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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” »
John Richards went to the former Channel 9 studios in Bendigo St Richmond to help pull it apart. He tells us why. Brett and Josh review the US series Perfect Couples. Brett tells us why. Josh has been watching The Celebrity Apprentice and you probably already know why.
Enjoy responsibly:
Continue reading “Ep 260: Perfect Couples, Bendigo St” »
You want in-depth and slightly waffly discussions about what makes good television? You have come to the right place. Dave Lawson joins us as regular co-host, a role he will share with John and Courteney from now on.
We review the new show from Shaun Ryan, the creator of the Shield, The Chicago Code.
If you want more there’s some Pork, some Crap TV, some dumb anecdotes that should never have gone to air and a bunch of other stuff that is probably not work mentioning like breathing and stuff.
Breathe with this:
Continue reading “Ep 259: The Chicago Code” »
Courteney Hocking sits in the co-host chair to talk to Jean-Vital Syverin, the sous chef from Conviction Kitchen.
We take a look at the new sketch comedy from the Independent Film Channel in the US, Portlandia.
Toby Halligan’s Trotters brings us home and there’s the week’s TV news and what you should watch this week.
Continue reading “Ep 257: Conviction Kitchen’s Vital” »
The ratings for last night’s Live From Planet Earth debut on Channel 9 tell a sad tale of a program that had viewers fleeing from their sets to avoid any stray contagion that may come through the screen and infect them with whatever it was that made anybody think putting this on TV in the first place was a good idea.
Over 40% of viewers had switched off by the end of the show. Melbourne, which had the highest starting numbers over all, also had the largest evacuation with almost 45% of viewers fleeing to safety.
This graph shows all 5 major cities and the ratings for Channel 9 in the four quarter-hours from 9:30 to 10:30.
See that downward trend? That’s not a good sign for the show.
If you know anybody who enjoyed Live from Planet Earth, or if you’re one of those people, please let us know.
The wonderfully talented and outrageously charming Dave Lawson joins us as cohost.
We discuss recent news coverage and the secret lives of journalists with James Talia.
Also we review Harry’s Law, the new David E Kelley drama.
Expect, as well, the usual fare of news and pork with trotters.
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This week’s question: Are you coming to our exciting event at ACMI? Let us know by email.
Okay. Really, all anybody has been talking about for the last two weeks, it seems, is how Oprah is in Australia and Julian Assange is not.
While we can’t bring you any information about Assange, you can bet that Nelly and Brett both have opinions, information and a whole world of words to say about that Oprah lady.
If you’re sick of hearing about Oprah‘s tour to Australia then we’ve got some other news and an I Don’t Buy It for you.
Come on a journey with us. We promise there’ll be fun and games and arguments and sighing.
This week’s question: Do you have anything to say to us? Let us know by email.
Also, if you’re wondering where we are on Facebook and Twitter, just click on those words back there. Continue reading “Ep 253: Oprah is in Australia” »
We get to speak to the extraordinarily delightful Peter Hitchener, newsreader for Channel 9 Melbourne, about how he just gives and gives to his viewers.
After many requests from listeners we finally have a look at the comic book adaptation, The Walking Dead. I still wish it was called “They Shoot Zombies, Don’t They?”
In News we look at what’s happening in Germany and Japan as well as some important local stuff.
There’s also an I Don’t Buy It, some great Letters to Boxcutters, and a whole helping of Pork with Trotters
Oh yeah, and Carrie Bickmore sold us out to Oprah.
This week’s question: What do you think of Actual Chad’s new single,”The Man from Boxcutters”? Let us know by email.
Also, if you’re wondering where we are on Facebook and Twitter, just click on those words back there. Continue reading “Ep 252: The Walking Dead, Peter Hitchener” »
To top off what has already been a really busy week full of too much information, we bring in Claire Hooper from Good News Week to talk about the election night coverage.
Remember the extreme game show / early reality series The Mole? Well, Brooke Marshall was the winner of series 2 of that show and she comes in to give us a bit of a 10 year retrospective on what reality was like back then.
There’s a whole bunch of news and some pork as well so get into it.
We might not have a government but we do have episode 238 of Boxcutters.
Send us an email about all the things we asked you to this week.
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James Talia joins us to discuss the recent controversy over Channel 7 news and the former NSW Minister for Transport.
We review this year’s Eurovision coverage and the Lost finale.
And we look at the recent shows we’ve reviewed and see how they match up against the Bechdel Test.
All that and more. Just listen.
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