor heart attack last night at his home. He was with his wife, JEAN, who is currently by his side at the hospital, ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/12/12/alex-trebek-has-suffered-a-heart-attack/ Does product placement enhance or ruin a tv show? Does Channel 9 hate Survivor, its viewers or are they just losing sight of their audience? Does a 17 year old girl who thinks she's a vampire have what it takes to be a Supermodel? These questions and more are answered in ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/12/11/boxcutters-episode-114/ This week - the always interesting James Talia with the view from the other side of the globe. We take a look back with the final official rating results for 2007 and look forward to what we can expect from 2008. There’s Quotes, Quiz and the usual news, views and barely cooked ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/12/03/boxcutter-episode-113/ This news just in via a Channel 7 media release: In a joint statement today David Leckie, CEO of Channel 7, and Tom Maclean, CEO of Somers Carroll Productions, announced that Daryl Somers has decided not to sign for another series of Dancing with the Stars. After seven hugely successful seasons of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/11/30/daryl-somers-will-not-host-next-season-of-stardancers/ We finish off our coverage of the Fall season with Samantha Who? and Women's Murder Club and also do a post mortem on the Election coverage. Opinions abound while we talk about Australian drama and the ABC makes an appearance in Crap TV. All of that and a world ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/11/26/boxcutters-episode-112-2/ Firstly there are some issues with sound this week so apologise about that. Secondly there are some issues with humour, but hey if we haven't apologised in the last 110 eps we aren't starting now. Content a-plenty in this week's instalment. In Raywatch we examine the latest Today Tonight/Chaser fiasco. It's a BIG Fall ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/11/19/boxcutters-episode-111/ This week Tom Elliot comes in to talk about the WGA strike in the US and what it means. We talk about Cane and Aliens in America in Fall Season and we discuss some more election coverage as well as the usual helpings of News and Pork. Give it up for ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/11/12/boxcutters-episode-110/ Check out the preview to the first of the new Futurama movies here. Alternately check out the cover and special features here http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/11/11/good-news-everybody-2/ James Talia LIVE from London. Long awaited Sopranos wrap. Reaper and Pushing Daisies in Pork. Get into it. Hear: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Say http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/11/05/boxcutters-episode-109/ Boxcutters 108 - Show Of Mystery This week we continue Fall with a look at Carpoolers and Dirty Sexy Money. We start to correct our UK imbalance with The Secret Life Of A Call Girl. There's a Crap TV about Channel's 10 useless time keeping. Two weeks in we look at the Election coverage ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/10/29/boxcutters-episode-108/ What a great big show we have for you. We discuss The Leaders Debate and National Bingo Night and decide which one is more relevant to our lives. The Fall Season brings us Moonlight and Cavemen. I Don't Buy It looks at bad ad execution and we welcome the return ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/10/22/boxcutters-episode-107/ All you need to know from the world of television (and more). This week we continue looking at Fall with Chuck and Gossip Girl. Plus we examine The Abbey and Newstopia. There's a couple of Raywatches and a bit of Crap TV and Crap Press. 106. Hear here: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Contact us directly And congratulations ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/10/15/boxcutters-epsiode-106/ This week we talk about Back to You and Journeyman in our look at the Fall Lineup. A serious Raywatch brings a sombre note to the show before we can laugh at the world again with a Raywatch related Quote. We announce the winners of last week's Quiz and we bring ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/10/08/boxcutters-episode-105/ Tonight (or whenever you happen to listen) on the Boxes: Live from London, James Talia. Some stuff not to buy. Memorable things people have said. A triple attack of new US shows. Answer the questions, win a prize. Plus everything you need to know from and for the world of television for ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/10/01/boxcutters-episode-104/ Don't forget that you've got until midnight on Sunday (30th September) to enter into the Crumpler Beanbag Competition. If you know a great way to get your link clicked on a lot in the next 24 hours then go ahead and do it. You could be sitting in front of the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/29/crumpler-beanbag-giveaway/ Back from our break and ready to wow you with talk of television. The US fall lineup rears its head again and this week we look at Tell Me You Love Me and Kid Nation We examine the Australian networks new "Fast Tracking" programming Revisiting the controversy of our last Quiz and creating ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/24/boxcutters-episode-103/ In the interests of giving new visitors on the blog a bit of a taste of what's to come in the podcast, we've decided to make a little preview for the show that you can listen to right here in the browser, without having to subscribe to the feed. Click the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/24/this-week-on-boxcutters/ In a move that shows that TV networks might actually, finally, understand the way the world works, this was reported in the New York Times: NBC Universal, acknowledging that viewers are increasingly moving away from traditional television viewing, announced plans today for a service that will make popular NBC programs available ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/20/nbc-will-offer-episodes-to-download-for-free-sweetie/ This came in a Seven media release this afternoon: Tonight on Australia's number one public affairs program, Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd opens his home and sits down with host Anna Coren for an intimate interview. During the very candid interview, the man who wants to be Prime Minister talks to Coren about ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/18/today-tonight-are-picking-sides/ Some good news and some bad news but mostly all boring news coming out of the US with this morning's Emmy Awards. You can see the whole list courtesy of Variety. Discussion questions will happen after the jump (in case somebody's waiting till later for some reason). http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/17/yawn-the-emmy-awards/ The Herald Sun this week reported on Channel 9’s end of year line up, under the somewhat humorously banner: Nine’s Rating Charge. It referred to a mess of new Nine shows including the ridiculously over the top Damages, Burke’s Backyard Spring Special (I assume Nine are hoping Burke has somehow ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/15/nines-last-quarter-crap-tacular/ If you're ISP throttles your peer-to-peer traffic and hinders you from getting at all that wonderful TV, you might want to have a look at this article from Wired. Apparently there are ways to get around the problems. via LifeHacker http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/12/for-anyone-using-channel-bittorrent/ News this morning that Mercedes Corby is planning to sue Channel 7 will no doubt see the network tied up in another useless court battle. via The Age http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/11/corby-vs-seven-the-battle-begins/ Arguments aplenty in this week’s instalment as we examine The Chaser’s APEC stunt, look at local hero Chris Lilley’s new production Summer Heights High, go slightly further a field for the New Zealand via New York lunacy of Flight of the Conchords and dissect a doco on the Human Brain. Plus ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/10/boxcutters-epsiode-102/ This just in from The Age: Chaser duo held over APEC stunt And so the Chaser gets more column inches dedicated to them. Those boys do that so well. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/06/another-news-worthy-chaser-stunt/ Now we've seen a full season of Mick Molloy doing a chat show - with a twist - after Micallef got bent around by management at 9; Parky's been around forever and Denton's picked up that format and thrown in a tear-jerker question at the halfway point; and Letterman has ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/06/thoughts-on-a-late-night-chat-show/ Exciting news just at hand STOP James Talia in Australia STOP Brings foreign I Don't Buy It STOP Adds to discussions of City Homicide and Californication STOP Podcasts are so much better than telegrams, wouldn't you agree? Get episode 101 here: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Send us more modern communications STOP http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/03/boxcutters-episode-101/ For those of you who missed the premier of Australia's latest cop drama, City Homicide, Seven wants to make sure that you get your chance to see it because they're showing it twice in the days leading up to episode 2. Once was last Friday night and the next one ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/09/02/city-homicide/ 100 episodes - 100 reasons to smile. Big name guests, surprises, enormous givaways... we've got none of it. Thats right for ep 100 we just decided to go classic Boxcutters. Three guys eating cake and talking telly. An ep with the lot. One of everything. All our segments are here, including: ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/27/boxcutters-episode-100/ Here's an interesting piece from Variety that talks about how audiences leave shows mid-season when they take a hiatus, the pressures that involves and how the networks and studios are looking to change that. In recent seasons, though, auds have been wandering off, sometimes never to return, when a show goes ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/27/us-tv-shows-change-schedule/ “He swore he’d get revenge, even if it took 100 episodes. And here it is, slightly over 99 episodes later and still no revenge. We’re essentially in the clear.” Tonight on Boxcutters… John’s rotting corpse is discovered, but the post mortem answers few questions. There is mystery and intrigue as the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/20/boxcutters-episode-99/ In derr Freddy (and I don't know how we missed it) news, AllyourTV.com's Rick Ellis interviews a studio employee about why he leaked the pilot of Pushing Daisies. Read about it here. (via TorrentFreak) ---- UPDATE: Whoops. Thanks to fourthof5 for pointing out that the link was wrong. I've fixed that now. