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Ep 303: Unsupervised, Optus, The Voice

Josh Kinal — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:03:12 +0000

Remember that whole Optus vs Telstra, AFL and NFL case that was either going to mean the end of sport forever or the death of the internet? Well, Optus lost last week and we speak to to Lucy Battersby from The Age to find out what the judgement means.

Glenn Peters has been watching The Voice and he tells us why he loves it so much.

Unsupervised is an animated show from FX in the US. Is it good or bad? Will you like it? Who knows? We try to help you make a choice by discussing it at length.

Notes

One Thing

Dave In The Life ‘Of a Pensioner’ – 1:15 am, Friday 4 May SBSOne
Veep – 10pm Sunday, HBO (in the US)

Ep 290: American Horror Story

Josh Kinal — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:38:54 +0000

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.

Notes

Errata

There’s a point, during “If You Watch One Thing”, in which we discuss the new series of Absolutely Fabulous and talk about it like that’s the one that’s on Wednesday nights on ABC1. It’s not. Those are repeats.

The new 20th anniversary episodes of Absolutely Fabulous will air on ABC1 in February.

One Thing

The Thick of It Season 3 – 9pm Wednesday, ABC1
Nigella’s Kitchen – 8pm Tuesday, ABC1
Movie: Coffee and Cigarettes – 11:05pm Wednesday, SBS One/SBS HD

SXSW Funding

Ep 210: The League, The Nature of Television Storytelling

Josh Kinal — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:53:03 +0000

The League is another show about men and their relationships with one another. We take a good long look at it.

We also have a long conversation about whether or not there is a place for episodic drama on television. It’s a very interesting chat with lots of information. We go a little bit high-brow so you might want to wear your thinking-cap.

There’s also a surprise guest right joining us for One Thing.

Episode 210 is the show that had so much in it, we had to go into extra-long overtime. You have been warned.

If You Watch One Thing

Brett: Seven Ages Of Rock ‘We Are The Champions: Stadium Rock’ – ABC1, 8:30pm to 9:25pm Thu, 4 Feb 2010
John: Magic Roundabout. Various times, Every Freakin’ Day on ABC 2
Josh: LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST! (in north america)

An Update

A media release from Channel 7 arrived this morning. We have our answer. Do you have your set-top box?

7TWO today announced it will premiere the sixth and final season of LOST on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 beginning with the one-hour special Lost: Final Chapter at 8.30pm followed by a two-hour premiere of season 6 at 9.30pm.

Right at the bottom of the release comes this addendum:

**The LOST season 6 premiere will also screen on Channel Seven at 11.30pm on February 10**

So you don’t need a set-top box to see Lost, you just need to beat away sleep.