Edition 62
"Unwelcome to change"
Viewers rarely like changes to their programs on TV. Whether it’s a good change or a bad, viewers always hate new things.
For example the new blue wiggle. No one knows his name, but everyone knows that he replaced the other guy, and for that we dislike him… because he is not the usual one.
Seven’s sunrise knows how people hate change, which is why they are slowly bringing in a new entertainment reporter, James Tobin, and phasing out the other one.
People become accustom to watching the same newsreader or presenter on TV, and when they see a fill-in, they either immediately don’t like them, or switch stations.
Networks are afraid of incidents like this, so that is why much loved and familiar faces such as Andrew O’Keefe from Channel 7 or Eddie McGuire from 9 are on many, many different shows.
Edition 61
"To much gay for Sunday?"
Viewers watching Channel 7’s Grey’s Anatomy last Sunday night would have cringed and cried out when two men started passionately kissing on a hospital bed.
On witnessing that, viewers would have switched over to Channel 10’s Rove (which is live) to see Craig and Chas from the Chasers War on Everything being interviewed by Rove. After laughing at their jokes and pranks, Rove asks if they want to play ’20 bucks in 20 seconds?’ Obviously they agree and when the 20 seconds is up, Rove asks the usual question “Who would you turn gay for?” Then Chas says “Well I have a bone to pick with you Rove… when you ask this question every week, everyone says ‘Rove, I love you’ and just flirts, but never follows through… but I want to.” And with that he starts making out with Rove live on air!
Viewers may have cringed and laughed at that too, but when switching back to Greys Anatomy would see more kissing between males. But is it all too much to bear? I think so.
Edition 60
"Big Brother swallow's ten"
Another reason to despise Big Brother is that its broadcast always run hugely overtime, swallowing up some of Ten’s other quality shows altogether and destroying the timeslot.
With Carson Cressy cross-promoting ‘How to look good naked’ while on Big Brother, and party-boy Corey Worthington ‘crashing’ the BB party, it is just a very hard show to watch with out grimacing, yelling at the TV or laughing out loud how ridiculous the show actually is.
‘Rules of Engagement’ and ‘Back to You’ were victims of BB’s gargantuan overtime show, running for almost 2 hours overtime and there will be more victims to follow, as Big Brother has shows on every day, with a almost 19 hours of BB every week, other shows are bound to be swallowed by this massive overtime show.
Edition 59
"Sea Patroll II"
Strap yourselves in for an action-pack drama that will keep you watching on the edge of your seat. Sea Patrol II has so many twists and turns throughout the series, its up in the league of ‘Bold and the Beautiful’ and ‘Days of Our Lives.’ However the ending is always predictable, which can be frustrating sometimes when good always triumphs over evil.
Good quality acting is evident in Sea Patrol II, and you don’t need to have watched the entire series to know what is going on. One episode will leave you shocked on how much action occurs on an ‘Australian Made’ series.
Lisa McCune brings out the best of her character ‘X’ which gets you wondering sometimes whether Sea Patrol is a drama or a documentary.
Of course you can’t have an action drama at sea without some type of romance, and those of you who like the ‘lovey-dovey’ scenes; Sea Patrol is your show to watch.
Edition 58
"Seven's clones"
Ever wondered how similar some of Chanel Seven’s news readers look? The images below prove long haired blonds are a popular look amongst the network. From left there is newsreader and Weekend Sunrise presenter Samantha Armytage, Melbourne reporter and newsreader Rebecca Maddern and Today Tonight host Anna Coren. Not only do these women look very similar but Sunrise presenter Melissa Doyle and 4:30 Newsreader Monique Wright both adds to the long blond haired presenters list.
This trend has caught on overseas too. In New Zealand on TV3 has started its own Sunrise program which has a long blond haired girl and a bald man (Like Mel and Kochie.) However it doesn’t matter what the presenters look like, what matters is if they’re good at their job, although it is extremely obvious that they all look the same!
Edition 57
"The IT Crowd"
The I.T crowd is officially the funniest show on television at present.
In the “always hilarious” time slot, what had predecessors like Summer Heights High, the Librarians and Stupid, Stupid Man on ABC1, the I.T crowd brings out the best of British comedy.
Set in the I.T department, in the dungeons of a massive corporate building, 3 colleagues work together, getting into all kinds of mess.
Moss, the brainy computer technician doesn’t have much common sense, which is shown when he e-mails the fire department because of a fire in their office.
Roy, commonly referred to as “the Irish man” is always quite hilarious. Who else would pretend they are disabled, so they can use the clean disabled toilets.