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/15/pilot-leaked-by-studio-employee/ OK, so just to clarify the rules one more time. In the last few years television has gone through somewhat of renaissance, from something that is just there to eclipsing film as the exciting medium for storytelling. The Golden Age of Television is an attempt to try and capture the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/15/the-golden-age-of-television/ Strap yourselves in for a long and spikey one, people. We've got Katrina Mathers from The Wedge in to face the hard questions and then we all do the same during the final and controversial Golden Age of Television. There's also I Don't Buy It, Quotes and a short chat ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/13/boxcutters-episode-98/ Just in case anyone was hanging out for episode 98 tonight, Boxcutters goes back to its usual recording time this week. The show will be up late Monday night. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/12/boxcutters-back-to-originally-programmed-schedule/ This new show on SBS is an interesting concept poorly planned out. I discussed it at length with Fran Kelly on Radio National this week. You can listen to it via the internetwebs: Radio National Breakfast (7/8/2007). http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/12/marx-and-venus/ This news was from Tuesday (sorry for the delay and thanks to Paul Boxcutter for the heads-up). Come September, Foxtel will be rebroadcasting Ten's digital signal which also means they will publish the Ten EPG. Now we just have to wait for Foxtel to open up their system to allow other pieces ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/09/ten-and-foxtel/ Congratulations to Ice TV which won it's long running court case against Channel 9 today. Great news for the young Aussie company. Onwards and upwards. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/09/ice-ice-baby/ Further to the "news" item that WIN would be showing Brady Bunch in the afternoon and why they would bother sending out a media release about it, a dedicated listener informed me of WIN boss Bruce Gordon's current battle with PBL Media/Nine over content deals and pointed me to a ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/06/wins-brady-bunch-announcement/ This week we talk the talk with our always entertaining international correspondent James Talia. Perfect 10 or wipeout? We look at the mysterious John From Cincinnati. Crap TV focuses on some dodgy gag editing and credits erasing, while Crap Press examines a pointless spoiler. Plus, it's the return of the Quiz. Win stuff ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/08/05/boxcutters-episode-97/ In a huge episode this week we have our resident Doctor of Lost, Justin Hamilton, in to talk about the season finale. We also have some Crap TV, some Crap Press, the second last Golden Age of Television discussion, and a decent helping of Pork as well as the week's ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/29/boxcutters-episode-96/ Trust us - even if you have only got Dodo broadband this weeks show is worth a quarter of your monthly download. In the Golden Age of Television we look at a couple of 'the' shows - namely The Shield and The Wire. There is also double trouble in I Don't Buy ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/24/boxcutters-episode-95/ Our long anticipated Boxcutters competition is now underway. All you need to do is spread the word about Boxcutters, in any way you want - the more creative the better - bring new visitors to the site with your special URL and you'll be in the running for a Crumpler bean ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/23/promote-boxcutters-win-fantastic-crumpler/ Thanks to David Boxcutter for all the monkeys. and http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/17/monkeys/ Thursday night viewing (including Sea Patrol, The Great Global Warming Swindle and Age of Love) are discussed. Brett does not buy bad Scottish accents, Ross looks at the politics of Raywatch, Josh professes his love for John From Cincinnati. Also, News, Pork and two network shows in Golden Age of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/16/boxcutters-episode-94/ Big ep. James Talia calls up for a chat and a special Raywatch. We go in depth on 'Who Killed Channel 9?'. Plus News, Quotes, Pork and other other general good stuff. 93 - made to enjoy. Emotions: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Thoughts. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/10/boxcutters-episode-93/ US publication TV Guide has just published a list of what they consider to be the top 30 Cult TV Shows of all time. I don't know about you but I can't understand how The Simpsons gets in there but Arrested Development misses out. Then again, they don't seem to have ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/05/top-30-cult-shows/ Well, it looks like the money men aren't afraid to sack some execs and make some real changes around channel 9. The Nation has obviously been a surprise hit so they're taking it out of the soft Tuesday night lineup and throwing it into the high profile Wednesday 10:30 slot. I ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/04/things-afoot-at-the-nation/ Ross is away so Josh and Brett get to play - getting down and dirty with funny-guy and Rove writer, Gerard McCulloch. Golden Age of Television gets all Joss Whedon on yo ass with Buffy and Firefly. There's a couple of big calls as we have a chat about new variety pilots ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/07/02/boxcutters-episode-92/ Thanks to our European correspondant for putting me onto this. A newsreader refusing to read a Paris Hilton story. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/29/paris-burns/ Seven just announced the second half line up which includes the new series of Kath & Kim and this interesting bit of news: Seven's Director of Programming and Production, Tim Worner said: "From the feedback we've been getting from fansites and blogs, the message has been very clear - now from ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/28/second-half-of-sevens-year/ IceTV made its way into the Boxcutters news a lot in the past and this week Marc Edwards from the electronic program guide company comes in to tell us all about EPGs, PVRs and the stoush with Channel 9. In a controversial Golden Age of Television we look at Six Feet ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/25/boxcutters-episode-91/ In the typical way of Telstra, Australia's former public telecommunications organisation is proposing rolling out infrastructure that is already outdated in other countries. While they try to sell the dream of Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) technology as the latest, greatest internet connectivity, countries including Japan and the US are running the fibre-optic ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/25/telstra-wants-to-keep-australia-retarded/ The idiots are winning. At least they think they are. Hot on the heels of Jericho and Veronica Mars, there is now a campaign to save dire, unfunny comedy The Class, with an online petition and an urge to send the network - wait for it - ERASERS! Genius. Never mind the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/23/now-it-is-getting-ridiculous/ Lots of good stuff Lots of News Lots of Jess McGuire (after lots of time with none) Lots of anger over Telstra and Sopranos spoilsports Lots of animated Golden Age of Television A little Sesame Lots of pork Lots of fun Lots of ways: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Lots of feedback. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/18/boxcutters-episode-90/ We all got together over the weekend and had another photo taken. At last you can see what we really look like. After the jump you will see, from left: Ross, Brett and Josh. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/18/new-boxcutters-portrait/ Whoops. I just realised that during Episode 89 I mentioned a recent article published about the Sopranos. This article appeared in Vanity Fair and not in Variety as slipped through my unfiltered mouth. Apologies to all involved. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/18/sopranos-vanity-fair-article/ Very interesting article about how Packer selling up his share in Nine will lead to the free to air networks finally taking on Foxtel as a whole. Maybe TIVO won't as doomed as we first thought. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/16/fascinating-tivo-developments/ Tonight SBS are screening a repeat of Sunday night's Big Love in the Friday night porn slot and have subtitled it Complete and Uncut. Are we to assume by this that the Sunday night eps are being cut? Very disappointing if they are. I can't remember anything that would require ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/15/odd-programming/ Two media releases, in quick succession and no doubt related, came from Nine in the past hour. The first tells us: PBL Media today announced that Mia Freedman will leave the business this week after twelve months in the position of Creative Services Director for the Nine Network Australia and Editorial Consultant ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/13/big-news-from-nine/ A sad farewell to an old friend in Golden Age of Television, an exciting new competition in Pork, we look at new shows including Kick and The Nation, and a dirty farming sequence confuses us in I Don't Buy It. Plus the regular helping of news in the world of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/11/boxcutters-episode-89/ It took our European correspondent, James Talia, to track down this YouTube clip from Chartbusting 80s. Here's me, shoving a Boxcutters plug in before getting down to business with some 80s trivia. