Remarkably, bonds formed with wonderful on-screen TV personalities in our youth fill a space in our hearts which is truly lifelong, never to be displaced by those who follow in […]
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Cat of nine tails
What an excellent article in the Saturday Telegraph about Nine Entertainment’s quinella of quandaries, detailing its ambitious amalgamation in 2018 to form a $4.2b behemoth, but then collapsing from within […]
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Reality drain
The phenomenon of reality TV had certainly come full cycle when “I’m a celebrity-get me out of here” arrived on Australian TV sets in 2012. While many successful media careers […]
Read MoreWorking environment should not be hostile
One might wonder what former Channel 9 owner Kerry Packer would make of the current malaise at his beloved network (“Toxic TV,” DT 18/10). Who could forget his famous phone […]
Read MoreUgly scenes at the Oscars
Although apologising for impulsively defending his wife physically, actor Will Smith generated an equally impulsive response from an audience seeing a man standing up for his mocked wife. Hopefully, Chris […]
Read MoreReal survivor
There’s little doubt that Channel 10’s Survivor program needs some entertainment value for us couch potatoes. While noisy George Mladenov’s antics created a fan base, his boast of owning only […]
Read MoreYou’ll hear it from us, confidentially
Sydney Confidential continues to offer worthy insights into the TV industry and its prospects (Viewers slam ‘trashy’ 60 Minutes, 3/6). As SC takes the pulse of our morally challenged airways, […]
Read MoreTime to get back to ABC of reporting
Andrew Bolt succinctly makes the case that true journalism is identifying the “who, what, how, when and where” of news items. (ABC code of silence, 2/12). The journalist’s skill is […]
Read MoreWelcome to Parradise
It may not surprise too many fans of TV’s Goggle Box that the cheeky and loveable, if occasionally irritating, Jad Nehmetallah, would have to buy the restaurant before you would […]
Read MoreBarry was almost too close for comfort
While stage curtains fall to end the show and the audience is sent packing, the sudden death of Barry Humphries surely has an encore of echoing applause transcending up high […]
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