And Jen, the boss of the other 2, has to be in charge, which doesn’t normally work.
The IT crowd brings out the laughs every week and is certainly a show that will cheer you up.
Edition 56
"Big Brother 08 Unfortunatly returns"
When you see the first promo pop up on Channel 10, your heart sinks.
Big Brother is coming back on air, despite the fact that last year Big Brother lost half of its viewers.
This means there is 48 hours of live TV every week of the Big Brother house (!) Channel 10 claims the show has “new attitude” and is like “nothing you have ever seen before” although they might be forgetting that we have watched Big Brother for 7 years now. That adds up to 5,376 hours of boredom.
With hosts Kylie Sandilands and Jacky O, Big Brother is set to be a very painful show to watch.
You can either love the show or hate it because, there is nothing like Big Brother on TV an you should all prepare your self for the next 3 months because BIG BROTHER IS COMING!!!
Edition 55
"Enough Rope"
How does Andrew Denton do it?
He can think up huge questions on the spot while interviewing someone that can delve into their personal life or into their deepest secrets.
It is always a pleasure to watch Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, who is continuing to get the perspective of many people he interviews.
The good thing about the show is that it doesn’t have a permanent format, so he can have 1 big interview in his show, or a few minor interviews. Or he can even leave the show to experience things for himself. And that’s exactly what he did last week.
Denton took to the streets with an iPod, listening to torments that people that are depressed have to listen to.
It was extremely eye-opening to get their perspective on the world, and Denton is very talented at what he does.
Enough rope is a valuable show for the ABC, with explosive and also heart breaking interviews on every week.
Edition 54
"Rove"
No subjects are off limits for Rove to make fun of. Whether it’s Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson’s ‘Listening tour’ or Kevin Rudd’s salute to President Bush which Rove said looked like “Half a fart hand.” But its not just Rove making his huge audiences laugh, but a large crew of comedians joins him. They include Dave Hughes, Peter Helliar, Hamish Blake, Andy Lee, Carrie Bickmore and Ryan Shelton who all make us crack up laughing.
Rove is now having a stand up comedy tour at the International Comedy Festival in Melbourne. No doubt it will be hilarious.
Rove has always got something to say about anything that’s funny and so does his crew earning him the show’s reputation of being the funniest on air currently.
Whether it’s Carrie Bickmore’s ‘Carrie at the News desk’ or Peter Helliars ‘Petespace’ or even Dave Hughes’ ‘Husey Looses it’ you are guaranteed to get a good haul of laughs to start your week off well.
Edition 53
"Are we ready for Gladiators?"
“Gladiators, ARE YOU READY?!”
Those of us who tuned into ‘Gladiators’ on Sunday night on channel 7 would have heard that mindless line over an over again watching brainless exercise freaks wrestle each other in obstacle courses. The men and women gladiators dressed in disturbingly tight clothes and had names like Viper, Outlaw and Thunder. The women gladiators have been described as porn stars, and indeed they dress like them. Is Australia ready for such an outrageous show? Maybe, but channel 7 was. Promoting the show on every thing they could think of. On Sunrise, Saturday Disney and even the 6pm News we heard how ‘great’ Gladiators is going to be. There was even a promo that said “get ready, Gladiators starts in 11 minutes.” The show may have worked back in the middle ages, but Gladiators is really not the thing of the 21st century of muscular men wrestling each other to the ground on enormous pyramids and huge balls hanging from the ceiling.
Edition 52
"Stupid, stupid man"
Life working in a men’s magazine would be any mans dream, but you don’t have to dream any longer because Stupid, Stupid Man is on TV. Filling the always funny time-slot of Summer Heights High and The Librarians, Stupid, Stupid Man is a comedy about working in a men’s magazine called ‘Coq.’ Bert Newtons son Matthew is in the show and Bob Franklin from the Librarians is also there. This week Editor Carl Van Dyke is taken over by guest editor and former Australian cricket legend Greg Mathews. Van Dyke does everything he can think of to get rid of him like piling him with heaps of work and making things dirty. Then Van Dyke comes up with an idea to get Greg Mathews booted out. He persuades the cricket legend to put publisher Anne on the front page of Coq. It works and Matthews is gone. Stupid, Stupid Man is a very funny show and is guaranteed to crack you up laughing.
