Over the last few years, Australia’s Nine Network, one of only 3 major commercial free-to-air networks has become all but irrelevant to audiences under 40. With a stellar program lineup involving Eddie McGuire upon Eddie McGuire, and one mind-numbing game show after another, it has gone from the top-rating network, to ranking similarly to government-owned [...]
Music in advertising is a big deal. We associate with it to the point where even years later when we hear a song it can remind us of the commercial that ruined it forever. Marketers know this very well, which is why I’m quite surprised to see two overlapping campaigns using the same song.
Get the [...]
Everyone around me is complaining about the screenwriters’ strike, but for some reason I just can’t bring myself to give a shit… At least not in the way everyone else is.
I really enjoy television too, but it’s not my only coping mechanism for the bullshit life throws at me. The way some people are complaining [...]
Seriously Oprah, just fuck off. Everyone knows your show is just PR for your money-making tornado. Your staff tirelessly dig up heartbreaking stories to draw in the bored housewife market, then you come out on stage professing to care about whatever the bullshit topic happens to be, when it’s abundantly clear that it’s your first [...]
If you’re the sort of person who yells at the stupid fucks on TV, this is the show you watch to rest your throat — ‘cos Judge Judy does the yelling for you.
This show is unique in that even the star of show thinks it’s stupid, and has no patience for her guests. What a [...]
National Indigenous Television (NITV) began broadcasting on the Foxtel and Austar pay TV networks on the first of November this year.
Their mission statement, as taken from their website, is as follows:
NITV is a new 24 hour television service established by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to improve the lives of our peoples. With the very [...]
I believe… If you’re going to run a network promo 10,000 times a day you should ensure that the script employs correct grammar.
Network Ten runs these black and white promos featuring the stars from all their TV shows imparting their character-driven wisdom by telling us what they believe. The Neighbours promo featuring Nicky Whelan is [...]
As Tarisai fades away, lets take a moment to laugh at her death throws. Here’s a little audio of what she was like the day after her dismissal from Australian Idol.
I’m glad to see Tarisai leave Australian Idol. She’s an evil little bitch and was never suited to the show. From day one she rubbed me the wrong way with her endless god bothering and arrogance, two things which are so annoying it’s fortunate that they don’t traditionally go together.
When the judges let her through [...]
Amy Wong is the hotness.
This post began as a one-liner for my (now defunct) Passing Thoughts section in the sidebar, but then I thought I should add a pic… By the time I was done pic-hunting, I’d decided Futurama should be represented in my headers, so there you have it.
The fan-art is by Andy McDermott [...]
One look at Mark Holden should reveal that this man’s idea of good taste leaves a lot to be desired. Here’s a 53 year old man who speaks like Ned Flanders and goes well out of his way to pretend he’s still twenty-something and cool. I’m not sure exactly in which decade he stopped being [...]
Recently Rove McManus launched the Australian version of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? From the outset this show promised to be just another in a long line of this planet’s transmissions inviting alien invasion by proclaiming our inferior intellect.
Invaders please note, by the time we’re old enough to be taken seriously or breed, our species becomes intellectually [...]
Quite deliberately, I don’t know anything about this remake beyond the promos which have littered the Seven Network recently, but given my neverending lust for all things Science Fiction, I really can’t wait for Bionic Woman to air tomorrow.
I have high hopes for shows featuring attractive women kicking arse. With any luck, this will fill the void Buffy [...]
Ever get the urge to hurl when channel surfing? I saw Patti Newton on Dancing With the Stars and tried to digest my television.
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Patti Newton does the Cha Cha Cha. What a freakshow. [...]
Honestly, I have trouble filing this post under Entertainment because this show is such a long way from entertaining.
Despite the claims of it’s many drooling fans, this is a pointless show that lampoons a subculture which doesn’t actually exist here. The cast (part of an incestuous little group of Aussie comics) have been using the same gags about moron middle-Australia [...]
Thank God someone’s making good use of Australian comics on television!
For a long time now, American TV executives have cashed in on the quick wit and bankability of stand-up comics, and despite Australia being flushed with that kind of talent, nobody has yet deemed it a worthwhile risk to give one of them a sitcom. We’ve produced a [...]
Far from being the nerve-tingling multi-orgasmic television climax it was billed as, Big Brothel 2006 has quickly proven itself just as predictable and boring as 2005. It’s only been a couple of days, and I can already say I won’t be watching it on purpose anymore.
To give you an idea of how stupid these people [...]