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/10/bb-on-cb80s/ A day late yes, but choc-full of chocky goodness. This week the man JT, our International Correspondent James Talia joins us live from far away. There are more adventures from the Golden Age of Television. There’s Quotes. And Brett takes us through the weird and wonderful searches that bring people to ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/05/boxcutters-episode-88/ There won't be a podcast until tomorrow due to circumstances beyond our something. We mentioned it on the show last week but maybe some people forgot. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/04/dont-forget/ With the much awaited John From Cincinnati less the a week away I thought I'd post this short but revealing David Milch article. Especially interesting in regards to his reasons for originally saying he wanted four seasons of Deadwood. Fingers crossed about the movies. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/04/milch-article/ Very bizarrely, listening to Weird Groovin' on Triple R with Jazzy Chef doing a live set, our Brian Nankervis ID is being sampled in the mix. Pork is.. pork is.. pork is on the table... wiggedy-whack! Just one of those strange things that happen when you send these things out there. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/06/02/boxcutters-hits-the-dancefloor/ Seven and TiVo have come together to bring the much sought after TiVo service to Australia. WTF? They should have done this years ago and it seems, from the media release, that it's only going to be available for free-to-air channels. Seven Media Group will lead the creation of the digital platform ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/30/seven-and-tivo-a-marriage-made-in-what-now/ If you were keen on hearing me (Josh) on Radio National last week but missed out, you can catch up on their website: www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast. Enjoy ***UPDATE*** And this morning's piece is here (in the second section). http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/28/on-radio-national/ Big name guests! We gottem. (Queen Josie from Chartbusting 80s is in to tell us of her television adventures.) Actual prizes for our listeners! We gottem. (Really, we do. No more joking around about this.) Huge announcements! We gottem. (But I would rather not spoil the surprise.) Also the Golden Age of Television ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/28/boxcutters-episode-87/ This came to me from Robert Boxcutter - thought it may help some of you who still use iTunes. I know you don't use iTunes anymore but this might be useful to put on the Boxcutters blog for people who have the occasional problem. You know how iTunes sometimes stuffs up ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/25/itunes-help/ News just in from Nine: The Nine Network Australia today announced Mick Molloy’s new television project, The Nation, will premiere on Tuesday, June 5 at 9.30pm. Mick Molloy swaps his tracky daks for a snappy suit to sit at a desk and let rip with a topical, news-based program – with an ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/23/mick-molloys-the-nation-starts-on-nine/ Donald Trump has announced there will be no more Apprentice. Despite apparent network keenness Trump is just too busy, although he hinted there may be another TV project in the works. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/23/another-one-down/ On the big show this week we have the always fabulous Marieke Hardy, spilling it to us mere mortals about what it is like writing television, writing about television and being on television. We look at another dodgy scam trying to lure in people with bad credit history and low ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/21/boxcutters-episode-86/ This week I mentioned a screencap of the balls returning to 9 now that Eddie's going. Well, here it is, with a bonus pic: and http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/21/nines-balls-back/ Catbrain posted a missive from Crikey saying that David Gyngell was a contender for the throne at Nine. However, e-news show us that Seven have their own theories about Lachlan Murdoch arising. We welcome all speculation and rumour milling. Feel free to tell us what you've heard in our comments. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/20/david-gyngel-or-lachlan-murdoch/ News from Channel 9 this morning that Eddie McGuire will no longer be CEO of the network. This from the Nine media release: Mr McGuire said he had greatly enjoyed the executive role but said: “I am of the view that my best contribution to Nine is in the creative elements of the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/18/mcguire-boned-or-willing-career-shift/ Eddie McGuire has quit as CEO of Channel 9. According to a statement from the network, McGuire will step down from the role on June 30 to spend more time on air, after taking a mid-year break for the first time in his career. McGuire says the decision to quit was his ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/18/its-happened/ Veronica Mars is the latest show to be caught in the whoosh of an axe, swinging through the air. So much hot and cold, back and forth had been going on for the past month, it's not too surprising. From the interweb: NEW YORK - The CW [the Country Western for ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/18/more-blood-on-the-tracks/ Here's a nice little scene I wouldn't mind the government using our taxes to run in an advertising campaign. From McLeod's Daughters: http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/17/the-antidote-to-ross-i-dont-buy-it/ Don't you wish, when you write a comment on a post, that you didn't have to go back to the page to see if anyone has replied to your comment. Well dream no more, my Boxcutting siblings. When you write a comment, you'll see a subtle checkbox underneath the comments ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/17/new-enhancement-at-your-service/ A couple of sites in the US are reporting that, due to poor ratings, NBC isn't renewing the US version of Thank God You're Here. Everything I'd read until this morning had been positive about the viewer figures - quite the interesting turnaround. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/17/tgyh-nbc/ Looks like Jericho is doomed, rumours circulating it won't be back next season. Meanwhile 24 has been greenlit for another two season. This should take them through until 2123 in 24 time. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/16/jericho-goes-24-powers-ahead/ Recent changes to parts of the blog that you don't usually see (people in the know might call it the back-end) have meant that our RSS feeds have changed. You can now find the blog feed at http://boxcutters.net/blog/index.php/feed/. The comments feed is at http://boxcutters.net/blog/index.php/comments/feed/. Sorry for the confusion. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/15/the-rss-feeds-have-changed/ In this very special episode of Boxcutters that no parent should miss: Tom Elliot discusses the Nine vs WIN Malachi Crunch Yahoo 7 Lost is mentioned repeatedly for reasons known only to ourselves We discuss the upcoming telemovie The King A quick look at October Rd A new segment looking at this Golden Age of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/14/boxcutters-episode-85/ Despite Josh's understandable reservations, NBC has confirmed Friday Night Lights will be back for a second season. Hopefully it is good news. FNL is a great show (Not to be confused with local Big Brother spin off Friday Night LIVE which isn't). http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/11/would-you-believe-two-perfect-seasons/ Channel 9 has finally lost patience with Family Feud. I guess after 18 months of claiming it was 'building' when there was no real change in the ratings Nine had to do something. Like the whole Rowe departure you just have to wonder why it has taken this long. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/10/feud-goes/ Our server issue may have left you with episode 84 running to only 1 hour 5 minutes. The full show goes to 1:10:48. If you'd like to download just the bit that you missed, here it is: Direct Download iTunes seems to be a mite recalcitrant about re-downloading podcast shows - there's ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/08/just-the-pork-maam/ Huge show. Logies wrap, I Don't Buy Propoganda, Raywatch, Crap TV all top and tailed with News and Pork. Enjoy. Listen: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Say: hooray@boxcutters.net http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/07/boxcutters-episode-84/ She who must not be named, officially boned. Nine finally ended its tortured relationship with the high-profile star with a terse three-sentence statement. Nine announced that Rowe, currently on maternity leave, "would not be returning to the Network and that Nine and Jessica had reached an agreement that would allow Jessica to ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/06/she-who-must-not-be-named/ According to e-news Don Burke is in talks to bring Burke's Backyard back to Nine for Friday nights. The program, which is likely to feature Scott Camm as well as Burke and others from the former sister program, Backyard Blitz, will return to Nine after the National Rugby League competition ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/01/burkes-backyard-to-possibly-return/ Boxcutters Episode 83 is the extended remix. Brett drops the dope beats in his review of The Sideshow, Ross has the funky col' fresh rhythm with Ratings and Josh kicks it old school with Big Brother. Also, dropping his needle on the wax this week is James Talia who tells us ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/05/01/boxcutters-episode-83/ We were planing on covering Drive on next week's Boxcutters. Unfortunately there is this news from TV Guide: Multiple sources confirm that Fox has axed the Tim Minear creation after less than three weeks on the air. I'll go out on a limb and say the show's crappy ratings were to ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/27/drive-cancelled-already/ It's Boxcutters Episode 82 SHOW OF MYSTERY!!! What is happening this week? Are there any segments? If so, what? I Don’t Buy It? Crap TV? WHO KNOWS! And what about guests? Maybe there are and maybe there’s not. What about inflamed rhetoric? You will have to listen in to find out. It’s all ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/23/boxcutters-episode-82/ . Is it just me, or do others agree that Kevin Rudd has escaped from South Park? http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/22/355/ Last week we heard about a possible Surprise Surprise rehash. Now it appears Channel 7 is going ahead with the Naomi Robson talk show. It can't be a coincidence can it? 