Edition 51
"Back to you"
The producers of Back to You must be very smart people. They have managed to roll the busy news desk of Pittsburgh News 9, 2 colleagues relationship and a little girl all into one very, very funny show. It is an “old school” sitcom that keeps rolling out the laughs. Most of the show is filmed in their office and you may not think that sounds very funny but you have to watch it from the very beginning to get the jokes spread right through the show. Kelsey Grammar plays news anchorman ‘Chuck Darling’ and co anchor Kelly Carr (Patricia Heaton) sit together for the nightly news. One of the funniest moments is when Chuck Darling finds that his daughter is Kelly Car’s daughter live on TV then has to read his speech about why he was so glad to come back. Back to You is filmed in front of a studio audience (like most shows there days) and is guaranteed to crack you up.
Edition 50
"Deal or no deal"
Deal or no deal, hosted by Andrew O’Keefe is a very addictive game show. The game show, that even a 5 year old could understand is aired right before the 6:00pm News on channel 7. A contestant is selected, and they choose a case from one of 24 other contestants. Then they have to choose different cases hoping that theirs has the $200,000 inside. It is a very simple game to understand, and since it started in 2002, a board game called ‘Deal or no deal’ has been adapted. The show always goes well in the ratings, and was mentioned in the book ‘who killed channel 9?’ for its ability to boost the following news’ ratings. Once you start watching it though, it is almost impossible to stop. This may be because of Andrew O’Keefe’s hopeless jokes, or because we want to see the player end up with 50 cents but we do know that it is an addictive show to watch.
Edition 49
"Docu-dramas"
There are so many docu-drama’s on TV right now that it is starting to disturb me. Docu-dramas are ‘behind the scenes’ reality shows that are like documentaries but much more edited. There is about a dozen of these docu-dramas on TV right now, and 12 more are expected to show. More and more of these shows continue to come. Just this year there is 12 new shows. They include: The Zoo, Bush Doctors, RSPCA animal rescue, Saving Kids, Chopper rescue, saving babies even Bondi Vet. So whether you are hunting for a home you could get tracked down by The Real Sea change, at the airport Border Security will find you in the outback and Bush Doctors would be there and your pets would not be safe at the beach because of Bondi Vet exists as well. The camera crews are now everywhere, and it seems it doesn’t matter what they’re filming even things as boring as the waiting room, which is the name for another new show called ‘Waiting room!'
Edition 48
"ABC's new logo"
The squiggles are to be lost from the ABC’s logo. The new logo is to be turned into just the words ABC1 which is a big change from the usual squiggly lines. Already there is a new logo on our screens which is very ugly. ABC viewers don’t have to be reminded that they are watching the station all the time as the new logo is big and blue and very distracting. It is not known whether this logo is here to stay or is just a transition logo waiting for the new logo to come. Channel 9 has also recently changed its logo back to the original 9 balls, which Australia seemed to like more than the new logo they decided on. We will just to have to get used to ABC’s new logo.
Edition 47
"Good news week"
After 8 years, Good News Week has returned to our screens with original host Paul McDermott. The always hilarious show, brings out the funny side of our news. It is a bit like spicks and specks, except not about music. 2 episodes have aired so far, and have left no subject untouched. Amy Winehouse got a beating last week with her drug problem and funny hair, while this week the national apology brought out many laughs. There have been many special guests, including Craig from The Chasers War on everything and a woman from Bold and the Beautiful. The show has segments like ‘so you think you can mime?’ and ‘What’s the story?’ continually bringing out the laughs in just about every subject.
Edition 46
"Start of the ratings season"
The 2008 ratings season has finally begun. Like every year, there is a huge tension between networks to see which show will be the new ‘Smash hit.’ This year Underbelly looked to take that prize, however because of a supreme court decision the show may not air to Victorian televisions. Channel 9 and Channel 7 are once again tough rivals. Channel 7 is currently in the lead, but 9 has a stack of new shows that are bound to score it some ratings points. 7 has new shows like Reaper, Dirty Sexy Money and is broadcasting the Beijing Olympics. 9 has Cashmere Mafia, Monster House and the yet to be decided Underbelly. Then there is channel 10 who like 7 and 9 is also trying to become a ratings king. The national ratings chart (below) shows that 10 is actually winning the ratings. 10 has new shows like So you think you can dance-Australia, Rules of engagement and Back to You. So who will win the ratings war? That’s you choice.
Edition 44
"Under Belly"
Channel 9 may win back the title of ‘ratings king’ with all new shows coming out in 2008. 9 has changed its logo back to when it had 9 balls, and all graphics are new and different. Shows like Cashmere Mafia, A year with the Royal Family and the Chopping Block are just some of the new shows coming out. Under Belly is also a new Australian Drama series about Melbourne’s gangland wars, and has been highly anticipated. The actors portraying the criminals in the 10 year war all look scarily similar to each other, which should make it all the more better. It is all Australian made and will start this month. 9 is hoping it will score well in the ratings, and most probably will.
