Archive for November, 2008

Tim Kring: Super-Hack

November 28th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
I’m a strong believer in the notion of the auteur theory. And so, when one looks at the resume of a writer whose body of work includes Crossing Jordan, Teen ...

Australian Comedy. It Does Exist.

November 25th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 1 Comment
It’s easy to dismiss Australian comedy. There seems to be very little of it on television and examples of series like The Wedge and Rove can leave one in despair. The ...

Who's Doctor Who?

November 25th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
With news that David Tennant is set to hang up his keys to the Tardis, the question on the minds of nerds everywhere (other than whether Batman actually dies in ...

Freeview to launch officially on Monday?

November 22nd, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
Media Spy are reporting that the Australian Freeview brand is set to launch on Monday evening at 6:29pm with the commercial networks all screening the launch commercial at the exact ...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away Channel 10 miss an opportunity

November 22nd, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
Sometimes the vision of television programmers astounds me. The Star Wars movies are among the most profitable movies of all time. Heck, four out of the six films made currently rank ...

Channel 9 Brisbane signs Lofty

November 22nd, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | 5 Comments
Brisbane is home to a newsreader who makes the ladies swoon. Women want him. Men want to be him. Andrew “Lofty” Lofthouse. As host of ABC1′s 7pm News Bulletin, Andrew Lofthouse delivers ...

Yarr! Just make it easy to watch.

November 21st, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
The Age have today reported that the “Australian film and television industry” has launched a major legal action against one of Australian ISP iiNet for allegedly allowing its users to ...

The Howard Years

November 17th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
Televised Revolution believes that it would be remiss in not mentioning the ABC documentary series that starts tonight at 8:30pm, The Howard Years. Featuring interviews with Howards Liberal Party colleagues, as ...

Review – Batman: Brave & The Bold

November 16th, 2008 | Posted by Dan Barrett | No Comments
Saturday morning cartoons used to be a television staple. Cartoons with no educational value featuring superheroes, robots, action heroes driving cars that would transform into flying vehicles, and mythical warriors ...

Monday Morning Wrap-up 10th November

November 10th, 2008 | Posted by Simon Band | No Comments
After a few missed Mondays, the weekend Wrap-Up returns! The weekend Wrap-Up sits in a funny place: origina;;y this was for all of the stories that broke just after the ...
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