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Ep 302: Spike TV and Nielson Ratings explained

Josh Kinal — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:48:39 +0000

Christine Lawrence has made a career out of analysing what people love and hate about television shows, how they work and how they can be better. She used to work for the Nielson company in their TV ratings department.

When Josh spoke to her in December she was a Senior Analyst in Programming Research at Spike TV. Together we look at how statistics can change TV shows.

We are touched in the emotions by some Letters to Boxcutters as well as our second in-studio guest donor, Nichole O’Duffy. If you meet her, tell her how wonderful she is.

One Thing

Can Change Your Mind About Climate, ABC1 8:30 Thursday 26 April
Prophets Of Science Fiction ‘Philip K. Dick’, SBS ONE 8:30 Sunday 29 April
Mad Men, AMC (in USA) 10pm Sunday 29 April

Ep 183: Marc Fennell, Movies about TV, Wallander

Josh Kinal — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:58:50 +0000

Marc Fennell joins us to talk about portrayals of television in film. We talk about the UK detective drama based on a Swedish set of novels starring Kenneth Brannagh, Wallander (just in case you were confused about which Kenneth Brannagh featuring, UK detective telemovie series based on Swedish novels we were talking about).

It’s here:

If You Watch One Thing…

Brett: Hot Docs: The Road to Guantanamo, 10pm Tuesday May 6th on SBS.
John: Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, 8:30pm Sunday May 31st on ABC1.
Josh: Chaser’s War on Everything, Wednesday 9:00pm ABC1

And because Brett mentioned it:

Ep 169: Editor Rob Buttery, Eleventh Hour, Count Duckula

Josh Kinal — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:09:22 +0000

Editor of shows including Mythbusters and Bondi Rescue, Rob Buttery joins us to talk about the world of television editing.

We do a review of the US show Eleventh Hour and a Before & After School about Count Duckula.

You know you want it: