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John Richards went to the former Channel 9 studios in Bendigo St Richmond to help pull it apart. He tells us why. Brett and Josh review the US series Perfect Couples. Brett tells us why. Josh has been watching The Celebrity Apprentice and you probably already know why.
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You want in-depth and slightly waffly discussions about what makes good television? You have come to the right place. Dave Lawson joins us as regular co-host, a role he will share with John and Courteney from now on.
We review the new show from Shaun Ryan, the creator of the Shield, The Chicago Code.
If you want more there’s some Pork, some Crap TV, some dumb anecdotes that should never have gone to air and a bunch of other stuff that is probably not work mentioning like breathing and stuff.
Breathe with this:
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Sometimes we just need to say what needs to be said. That’s exactly what we do this week. We pull no punches and we reveal all our opinions.
Which opinions? Well, we tell you exactly what we think of Bob’s Burgers, the new animated series that airs on Eleven in Australia.
Not enough? We also try to place the blame for the end of Ben Elton: Live from Planet Earth. We use that as a segue into discussing the trend of British shows coming to Australia (if 35 years can be considered a trend).
News, Pork, Trotters, a bit of Crap TV, we have it all in this episode. Oh yeah, and Letters too.
Please send us your comments and queries.
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This episode of Boxcutters will be a little late due to technical difficulties – the cause is all rather complicated so let me just say this is why we have backups. Check back late Tuesday night (GMT+10) when the show should be available.
When it is up, you’ll be able to hear all about Bob’s Burgers, British shows coming to Australia and what really went wrong with Live from Planet Earth.
Sorry.
Why not spend the time in between reading about how wonderful our ACMI event was?
Alternatively, entertain yourself with Toby Halligan and Mathew Kenneally’s Diary Leaks.
Last week John and Josh hosted the sell-out session at ACMI all about Press Gang and Degrassi.
For those of you who missed out, we’ll be bringing you bits and pieces, leading up to playing the audio version in late March. The first of those is this video that we created out of the testimonials people sent in about their Press Gang influences.
Courteney Hocking sits in the co-host chair to talk to Jean-Vital Syverin, the sous chef from Conviction Kitchen.
We take a look at the new sketch comedy from the Independent Film Channel in the US, Portlandia.
Toby Halligan’s Trotters brings us home and there’s the week’s TV news and what you should watch this week.
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Last week we mentioned the ratings for Ben Elton: Live from Planet Earth across the country. That graphic didn’t give the full picture because, while it showed a big drop off for the show itself it didn’t give an indication of what happens generally at that timeslot.
So, for last Tuesday (15 Feb) we have the Melbourne figures of Seven vs Nine.
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ACMA Chair, Chris Chapman, talks to us about the crazy things that those whacky regulators at the Communications and Media Authority get up to. He also goes into the details behind last week’s controversial David Campbell / Channel 7 decision.
Then we talk to author and artist turned TV animation writer/director, Emma Magenta. Her new show starts on ABC1 on Tuesday night at 10pm. It’s called The Gradual Demise of Phillipa Finch. It’s a two minute cartoon for grown-ups.
Toby Halligan is our co-host this week. He has a Melbourne International Comedy Festival show coming up. Also, you can read some of the funny stuff he writes.
This week’s question is the same as last week’s: Are you coming to our exciting event at ACMI? Let us know by email.
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The ratings for last night’s Live From Planet Earth debut on Channel 9 tell a sad tale of a program that had viewers fleeing from their sets to avoid any stray contagion that may come through the screen and infect them with whatever it was that made anybody think putting this on TV in the first place was a good idea.
Over 40% of viewers had switched off by the end of the show. Melbourne, which had the highest starting numbers over all, also had the largest evacuation with almost 45% of viewers fleeing to safety.
This graph shows all 5 major cities and the ratings for Channel 9 in the four quarter-hours from 9:30 to 10:30.
See that downward trend? That’s not a good sign for the show.
If you know anybody who enjoyed Live from Planet Earth, or if you’re one of those people, please let us know.
The wonderfully talented and outrageously charming Dave Lawson joins us as cohost.
We discuss recent news coverage and the secret lives of journalists with James Talia.
Also we review Harry’s Law, the new David E Kelley drama.
Expect, as well, the usual fare of news and pork with trotters.
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This week’s question: Are you coming to our exciting event at ACMI? Let us know by email.
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