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Luck is a new show on HBO in the US. It’s created by David Milch so we know from the start that there’s a lot to love and a lot to hate. We try to look at it all.
Courteney Hocking’s been looking at the UK series Luther and gives us a rundown on what she’s discovered.
We answer some Letters to Boxcutters and Toby Halligan has a lot of Places We Have Strayed.
Continue reading “Ep 296: Luck and Luther” »
Ben McKenzie is a bonafide nerd who takes the label to an almost professional level. He talks to us about how the nerd is culturally represented on television with a particular focus on The Big Bang Theory.
TV ads are upsetting and confusing as we discover in I Don’t Buy It.
Then we have a discussion about the death of episodic television. Does everything have to be a long story? Whatever happened to just having everything wrapped up in a nice hour of television? We get to the bottom of it.
Continue reading “Ep 295: Episodic Television & Nerds on TV” »
Frank Woodley comes in to talk to us about doing physical comedy on Australian television and how it really hasn’t been done before. He has a new show starting on ABC1 on Wednesday 22 Feb.
Then, Glenn Peters has seen two foreign language series, Spiral and The Killing. He sets them head to head in the BoxcuttersDome.
There’s a great Letter to Boxcutters from a famous person who’s been on the tele.
Continue reading “Ep 294: Frank Woodley, Spiral vs The Killing” »
It’s guestarama this week with Nelly Thomas in to talk about Excess Baggage and how it compares to The Biggest Loser.
Paul Ireland talks to us about being a young actor in The Bill and an older actor in Outland.
There’s One Thing and Pork and News and what else do you need to know?
Continue reading “Ep 293: Paul Ireland, Excess Baggage” »
We talk to Penny Chapman, the producer of the new ABC1 series, The Straits. There’s a review of Grimm vs Once Upon a Time and a Raywatch about Channel 9′s coverage of Australia Day protests.
Continue reading “Ep 292: Penny Chapman, Grimm vs Once Upon A Time” »
Toby Truslove is an actor. You’ll know him from Laid and the soon to premier Outland. He talks to us about the plight of the Australian actor and what he looks for in a role.
There’s a whole heap of news and some great Trotters thanks to Toby Halligan.
Don’t forget there are still Crumpler bags and other rewards up for grabs by supporting our SXSW efforts on Pozible.
Continue reading “Ep 291: Toby Truslove from Outland” »
American Horror Story was created by the people who brought us Glee but there’s no singing and dancing, just murder, insanity and old-fashioned haunting. Is it as good as everybody thinks? Is it as bad as everybody thinks?
Also, Josh spent some time in New York and discovered just how intrusive television can be in daily life.
Courteney Hocking is our co-host for this one and Brett uses his best reading voice for news and letters.
Continue reading “Ep 290: American Horror Story” »
We’re back from our Summer Holidays and ready to wow you with a review of the new Kelsey Grammer TV show, Boss. We don’t think we’re going too far by saying it’s the best review we’ve ever done!*
Also, marvel at Lee Zachariah’s excellent knowledge of film makers who have crossed over into television.
There’s also a taste of what to expect from this year on Boxcutters
Continue reading “Ep 289: Boss, Lee Zachariah” »
Whether you’re celebrating the first night of Chanukah or just counting down the days ’til Chinese New Year, have we got an episode for you.
Almost everybody crams into the studio to talk about the television highlights of 2011.
We’re not concentrating on the bad stuff. We do that all year ’round. Nope, this is just the stuff we enjoyed so maybe you can enjoy it too.
It’s hopefully less messy than our previous end of year shows, but who knows?
Sit back and listen to Dave Lawson, John Richards, Glenn Peters, Brett Cropley and me talk until we get bored and go home.
Continue reading “Ep 288: The Light Side of 2011″ »
Larry Writer wrote the book about the crime wars in Sydney in the 20s and 30s called Razor. It was picked up by the Underbelly team and turned into the latest instalment of the true crime dramatisation that has proven so successful for Channel Nine. We talk to him about the whole process.
Also, Courteney Hocking is in to talk about those guilty pleasures we think we shouldn’t watch.
Then, Nelly Thomas tells us about the passion and drama that goes on in her head when she watches Lost.
Listen and enjoy.
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