'Yes, sure Naomi, you can do your own Springer/Oprah style chat show' snigger, snigger, snigger. What other explaination could there be? ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/21/surprise-surprise-naomi/ HUGE guest in the studio this week, with the voice of television, the one the only MR PETE SMITH!! Fantastic special guest. We delve into just a small sample of his incredible, four decade career. Plus News, Quotes, Raines, good and bad cooking shows, factual inaccuracies, blah, blah, blah but Pete Smith!! Wow. Enjoy: RSS ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/16/boxcutters-episode-81/ More to my report this week on the Chaser's serious complaint, I came across a little something in the Australian which I've not been able to find in their online version. It started out talking about their pranks being newsworthy and finding their way into the nightly bulletins before they get ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/12/find-the-culprit/ Updating the story about a new show coming up in the US but didn't have the details to hand: Melissa George has signed on to a new US drama called In Treatment, from Entourage producer Mark Wahlberg and Noah Tishby. She's departed the new project from Sex & the City author ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/10/half-story-updates/ Rove, Quotes (from Australia's Next Top Model), Footy Classified, I Don't Buy It (lite) and the Logies are all part of this fantastic milestone episode. Don't believe us? Check it out for yourself. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download And tell us how much you don't beleive us: hooray@boxcutters.net http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/09/boxcutters-episode-80/ I doubt we're going to be able to cover this in much depth on the show this week so here are the nominations for all the categories in the 2007 Logies. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/09/logies-nominations/ Just a quick housekeeping update... I've just upgraded the WordPress install to 2.0.10 - from 2.0.4 (who knew if you didn't pay attention for a couple of weeks they'd release 6 new upgrades?) - but I don't think there should be too much difference for readers. If anyone has a problem, ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/08/the-blog/ Hot off the Boxcutters production line, where starving, one-armed Pakistani orphan children work their nobbled, spastic fingers raw tying pull strings 18 hours a day, for $0.57US a day, the Boxcutters Talking Coonan Parrot doll. Be quick because this limited item will be rampaging out the door for just $19.95 from ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/08/get-your-red-hot-talking-coonan-parrot-dolls/ So I've created a new category for the posts called Southpark v Family Guy. It will show you the posts where all the comments about this topic are as well as whatever we've posted about the issue. After the jump I've included a letter from Riley Boxcutter so that no voice ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/07/opinions-on-southpark-and-family-guy/ Dishy challenged South Park fans to try and explain what we found funny about South Park, so here it is. Please excuse the usual spelling and grammatical errors. Also, please note the plan is to turn all the South Park/Family Guy stuff into one big thread, which Josh is going to ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/07/south-park-vs-family-guy/ Donald Trump has fended off baldness at wrestling tentpole pay per view Wrestlemania 23. WWE boss Vince McMahon lost the Battle Of The Billionaires match and thus his hair when his ridiculously large steed Umega was felled by first the guest referee Steve Austin then his opponent Bobby Lashy. Overall the match ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/05/trump-retains-hair-loses-dignity/ A couple of weeks ago I talked about the This American Life. You can find a rundown of the episodes here. Also, I can highly recommend checking out the podcast. It's one of the greatest things I've ever heard. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/05/this-american-life/ Congratulations to Rove and the crew with last nights first show back pulling close to 1.7 million nationally, with 520,000 in Melbourne. Amazing figures. I saw bits. It still just seemed like Rove to me, maybe a little less polished because of the time off. What did other people think? http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/02/congrats-to-rove/ For the first 9 months I used to find Brett and Ross (BROSS) indistinguishable (as so many of us do). But now I can tell them apart easily. Ross sounds like this: whereas Brett sounds like this: Easy! http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/02/bross/ This week featuring brass big band backing!! Epsidoe 79 - So fresh and crispy we had to deliver it a full day early. And what a show. This week we chortle over the new Eddie Izzard comedy The Riches, we reveal who said what to who with Quotes from the upcoming Amazing ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/04/01/boxcutters-episode-79/ This Sunday night Nine will air their ratings bonanzas of CSI a-go-go from 9pm. The FINA not-drowning championship has not been doing well for them in the ratings but they're willing to allow it an extra half hour on their most popular night of week. Why? Well, Rove starts at 8:30pm on ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/31/a-cynical-attempt-by-nine/ Last week is in the past. This week is in the now... or present... or something. More poignant thoughts are discussed in this fantastic episode of Boxcutters. We talk about The Black Donnellys and This American Life as well as throwing out a bunch of criticisms of our Communications Minister. Plus ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/26/boxcutters-episode-78/ Regular listeners will know I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to computers, so it is quite a concern that I seem to have a better grasp of the broadband problems than the Communications minister. Last night Coonan huffed and puffed her way through Lateline, in a condescending and patronising ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/23/senator-coonan-has-no-plan-again/ Be interesting to see what sort of influence youtube has on the upcoming US presidential elections. Somebody has already repackaged Ridley Scott's seminal 1984 Apple Mac ad (and Planet Express ad) into a new anti Hilary version. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/22/political-youtube/ Ah, episode 77. Full of ... stuff. Lots to hear, not so much to learn. This week we have a Things You May Have Missed Life On Mars, two, count 'em two I Don't Buy Its, News, Ratings, Pork and a Raywatch (although frankly I don't think the Raywatch has leg ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/19/boxcutters-episode-77/ Rumours are circulating on the net that Veronica Mars has been cancelled. It's not entirely unexpected given the show only just survived the chop last year, then had this season's order cut by 4 episodes. Still it is bound to upset the small but dedicate army of fans. I guess we ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/17/mars-attacked/ So is it a new series of Futurama episodes or 4 straight to dvd movies? One and the same. All is revealed in this Matt Groening interview. The 4 movies 90 minute movies will be reconfigured into 16 episodes. That's bound to work. Oh well, new Futurama is new Futurama. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/17/futurama-update/ Great to finally have Season 10 about to screen here. As I said in the show 6 months ago it is a top quality series. However it is not without its problems. Firstly why has it taken SBS so long to screen it? Season 11 has already started in the States. ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/15/south-park-is-back-but/ News, quotes, The Biggest Loser, a review of the book Prisoner of Trebekistan, some Pork and a monkey in the mail. That and more is what you can expect from episode 76. All gold, no lead. This is the sound: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Send us the words: hooray@boxcutters.net http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/12/boxcutters-episode-76/ Today Tonight seemingly up to it's old tricks. Whether they used Liz O'Neil's name or not, it's a pretty cheap stunt whatever. