Archive for the ‘Pilots’ Category

The US TV Season 2009 Pt 1

September 26th, 2009 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 4 Comments
The 2009/10 US TV season has effectively kicked off this week bringing with it shows you’re familiar with, along with a bunch of new TV series fighting for attention on ...

Review: ADbc – Flutes of Shame

August 26th, 2009 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 14 Comments
In recent months I have been gaining incredible appreciation for panel comedy shows. And so, to have a new panel comedy show that has Tony Martin as a semi-regular was ...

Pilot Review: The Unusuals

April 12th, 2009 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 1 Comment
The 2004/05 US TV season delivered the mystery-laden first seasons of Lost and Desperate Housewives. With each show garnering massive ratings, reviving a then-fledging ABC Network, the 2005/06 season spawned ...

Law & Order: UK

March 29th, 2009 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
The adaptation of a US series made for a UK market is always going to be an interesting proposition. But when the property being adapted is the long-running Law & ...

The Life & Times of Tim

October 3rd, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 1 Comment
HBO have been in an interesting predicament of late. Their flagship shows The Sopranos and Sex & The City have wound down and very few of the marquee shows launched ...

90210

September 8th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 1 Comment
Welcome to Orange County 90210, bitch! The Beverley Hills 90210 sequel series 90210 is one of the more interesting series launching in 2009 due to the wealth of history that underpins ...

Media Watch's Reportage Undermined By ABC Online

July 8th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 1 Comment
The ABC is an interesting organization in its diversity and breadth of its content all interlinked. With ABC’s TV, radio, and online services all providing content for one another, it ...

Pilot Season – Fringe

June 19th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 1 Comment
The important thing to realise about this highly-anticipated, big budget pilot from JJ Abrams (Alias, Lost, What About Brian?) is that the show is just a bit shit. Okay, perhaps that ...

The quality of television reportage

June 9th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 3 Comments
Honestly, I can’t quite figure out what is worse. The fact Di Butler felt this was of a high enough quality to hand in to her editor, or the fact ...

Brisbane – State of Origin

May 9th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
We here at Televised Revolution are not exactly sporting types. We don’t play sport. We don’t watch sport. We don’t know sport. At this point, I would like to remind ...