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  1. As much as I don’t want to diss an Australian program and the possible reduction in jobs, I hope the poll results for MAF’s @ 8% are reflected in reduced ratings and we can see the end of MAF’s. Feel good reality Survivor for the win – Please

  2. Bill Hayes, who is best known for playing Doug Williams on “Days Of Our Lives” for 50 years, has passed away. He was 98 years old. And was still appearing on the Soap recently. He and on-screen (and real life) wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) were the reason I started watching back in the 1970s. Sending love and condolences to Susan, his family, the Days Family and fans. He will be missed. He was a true gentlemen. Rest In Peace, Bill.

  3. Not since Yasmin’s Getting Married has there been a running gag in the Australian TV community like Fam Time.

    In all seriousness, perhaps they should salvage Fam Time as counter-programming during the 2024 Olympics or as a 7+ exclusive?

  4. Watching it now on YouTube. It’s not good at all. The set is terrible and the colours are garish and clash badly. I can’t see this working in Australia, especially as a one hour format.

  5. Hi TVT/David, was searching the site for a kit on Nine’s 2024 Australian Open, starting a day early for the first time ever, on Sunday. Such as coverage insights, commentators (I believe Sam Smith’s 16th successive AO and Jim Courier’s 20th, congrats!), channels, times, BVOD (I think ad free and 4K on Stan too), any extra sneaky info etc? Maybe I should check back Sunday morning. I like to plan ahead as much as I can (even if schedules/ order of play are a daily changing thing), as it’s a smorgasbord, like a ‘mini Olympics’ but with one sport, often wanting to watch two or three matches at once and chopping-changing developments.

      1. Search for “creative arts emmy 2023” on the web, all the Hollywood rags have articles. The Last of Us got 8, The Bear, Beef and White Lotus each got a few.

  12. Been reading some negative reviews of the new UK Wheel of Fortune. Viewers are less familiar with the US format, which is has been based on, and the introduction of a digital word board as removed the assistant role, so it is just Graham Norton hosting solo. The other change is the audience are now visible, as they are seen behind Graham, similar to ‘Millionaire’. Australian viewers are used to the digital word board, having upgraded to that concept in the early 2000’s, but like other Interntional versions, they retained the assistant’s role, where the letters are touched to appear rather than spun around. The US version has some similarities to the last incarnations of the Australian versions, including the second wheel for the final round, and the inclusion of the million-dollar wedge from the short-lived Channel Nine reboot. The UK’s reboot is a weekly airing on Saturday nights. I don’t think the AUS reboot will work here, it works best as a weeknight show.

    1. I think not having an assistant was one of the common big negative reviews. Why would they replace the assistant colleague? It could be to save money, or it could be that it might be considered progressive to not have a female assistant anymore (by the way, the assistant could also be non-female if they wanted to be more progressive).

  13. I finished Paper Dolls last night… um, what a mess. Incredibly overdramatic, catapulted by the complete lack of chemistry and likability of any character. The script was Home and Away level at times… isn’t this supposed to be a premium Drama? I’ve seen these storylines done a million times, and far better too. Emma Booth was the only cast member worth mentioning, she was actually fantastic with the awful material she was working with. Ditch Davey very nearly ruined the entire show with his role… a character we’ve seen so many times it’s completely tiresome and he didn’t try to do anything different with the role. None of the girls gelled either… which obviously was a major reason why we were meant to care for them with what happens in that final episode… but I couldn’t wait to get out. What a mega disappointment. Still, definitely not among the truly worst shows I saw in 2023… which is saying something about them.

  14. Finally started to watch first season of Joe Picket and am enjoying the unusual story thread. But we kept on saying the lead is familiar. Penny finally dropped – NZer Michael Dorman whose work in Oz series Wonderland and Wild Boys we loved. Didn’t realise his career has taken off in such a huge way. Great job Michael – congratulations and all the best for the future.