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/11/the-corby-today-tonight-fight-gets-a-whole-lot-uglier/ While we took our one week break, and probably to keep up with their self-imposed February deadline, Channel 10 launched their new and much anticipated website. I wanted to mention this on the show this week but we ran out of time. The short review would be "same shit, different shape" ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/06/commercial-network-websites/ Goldberg, Goldberg, Goldberg... Aaaah, the memories. That's right - tonight after 74 episodes we FINALLY discuss the wrestling!! So BRING IT!!! It's Showtime. This week: We lay the smackdown on some craptacular Crap TV nonsense from Channel 7. We reveal a huge Trump secret (an exclusive if you ignore all other media reports). And we ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/05/boxcutters-episode-75/ I'm just listening through to the last Boxcutters episode and found I pledged to reference the report on the stats of viewers watching the ads even with the option of skipping on PVR/DVR/TiVo/Fox IQs, so here it is: From NY Times Viewers Fast-Forwarding Past Ads? Not Always People with digital video recorders like ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/05/pvr-ad-watching-habits/ I read today that: "Last week, subscribers to pay TV spent 60 per cent of their viewing time on the multiple channels it offers, with free-to-air channels Seven, Nine, Ten, SBS and the ABC receiving just 40 per cent of their attention." I thought that this was fairly interesting, there has been ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/03/02/pay-tv-statistics/ 10 has picked up the rights to Dr Who spin off Torchwood. Be interesting to see if they can make a go of it (it is sci-fi...). http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/28/the-other-captain-jack-to-10/ From The Age: TV program delays 'turning viewers into pirates' Huge delays in airing overseas TV shows locally are turning Australians into pirates, says a study conducted by technology lawyer and researcher Alex Malik. It took an average of 17 months for programs to be shown in Australia after first airing overseas, a ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/26/networks-still-dont-get-it/ If we were doing the show this week, here are some of the things I would have been talking about: Glenn Dyer (Terry TV for those who didn't realise) gave us a nice little Raywatch: It wasn't the finest hour for Today Tonight and new host Anna Coren last night. Just ten ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/26/what-i-would-have-been-reporting-on/ Every night it seems we are getting a "story" from Channel 9 News about the building of the pool at Rod Laver Arena. First there was a name contoversy, then Ian Thorpe came to vist, then they put concrete in, then Madam Butterfly flew in, now they are putting water ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/24/not-news/ Here's a little something from a newsletter I get: Kiefer Sutherland was delighted to receive his own Jack Bauer doll, sent to him by the '24' merchandisers, to see if he approved of the design. He certainly did approve and reported back straight away that he was particularly impressed with the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/24/jack-bauer-action-figure/ More cereal news (and thanks to Catbrain for giving us the heads-up in case we missed it)... Monica Attard said at the end of last year's series of Media Watch that they'd be back this year just as unforgiving as ever. ABC'S Media Watch will give its victims a right of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/23/media-watch-update/ I saw the latest Hyundai ad last night and quite liked it. This morning, reading the paper over my Weeties, I find out my pleasure will be no more. AUSTRALIA'S advertising watchdog has yanked a television ad for a car off the air after viewers voiced fears that it might ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/23/anti-toddler-hoon-legislation-claims-its-first-scalp/ Thought maybe we'd play some 'Movie Yes, Movie No' (not to be confused with Film Yep, Film Nah - that's a cheap knock off) but all I could find was movie no's. Quigley Down Under - No Species - Yes (but really no) Charlie's Angels:Full Throttle - Oh God No!! Ransom - No Twelve Mile ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/23/the-nos-have-it/ If you've ever been to YouTube, you'd be familiar with the top right-hand corner of the home page, which is normally home to a paid video advertisement. Well, if you go there right now, it's showing an ad for the movie Ghost Rider. But what's this? It's sporting that orange ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/22/its-tv-on-the-internet-youtube-ads/ OK, I know I'm just re-hashing news, but this one is close to my heart. A report in the Australian outlines how the 3 Major stations are handling HDTV and how they see it in the future. CH 10 have been heavily advertising that the Saturday night AFL match will be in ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/22/hd-tv-language-warning/ Reported in the Age today, PBL has brought Ch. 9 - the W.A. Flavour. "The acquisition of Channel Nine Perth is a good strategic fit with the Nine Network Australia..." I suppose when your hair is on fire, buying anything that starts with 'Channel 9' would be a good fit! ;) PBL buys ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/21/pbl-buys-ninewa/ Here it finally is. We are back in our usual form. James Talia joins us on the phone from London to talk about the world of a European Correspondent and how Nine have managed to maintain their international edge. There's some talk of ratings and a review of the Sunday night ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/20/boxcutters-episode-74/ I may have been a little too hasty with my assessment of the current season of Simpsons. The most recent episode features Bart getting his drivers licence. Call me picky, but to me this is a little to similar to the classic episode from a few years back where BART ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/16/back-to-front-and-outside-in/ There are some stunning examples of humanity floating around on the TV at the moment, making for great watching. Entertainment Tonight is going gangbusters on the whole Anna Nicole death, devoting entire shows to the aftermath in a fashion not seen by them since it was nothing but OJ, credits to ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/15/trash-both-here-and-abroad/ Roll out the barrel.... Hey all - Join us as we leisurely pick our way through the bits and pieces of television whatever for the week. There's News, so you are informed and update with all TV's doings. It's that time of year again so we take a look at the big ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/13/boxcutters-episode-73/ Anybody see the new ep of Lost from the US this week(S03 Ep7)? I like the bit where Kate said she wanted off the island and Sawyer said sure, we'll just use my motorcycle to jump that shark and we'll be free......... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/09/new-lost/ The Age reported yesterday that Channel 9 has "backed down" from using Outrageous Fortune as local content. It's an interesting choice in rhetoric about 9 given they have always claimed they never needed Outrageous Fortune to reach their quota of local content. (According to the artical the decision to show Outrageous ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/09/local-content-update/ You asked for a longer show and you got a longer show. 62ish semi-solid minutes of non-stop Boxcutters. We talk about the Superbowl ads (which you can find here), Ross doesn't buy Pensioners Insurance, Brett finally reviews So noTORIous, and there's a look back at the Summer of Sport. Of course ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/05/boxcutters-episode-72/ Looks like we'll be recording Monday nights (at least for the next little while) so episodes should be available Monday night, Tuesday morning for your listening pleasure. But what will the length be? Back to the traditional podcast length? Longer than the radio shows? Or a whole new length just to ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/01/new-bat-time/ Channel 7 had a crushing victory last night, led by Heroes with a little over 2 mil nationally. Very impressive figures. It will be very interesting to see how it goes once the immensely popular House returns on 10. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/02/01/7-canes-them/ Look out! Bring in the fans! Because things get a little heated in the studio this week. We continue our ongoing local content debate with special guest and prominent local writer Marieke Hardy weighing in. Luckily we couldn't get rid of her, so Marieke sticks around for a discussion on 24 and ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/31/boxcutters-episode-71/ New Merv/All Bran ad The guy is working on a path in the backyard. Turns to Merv and says: "Can you pass a brick?" GENIUS. Absolute comedic gold. I came up with heaps of possible examples for I Don't Buy It a few weeks back, but I wasn't clever enough to think ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/28/challenge-update/ Foxtel has secured the rights to screen The Young and The Restless, taking it away from Channel 9 after 30 years. There are bound to be some very upset Nannas around the place. To my mind it is like comparing different types of manure, but I have it on good ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/27/young-the-restless-move-set-to-anger-old-the-cranky/ James Talia joins us on the phone from London to discuss the Big Brother controversy over there. We talk about 1 vs 100 and The Rich List, both starting on air next Monday. There's an I Don't Buy It about Australia Day and a whole bunch of news. The sound: RSS feed iTunes Direct ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/24/boxcutters-episode-70/ Occationally you get a commercial that isn't just crap but actually represents a lot of thought and effort. The end result is something which manages to engage the audience, capture their interest, stay in their heads and most importantly promotes a product (which is retained by the audience). Even more ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/23/i-do-buy-it-ritual/ NBC has ordered full seasons of Heroes, The Office and My Name Is Earl for next (American television)year, so '70/'08. Good news. All great shows. Fantastic for Heroes now to really be able to develop its storylines knowing it has this year plus another 22/24 eps to work with. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/19/nbc-pickups/ The Nine Network today made the following statement: The Nine Network Australia today announced that it has parted company with Jamie Durie. After seven years association with Durie, the Nine Network would like to wish him all the best in his future endeavours. No further comment will be offered by the Network. While I'm sure ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/17/who-will-tend-jamies-garden/ Here they are, after much promising and organising in my new abode - I'd lost the cable to connect my camera to the computer - the pictures of the original talking Steve Irwin doll. (Click more to see them) http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/17/steve-irwin-doll-pics/ Hey hey, another fun filled show filled with fun. This week more of your favourites, the stuff you asked for, the stuff you love!! Yes, there is a Crap TV looking at the ACA and the cricket, a slamming of the ridiculous Channel 10 Supernatural download deal that we trumpeted last week, ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/16/boxcutters-epsiode-69/ Another fun filled ep on the old radi-ola. But for those of you not yet across this radio wave transmitting technology we are putting the show up in the more traditional, old fashioned podcast format too. Lots of fun here. Our special guest: Corinne Grant drops in to give us the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/10/boxcutters-episode-68/ Hey, I missed tonight's live show and so I've been refreshing the Boxcutters site on a minutely-by-minutely schedule. So far, no Challah! Whassup fellas? Some of us are hungry for it. Hope you had a good show ("good show everybody", Sorkin style). Jonesing now . . . Rob Boxcutter http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/09/wheres-the-challah/ Over at TV Squad they've got Wil Wheaton doing reviews of the Star Trek Next Gen series. He's just posted his look at Episode 1. It's well worth having a read. