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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.
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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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Nelly Thomas joins us at the start of the show to prove that she is not just John putting on a funny voice.
Then we discuss Men of a Certain Age, a new drama starring and co-created by Ray Romano.
Also there’s an I Don’t Buy It and some other stuff.
OF ALL TIME, people. OF ALL TIME
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Community is a new show from NBC in the US about people in community college that is a lot better than it sounds.
Also, John talks about a BBC telemovie called Micro Men.
Hungry Beast could be better.
And, Kim Dalton should resign.
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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 to download free to personal computers and other devices.
Then again, it says that the files will expire after seven days which means there’s some kind of ridiculous DRM present.
What do you think? Will this be another horrible failure? Has anybody been following the iTunes store debacle?
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