  15. Hi David, Is there any word on channel Nine screening the third season of Race Across the World? The previous two seasons were screened in the non ratings period which is why I’m asking. Thanks.

  17. It’s interesting that some recent articles published before Christmas teased Battlestar Galactica fans (once again) that a new series will soon be greenlit for a pilot episode, anyone who follows this type of industry rumour mongering will know that this show does receive a lot of speculation, including about a movie, but with ‘Mr. Robot’ creator Sam Ismail developing a new updated version of the show with showrunner Derek Simonds who created ‘The Sinner’, it will be something to look forward to for sci-fi fans, and hopefully the screenplay will be true to the original creative concept.

    2. Peacock announced the show nearly 5 years ago to compete against Paramount+’s Treks and Disney+’s Star Wars, with Esmail’s company producing it. Esmail publicly said he didn’t think he was the right choice as showrunner so in 2020 Lessie was appointed. Lessie bailed to work on an adaption of an Maddadam, the final novel in Atwood’s Onyx and Crake trilogy. This Battlestar Galatica has been in development hell during Covid and since. It’s set in the same universe as Moore’s classic remake and many critics have argued that it would difficult to resume so long after the ending Moore gave it, and there would be little left of interest to say. It’s looking like another Lord Of The Rings.

  21. My Greek Odysee….early hours of the morning….what a treasure….such amazingly beautiful places and points of history…..such wonderful stories.

    1. Great to see your comment Maev. I was just thinking the same thing yesterday morning when watching My Greek Odyssey. It is really the only show of it’s kind that makes me really want to visit the beautiful islands of Greece.

  22. FBI International, the second spin off of the original FBI, finally has season 2 airing from Wednesday week at 9pm on Ten in a double episode. This aired in US in September 2022.

      1. It’s a terrestrial feed just like 7Two and 7Flix. You need to ensure you have the FTA antenna cable attached to your Foxtel iQ4 box, then perform a full scan in settings (Settings > Local Channels > Full Scan). Hope this helps.

  24. I believe from reading some online reviews for the Magnum PI finale which aired in the US recently and next week on foxtel and binge, it wasn’t a great episode and was a bit of a dud.

    1. NBC aired the last two eps this week. NBC gave them an order for 20 episodes, which they intended to use as mid-season replacements for 2 seasons. Due to the strikes they ended up using the second 10 now. The first 10 were a story about Magnum and the team’s parts coming back to haunt them and quite good. It sounds like they had word it was being cancelled again and were just completing the contract with the second 10.

  25. The entire cast has brought their A-game to S5 of Fargo of course, but my God Juno Temple and Jon Hamm have been phenomenal. I lost my way with this show for a few seasons after the masterpiece that was S1… and whilst this season isn’t nearly as quirky as that one, it is no less impressive, making up for it by being incredibly dark. Talk about a show returning to form big time. Episode 8 was a near masterpiece. I’m loving that it’s releasing weekly so I can fully digest everything that’s happened.

    1. Not a fan of this season-far too predictable and all very unlikeable characters-all the men are vile villains or idiots, as well as the women mostly being so-even Juno’s character put her family in extreme peril for no good reason. This has been a great let down compared to the film or early seasons of the series.

      1. And interesting twist on the theme — A man conspires to abduct his wife of a car dealer, but he is the Sherriff. Hawley hasn’t really developed it into anything more than that though. S1 wasn’t that good either. Hawley took a spineless but amoral salary man and female cop from Fargo, a hit man straight out of No Country For Old Men, a scene from Strangers On A Train with a lot of motiveless violence. The no depth to any of the characters and no plot — everyone gets killed due to random coincidences while Oswalt misses all the evidence and screws up the investigation every episode. Hawley did a much better job with the writing and directing of S2 & 3. S4 started out well as a tale of the establishment of migrant crime gangs in Minnesota, but my enthusiasm fizzled as Elthelrida became the only likable character.

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