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Encounter at Farpoint (Part I) (series premiere) -- TV Squad http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/09/trekkies-try-to-keep-your-pants-on/ Boxcutters Europe office pointed me towards this article after listen to our show week. I understand it is a difficult position for Nine, but promoting shows that have already been cancelled and therefore can't run even half the series is pointless for the network and an insult to their audience. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/05/trouble-for-nine/ Fox has cancelled the O.C. Last ep to air in the states Feb 22nd and here presumably very soon after. Bad news for Ten. I wonder if they would have delayed screening the whole series till this year if they had known. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/04/the-oc-gets-canned/ By Ken Levine http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/ Ken Levine is an Emmy winning writer/director/producer/major league baseball announcer. In a career that has spanned over 30 years Ken has worked on MASH, CHEERS, FRASIER, THE SIMPSONS, WINGS, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, BECKER, DHARMA & GREG, and has co-created his own series including ALMOST PERFECT starring Nancy Travis. He's ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/03/links-to-tv-websites/ It's Episode 67 - Choc full of fun-o-rama and excitment. Why's that you ask? Well, just take a look at this. There's a Crap TV, the return of Raywatch, an I Don't Buy It, a look at the continued fizzing of The Apprentice, some suggested websites to peruse, News and a tiny ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/02/boxcutters-episode-67/ We should have posted this earlier in the week but here it is now so deal with it. For those who are looking for Brett's Special Fancy to work around the location issues with streaming content from us websites, you can find the instructions here. Sorry for the delay. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/02/bretts-special-fancy/ The "Doctor Who" spin-off series "Torchwood", will make its way onto Australian screens in 2007 on the ABC. Torchwood tells the tale of a secret organisation which looks into strange and Alien goings on in Cardif. This new series brings back some familiar faces. John Barrowman reprises his role as "Captain ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2007/01/01/torchwood/ The Herald Sun is reporting Eddie McGuire is set to make a shock (their words) return to TV as host of new Channel 9 1 vs 100 whilst remaining CEO. Apparently after an 'exhaustive' search (again, their words) they couldn't find a single person who can match Eddie's hosting prowess. Seems ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/30/hes-back/ Rosie O'Donnel and Donald Trump are having some kind of barney. Is that enough reason for ROD to write some terrible poetry on her blog? so tiny books now express in torn images my inside i was raised reading ms magazine i remember the burning of bras as women demanded equality in unison beauty pageants where women were paraded around judged ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/29/but-rosie-what-do-you-really-think/ Ars Technica have an interesting article that explains a little bit more about the current situation with the FCC in the states and what they are and aren't doing. Apparently they have definitions and guidelines on what is indecent but they can't share them around because that would be telling. *sigh* http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/29/more-on-the-fcc-in-the-us/ At 3am Sunday morning The Late Show With David Letterman screens on Channel 9 for the last time. Then staring 11:45pm Monday night it begins on Channel 10. This is both good and bad. Unfortunately Channel 10 have squeezed in some useless crap in between the end of the news and Letterman ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/28/dave-good-dave-bad/ Josh Ross questioned whether James Brown had done anything on TV off-air today. Here is one of the greatest moments of charismatic showmanship on TV ever. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mister James Brown. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/26/rip-james-brown/ We are joined this week by Tom Elliot who talks to us about Channel 9, our Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand, and a whole bunch of fascinatingly interesting stuff about how television works. Also, we talk a little about the Federal Communications Commission in the US and how they're ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/26/boxcutters-episode-66/ It's that time of year again - Boxcutters Christmas, end of year, review wrap dealie - just don't mention lists. Who will win? What will be Number 1? And will you thoughts be the same as ours? Much content, some special guests, a few old gags, many ordered items and even some ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/24/boxcutters-special-episode-alpha/ Loyal Listener Lyndal has outdone herself with bringing this item to our attention: A full bench of the Federal Court yesterday upheld an earlier ruling that Stephen Cooper, the operator of mp3s4free.net, as well as the internet service provider that hosted the website, were guilty of authorising copyright infringement because they ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/20/outrageous-copyright-ruling/ Marieke Hardy joins us as we talk about stocking stuffers, another bloody countdown show and all the news we can fit into the time we have. I'd write more but I have to conserve all of my energy for this weekend's Christmas/New Year Countdown Show (because, if you can't beat 'em...). Get ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/20/boxcutters-episode-65/ Loyal Listener Lyndal sent us this article that details what we can expect from the Firefly computer game. Apparently it's going to be a World of Warcraft style Massive Multiplayer Thingamajig. Firefly Reborn as Online Universe (via Wired). http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/15/the-firefly-computer-game/ Great big Episode 64 {aka ep 2 via the waves}. Some News, some Pork, more Crap TV care of Channel 9 and Weeds (or should that be Wds given the amount they are editing), a look at regional tv and James Talia, Boxcutters' European correspondent in a north bound train, ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/13/boxcutters-episode-64/ (This is my first go at this, so be gentle!) Having listened to the Radio Show/Podcast, I thought, how about we start a post with some Tv Song related music. I'm sure there are enough out there for the summer-fill. my first two are: 1. Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy - Television, the Drug of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/07/3rrr-radio-show-tv-songs/ Our first week on radio and... well, WE HAVE A FANTASTIC SHOW. Now with 50% less news, we get a chance to bring more wonderful segments. Brett looks at My Australia in I Don't Buy It, Josh looks at guest roles in television series and Ross takes a look at a ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/05/boxcutters-episode-63/ I was going to do this after each episode, but on second thoughts, I might shift this back to Fridays. It doesn't seem right on Tuesdays... One show I took off the list was Australia's Brainiest Radio Star [7.30pm Thu, 10], as the response would've been fairly predictable ("NO: it contains ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/05/yes-or-no-belated-summer-of-shitty-tv-edition/ 3 Lbs which we spoke about recently has been pulled from American screens. After weighing the latest Nielsen numbers, net execs confirmed Wednesday that the Peter Ocko-produced medical drama has been placed on hiatus effective immediately... Skein's low ratings dropped each week it aired, with its overall young adult average of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/05/a-fall-follow-up/ ... Tonight's the night. Tune in to 3RRR 102.7MHz in Melbourne or listen through http://rrr.org.au/player/rrr.ram if you're out of town. Alternatively you can wait for the podcast. Update That would be at 7pm tonight on 3RRR. Thanks, Loyal Listener Lyndal. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/12/05/like-rod-stewart-said/ Just a quick reminder for all those expecting to download an episode tonight or over the weekend. We're taking a break for this Thursday and will be back live on the air this Tuesday, 5 December. That's right. From 7pm AEDT (that's GMT +1100 for those who can do the maths) ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/30/episode-63-a-reminder/ Naomi Robson has quit Today Tonight. The details are at The Australian's 'Media' section. