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When Nelly Thomas comes in to talk about Survivor, you know that it’s like a party for your ears, but is she losing faith in her one time bucket of television joy? And what’s with this new fascination with Celebrity Rehab? She explains all.
Also, with Glenn Peters in the co-host seat, we discuss the new Showtime drama, Homeland.
Continue reading “Ep 283: Homeland, Survivor” »
Dave Lawson is in the studio to discuss the Whitney Cummings related sitcoms, 2 Broke Girls and Whitney.
Also, John and Brett speak to Christos Tsiolkas about the TV adaptation of his controversial novel, The Slap.
Continue reading “Ep 282: Christos Tsiolkas” »
Rick Kalowski is the executive producer and one of the three writer/creators of At Home With Julia. We spoke to him about the controversy the show caused but also look at the intentions and decisions behind making the show itself.
Glenn Peters is in the co-host seat and we talk about the Boxcutters Rule of Three and question its validity. That segment may also constitute a review of Hart of Dixie, although I wouldn’t bank on it.
Continue reading “Ep 281: At Home With Julia” »
You’ve heard us talk about the Bazura Project. Maybe you saw their show on Channel 31. Maybe you remember when we last had Lee Zachariah and Shannon Marinko on the show back in 2009. Well, now you get to hear all about how they got to do their own show on ABC2 and maybe finally be in contention for a Logie.
In further investigation of How We Watch, John went into a cinema to watch some Doctor Who.
Continue reading “Ep 280: The Bazura Project” »
The Chaser has a new show called The Hamster Wheel. Josh spoke to Chas Licciardello about causing offence and becoming more mature. The interview is tasteful but may contain references to jokes about incest.
We preview some shows in the new US Fall season, go through some Letters to Boxcutters and give you all the News you want.
Continue reading “Ep 279: Chas Licciardello” »
Six years ago, three guys thought it would be a good idea to start a podcast about television. Back then, only 28 people in the world knew what a podcast was. Now it’s at least twice that.
We brought everyone into the studio to help celebrate. We take a trip down memory lane to when we were six years old. What are our great childhood television memories? How has that shaped our viewing today?
It’s a very special episode of Boxcutters that no person who was ever a child should miss.
Continue reading “Ep 278: Now We Are Six” »
Jess Harris and Josh Schmidt are the creators and stars of the new ABC2 comedy, twentysomething. This is a show they previously filmed for Channel 31 in Melbourne with almost no budget. Now the ABC has remade it, kind of.
Courteney Hocking is our co-host and she tells us how she watches TV with more updates from listeners.
Josh gives us his first impressions of life with Fetch TV.
Continue reading “Ep 277: twentysomething” »
Is cloudstreet the best television drama creation to come out of Australia or is it just another example of our reliance on nostalgia and bush magic to avoid truly reflecting our culture?
It’s quite possible that we answer that question in this week’s episode and there’s only one way to find out.
Also, John went to ACMI to (s)talk David & Margaret. He made a recording of his (s)talking and shares it with us.
Continue reading “Ep 276: cloudstreet” »
We take a look at the US series Suits which begins airing on Seven this week.
Also, we take the opportunity, with the chatty Dave Lawson as our cohost, to talk about our television watching habits and the effects our friends have on us.
If you want to subscribe to 3RRR and be in the running for all those great prizes, give them a call on +61 3 9388 1027. Continue reading “Ep 275: Suits” »
Finally we get to episode 274 and to reward you for your long wait we give you 20% more Boxcutters. Or something. It’s long. That’s what we’re saying.
Franklin & Bash is a show from the US about frat-style lawyers.
We take a deeper look at last week’s announcements of ABC cuts and discuss the positives and negatives.
Continue reading “Ep 274: Franklin & Bash, ABC Cuts” »
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