Professionally, he’s a guy I admire a lot. While it’s not exactly my cup of tea (which is fine, I doubt I’m the audience they have in mind), Sunrise and The Morning Show are well-produced and slick programs that cater well to their viewership. Boland has tapped into the current zeitgeist quite successfully.

The problem from my perspective is that he’s taken that Sunrise flavour just that step too far. The Night Cap is just too light on substance for a late evening timeslot. As I’ve said in this blog post, I’d like to think that The Night Cap is simply a mis-step, but I’m also concerned as I haven’t seen him produce anything else on a consistent basis that isn’t this brand of feather-light news/culture discussion.

There was talk last year about Boland wanting to tackly the early evening news and rejuvenate it. At the time I was excited at the prospect because I wanted to see what Boland would do with it. After seeing The Night Cap though, I’m probably more reserved with my fascination. Would it truly have been something different, or would it be another re-branding of the exact same flavour?

TV Turns 50, The Tsunami Concert, and Follow The Flame weren’t on-going regular series, so I’m not really including them in his body of work. I’m talking about series that have legs and can continue past being a once-off/event production.

I honestly believe that Boland has the potential to make a significant contribution to the Australian TV landscape. I just want to see him do something different.