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/28/who-will-save-wa-wa-now/ But remember people . . . http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/28/some-boxcutter-imagery/ Here's the footage from the club where Michael Richards 'flipped out' - to use his own expression - and a snippet from the apology on Letterman. The CBS site has the full apology here Click the (more) link to see it: http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/24/kramer-goes-nutso/ After your hearty endorsement last week, everyone's favourite game* returns for a second week, and here's good news: now you can play Yes Or No at the movies! Simply decide between 'yes' or 'no' after each trailer screens. For example: Borat, yes; The Santa Clause 3, no. It's the best ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/24/yes-or-no-week-2/ At Boxcutters we're all about choice. That's why from next week you will have the option of listening live on the airwaves or via the more traditional podcast. But more of that later. This week we take advantage of the old format and luxuriate in the freedom of being able to ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/23/boxcutters-episode-62/ CBS has found that offering video downloads increases the audiences for their TV shows A poll taken by CBS found that over half of the users who streamed CBS shows on the Web had never seen the shows before on TV. According to CBS, the new users then became fans of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/22/poll-shows-that-making-it-easy-to-watch-tv-increases-audiences/ We talked, this week, about OJ Simpson's plans to write a book and do a show on "If I'd killed my wife, this is how I'd have done it." As much as there's sure to be insights that might lead to some new examinations to "Find the real killer", some haven't ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/19/response-to-oj/ This is based on the "Movie Yes/Movie No" game mentioned a couple of times in the podcast - I've expanded it to include new shows and other hot-button TV issues. Simply copy the following, paste it into the comment box, and edit where necessary - even explain why you made ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/17/yes-or-no/ Channel 10 and CBS, SBS and ads, Channel 9 and The Apprentice, Fall and Autumn, Pork and News and Letters to Boxcutters. This week Marieke Hardy sticks around to keep us company (and ply us with alcohol) for the whole episode. Bless. Suck it up: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Spit it out: hooray@boxcutters.net http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/16/boxcutters-episode-61/ I am sure there is some sort of clever stupid title I could have used like Lights Burning Bright or something equally witty but the important info is Friday Night Lights has been picked up for the full season. Good news, good show. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/15/lights-picked-up/ Channel 10 have picked up a few shows off 9 and will be screening them from next year. Shows include: Dr Phil, American 60 Minutes stories and most importantly LETTERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More details in this week's podcast. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/15/enormous-news/ At the risk of exposing my monumentally daggy side. . . (please be gentle with me, fellow boxcutters) Peter Casey, co-creator of Frasier and also writer/producer of Cheers and Wings, was interviewed this morning on ABC Classic FM. The audio is available online for a fortnight. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/14/if-you-liked-frasier/ (Help, Brett, help! Every time I paste the YouTube embed code to just above "Did you notice", the post updates, but the embed code vanishes! Is it cos I'm not admin?) In case you missed it, the video of the one-minute-and-forty-seconds (not five minutes!) Simpsons Movie preview is here. Did you notice: It ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/13/youtube-abyouse-simpsons-movie-sneak-peak/ In a short statement on his website, Rove McManus has announced that the remaining three episodes of the 2006 season of Rove Live have been cancelled, as he continues to mourn the passing of his wife Belinda Emmett on Saturday from cancer: At the moment I have no plans for Rove ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/13/rove-cancels-his-show-for-the-rest-of-the-year/ Apparently Channel is Ten is airing a 5 minute preview for the upcoming Simpsons movie tonight (Monday) at 7:30. Be interesting. Thanks to MoBo for the heads up. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/13/simpsons-movie-preview/ The title really says it all. Loyal Listener Lyndal pointed us to this news item on the E! website. This is very exciting news for a show that everybody hoped would stay on the air but nobody really thought it would. I think they're going to do some wonderful things. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/12/studio-60-gets-a-full-season/ Very, very sad to hear Belinda Emmett has died. Our condolences to Rove and all their respective families and friends. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/11/sad-2/ 10 big reasons to love this week's show: Number 10: The best pork in town Number 9: A great quote from The Office (get on board NOW!!) Number 8: The second part of the I Don't Buy It featuring Jericho's identity crisis Number 7: All the week's news Number 6: The first part of the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/09/boxcutters-episode-60/ Showtime has given the green light to a second season of crime drama Dexter, just five weeks into its initial run. The second season of twelve episodes goes into production next Spring for premiere later in 2007. This is good news. I have been thoroughly enjoying Dexter, its unusual and rather ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/05/dexter-gets-seasond-season/ In this week's episode of Boxcutters: Boxcutters' special European correspondent, James Talia calls in from the super-secret Boxcutters Fortress of TV Goodness We speculate on the possible reasons why the ABC would decide to drop a well performing show like The Glasshouse Ross' friends have all been telling him how full of preservatives ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/02/boxcutters-episode-59/ To answer a question from last week's show: When I click the "TV" button on my bookmarks toolbar it takes me to e-broadcast. More specifically it takes me to the Melbourne night-time schedule. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/02/the-online-guide-i-use/ So channel 10 didn't have the guts to run with Celebrity Joker Poker for another week or two. If you were watching on Tuesday night, you'll have noticed the triple helping of Futurama... Interesting looking at some of 10's figures from last night: Futurama – 8:30pm 0.70 million, The Wedge ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/01/good-news-everybody/ This was posted yesterday on Wil Anderson's blog: Before you read it in the papers over the next couple of the days, I just wanted you guys to know that the ABC have decided the final ever episode of the Glass House will go to air November 29. This decision was made ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/01/the-glass-house-comes-tumbling-down/ I said I'd post it and this time I actually lived up to my promise. Check out the Simpsons TOH XVII edit your own promo thingy. It's a little bit of website fun. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/11/01/simpsons-treehouse-of-horror/ The final edition of Media Watch for the year airs this week. The reason I mention this is that the ABC's new editorial policies threaten to turn Media Watch into Big Questions. You can see the final episode before the show possibly jumps the shark on ABC on Monday the 30th ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/29/last-chance-to-see/ From TV.com: Four more new series--ABC's Help Me Help You, The Nine, and Men in Trees and NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip--have received orders for additional scripts. The ABC shows have been picked up for four more scripts, while Studio 60--a high-profile underperformer--has been given an order for three. ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/28/half-orders/ Another big show... Firstly, it's back!! After many weeks away Letters To Boxcutters returns, with a very interesting look at that horrible Mentos ad (You know the one - big nipples). Also, we take a look at the new Ch 10/UK co pro Tripping Over. In Fall we examine 30 Rock and Men ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/26/boxcutters-episode-58/ Trailer for the new series of 24. Looks exciting. Jack should have kept the beard though. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/25/24-trailer/ This is something that I am not buying at all. Appart from the fact that the breaks last longer than the quoted 60 seconds (including 20 seconds for ten's promo for it) I am starting to think that these ads are spliced in at shorter intivales than the usual ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/22/tens-short-breaks/ Because of time constraints on the show, I didn't get a chance to fully cover my feelings on the new ABC policy so I thought I'd put it here for the record. You can read the extract from Mark Scott's speech at the Sydney Institute below if you've missed it ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/20/new-abc-policy/ This clears up the teaser I mentioned from Crikey on the show this week... or does it? I have not been boned, says Nine's McGuire By Brooke Williamson - October 20, 2006 12:00am - Article from: The Daily Telegraph CHANNEL 9 chief Eddie McGuire yesterday denied he was out of favour with senior ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/20/eddie-boned-no/ In a week of speculation about the future of television in this country, we get Tom Elliot back in to put everything into perspective. We then blow that persepctive away with our discussion of the ABC. In our ongoing look at new shows from the US fall season we get ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/20/boxcutters-episode-57/ We're getting a lot of good discussion going on in the comments on this here blog - especially with the new shows in the fall season out of the US at the moment... I mentioned very briefly and very spontaneously in Pork this week that we might get a few of ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/18/who-wants-to-contribute/ Hot on the heels of Heroes Jericho becomes the second of the new fall season to get the nod for a full series. Good to see, although I am sure Brett would think maybe they should have just picked up every second ep!! And Ugly Betty makes it three. Good news for ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/13/jericho-gets-picked-up/ Hey all This week not one but two, count 'em two big special guests. Our first ever guest Ed Phillips makes his triumphant return to celebrate Temptation's 300. And Jess McGuire returns (more a correspondent than a guest, but we haven't seen her for a while) to bring us up to speed ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/12/boxcutters-episode-56/ Just thought I'd post a screen cap of Mark Foley as a Democrat - he's admitted to being an alcoholic homosexual with mental problems so, of course, he MUST be a Democrat! http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/08/bad-fox-news/ This is where all the TV news is. Ross talks about another bank ad in I Don't Buy It. Brett talks about the dodgy dealings of Fox News in Raywatch. Josh gets very angry about Free TV Australia. There's a discussion of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Heroes ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/05/boxcutters-episode-55/ Here's a deleted scene you won't be seeing in the new Borat movie... Watch it under the fold - http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/03/borat/ Hey Kids! It must be the warmer weather or the spring time of year getting people's hormones going but there's a feeling in the air that's palpable. You can tell it's going on all around you - just out of sight - and you might be missing out... the feeling ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/10/03/dl-tips/ You wanna know stuff? About TV? Well, you've come to right place. On this week's thrilling installment we solve the mystery of the two version of Rome (Of course we don't solve why the bbc butchered it, or why Channel 9 showed the bbc version or even why Channel 9 thought ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/28/boxcutters-episode-54/ Last week Brett broke the news that Channel 9 were planning to screen ep 2 then ep 4 of Rome and we speculated if that might be because it would be gone by then... Next week Survivor is on the 9:30 slot with no sign of Rome. They suck. Why put anything ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/27/rome-gone/ I remembered I promised this little link for you guys... It's the Orson Welles outtakes for some Californian champagne he was shooting while, perhaps, having sampled too much of the client's product. Click the more link to see the clip. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/22/orson-welles-outtakes/ Here's a bit more info on the state of Richard Hammond after the accident that we mentioned on the show this week: PRESENTER of British motoring program Top Gear Richard Hammond suffered a significant brain injury in a high-speed crash in a jet-powered car while filming for the program, a hospital ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/22/hammond-suffers-brain-injury/ Ooh, look at all the goodies. Here we have a discussion about the ratings. If you wander over here you can hear the sounds of Crap TV. Cast your eyes skyward and see a flock of news items. Sleeping soundly are some Things You May Have Missed which really are ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/21/boxcutters-episode-53/ Channel 10 have made the switch. Tench is back to 9:30 and Jericho is coming on the 8:30 timeslot. Probably a bright move, but doesn't help those of us recording a podcast around the 8:30 timeslot on the other side of town. Hmmmm, Jericho or Loser Survivor... Or go all mutli video ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/19/tench-goes-down/ Another great show. Fun for all the family. This week as well as the usual News, Ratings and Pork we've got an "I Don't Buy Them" (or two "I Don't Buy Its"), Al Gore takes on Penn and Teller over Enviromental Issues, there's an awesome Quotes, and a look at some ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/15/boxcutters-episode-52/ We've seen more of him in the ads than in the driver's seat in recent years so it's perhaps more of a shock that Peter Brock was behind the wheel when he was killed today, slamming into a tree when he lost control going around a hairpin bend in a ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/09/more-death/ I assume there's some sort of football game on at the MCG tonight so we in Richmond are privileged enough to get a good buzzing from the airship that I mentioned on the show a couple of weeks ago. It's more cigar shaped than previous blimps around Melbourne have been ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/08/more-on-that-giant-tv-screen/ I'm sorry, I was a bad Boxcutter last week and I promised this would be up and I didn't get around to putting it up. It looks like the clips are going to stay up despite MS's protests but if anyone gets a bad link let me know and I'll ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/07/ricky-gervais-microsoft/ WE CELEBRATE OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY! We talk to Marieke Hardy about the lot of a modern TV writer. We discuss the wonders of being around for a full year. We don't buy advertisements for pizza and tatoos. We discuss the disgrace that was the television media's tributes to Steve Irwin. We are graced with the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/07/boxcutters-episode-51/ Steve Irwin, the environmentalist and star of The Crocodile Hunter, died Monday after an accident with a stingray near Cairns, Australia, according to local Australian media. He was 44. Irwin was filming an underwater documentary, reportedly about demystifying stingrays, by Port Douglas, Queensland around 11 a.m. Eastern Australian Time (0100 UTC) ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/05/vale-steve-irwin/ I like the sound of this... TV Anywhere recently announced its upcoming plans to make American television programming available to subscribers residing outside of the U.S. This new service will allow viewers to watch live linear TV, on-demand movies and shows, and daily local news on either a PC client or ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/02/tv-anywhere/ From TV.com: The Terminator series is one of the most successful film franchises of all time, with the three movies collectively grossing over $1 billion worldwide. Chronicles will follow the events taking place AFTER Terminator 2, when Sarah Connor and her son, John, go underground, hiding from authorities and waiting for ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/01/sarah-connor-chronicles/ Earlier this afternoon, Channel 9 issued a release to the media. It was unusually short for a 9 media release. Only seven lines long. In fact, short is not so much correct as curt: Negotiations between Jana Wendt and Channel Nine have concluded with the parties agreeing to part company. Channel ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/09/01/jana-gone-from-9-altogether/ wow episode 50 the big five oh and they said we'd never make it ha we showed them and to prove it a show that is as scattered and messy as anything we've done show who what I forget maybe we shouldn't record the show so late this week featuring the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/31/episode-50/ The following media release was sent out yesterday (Sunday) afternoon: The Nine Network announced today Paul Waldren had resigned as the Managing Director of Channel Nine Melbourne. But Nine’s long standing relationship with Mr Waldren will continue, utilising his expertise as a consultant to the Network. Mr Waldren will remain with Nine until ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/28/news-just-in-from-9/ Very sad to hear Ross Warneke has died. His forthright opinions will be missed. Our thoughts are with his family. http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/26/sad/ Remember Boxcutters episode 49? Oh, how we laughed and laughed and laughed. It was the week when Dicko's Australian Celebrity Survivor and David Tench Tonight started and RoBo and BreBo laughed about them. The Crap TV and Raywatch were such a hoot! And the Ratings report and TV/Internet crossover episodes - ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/24/boxcutters-episode-48/ From yourTV: Paris Hilton's debut album Paris has at least one fan - Paris Hilton. The socialite-turned-reality TV star-turned-singer told Blender magazine her music debut is so good, she cries when she listens to it. But it's not just Paris who's a fan of her music. "They love it," she said, describing ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/24/paris-loves-paris/ As reported by Brett in last nights recording The Master has been axed. This is absolutely ridiculous and shows the desperation of Aussie networks. Celeb Survivor and David Tench both appeared to rate well enough to continue at least for the time being - Aussie Survivor outrating it's American counterpart - but ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/18/rip-the-master/ Roll up, roll up!! Come see the greatest show in town!! Yes it's Episode 48!! Be amazed this week's special guest, Real Stories star Ryan Shelton and his insight into the world of comedy! Thrill at our look into The Master! Gasp at our sting tirade on unjustified TV hosts! Be dazzled by a ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/17/episode-48/ A few weeks back I mentioned the up coming Borat movie directed by Larry Charles and we speculated about whether it is all scripted or the usual Borat madness. THIS should answer the question. Looks very, very funny. Also last ep we speculated over whether David Tench interviews real people. Pat ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/14/borat-tench/ Click HERE and sign the petition to reinstate Dave and get rid of stupid QuizMonkey once and for all. Although we maybe stuck with Hotdogs and Midnight Clone. (Thanks to MoBo for the link) http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/13/help-save-dave-from-the-evils-of-quizmonkey/ This was left in a comment in a hidden away little place and I thought it deserved a little more exposure. Good work Matt - none of us happened upon that episode... BB Hey Boxcutters, Matt Boxcutter here. Got home last night, a few beers and a dodgy souvlaki short of my usual self ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/12/quizmania-technical-difficulties/ For those who haven't seen it here is the YouTube link. It's pretty well done... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/11/live-actions-simpsons/ This week we're joined by guest co-host James Talia who helps us keep things in perspective about all things Channel Nine. Brett tells us about his investigation in Top Gear editing practices. Ross brings us a review of the new Ricky Gervais/Steve Merchant comedy series, Extras. We all discuss the ... http://boxcutters.net/blog/2006/08/11/boxcutters-episode-47/ ... but the unmitgated, absolute genius of "All's Well That Roswell"!!! Welcome back Futuramam with one of the all time best ever episodes. The one where we find out that Fry is his own grandfather. Good riddence Yasmin. Your replacement is infi