Edition 43
"Digital Television"
Its coming soon, and it could be bad. Digital Television is on the rise and soon all the Australian television stations will be on it. HDTV some people call it, and it may come at an expense to you. The normal analogue signal turns off in 2010, and if you don’t have a digital set top box or a digital TV by then, your TV will probably not work, or be very bad picture. Digital television is supposed to make the television picture clearer, but can only do that with a set top box or a digital TV, which may be expensive. ABC2, 7HD and 10HD already exist as digital television stations, and channel 9 and SBS are soon to follow. However its not until 2010 when this happens, so until then enjoy your TV the way it is because after then, it will never be the same.
Edition 42
"Writers Strike"
Some of our most loved shows we watch on television are in jeopardy because of the US writers strike. There is a lack of Australian made TV shows this year, so the commercial networks have ordered in US shows, that are now in doubt of airing because of the strike. There are 12 big rating shows in doubt now, and may never broadcast until the writers get what they want. Seven may lose Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Lost, Heroes and My Name is Earl. Nine could lose the much anticipated Cashmere Mafia, Without a Trace and the CSI series. While House, Supernatural and Life could be cut from channel 10. The networks will have to do something soon, with the ratings season looming and the writers strike continuing, we may never see these shows.
Edition 41
"The battle of the border shows"
Channel 7 now has 3 border security shows on. The first one is called ‘Border Line’ the second ‘Border Patrol’ and the third is ‘Border Security.’ However, is there so much drama happening at our nations airports that we need 3 programs about the same thing on the same network? It is hard to believe that there actually 3 different shows, in much the same format, about the same thing. You might think that Channel 7 might notice the coincidence, but because ‘Border security’ is such a hit with the ratings, they probably thought 2 other shows would also be. Channel 9 also has something similar, having 2 British shows back to back filmed in an airport. The first one called ‘airport’ is just about an airport, and the second is called ‘airline’ obviously filmed in an aeroplane, and they are both based in small British airports. So if you thought being stuck in an airport was boring, try watching 5 shows about it.
Edition 40
"Everything American"
Our TV is so stuffed with American reality’s, drama’s and all other types of TV shows. Channel 10 is leading the way with almost every show aired, from American. Only Thank God You’re here, Big Brother, Australian Idol and a few more are from Australia. Where shows like SVU, NCIS, Biggest Loser, The Simpson’s, Futurama, Friends, Medium, The Starter Wife, Cane and many, many more are on. What won the ratings season this year was home made shows, which channel 7 specialised in, and perhaps if 10 did have more home made shows, they could have a chance of winning the ratings season. They may have a bit of time before they could do that though.
Edition 39
"The vicar from Dibley"
The Vicar from Dibley is another of ABC’s best shows on Wednesday night. It is just a hilarious show, but unfortunately it was the last show on Wednesday. It has been on for just 3 weeks, but already we have been on the floor laughing. The story-lines are great which makes it all the more funnier. Like when she taught a class of old men to paint a picture of a naked woman, but none of them did paint anything but just stared at the woman. This week she is getting married to a man she has just met but the villagers from Dibley have taken on the Vicars wedding arrangements, and it leaves her in desperate panic. Who knows what could happen?
Edition 38
"Bingo and Karaoke"
It seems that Australia is watching some of the best TV we have ever seen, and some of the worst. 2 of the worst outstanding shows are channel 7’s National Bingo Night and 9’s The Singing Bee. Bingo is a boring game to play, but to make a show about it is just stupid, however people seem to enjoy it, and love the Indian man that yells out “NOOOO BINGO!” There have also been accusations that the show is rigged, and probably is. Then there is the Singing Bee, which is pretty much a show about karaoke. All we watch are people trying to sing, when really they cant and shouldn’t, so why is Australia watching such terrible shows? Perhaps there is nothing else on the night they air, or maybe Australia actually likes these shows?
Edition 37
"Newsreader stuff up"
ABC Newsreader Juanita Phillips has had the worst thing happen to her while on air. She had a coughing fit that was so bad the ABC news bulletin on November 29th at 7:00pm AEDT had to be taken off air and diverted to the Sydney newsroom. Ms. Phillips started coughing unexpectedly half way through the broadcast and Ian Henderson told the NSW news that they were experiencing ‘technical difficulties’ Then 10 minutes later she returned at about 7:25 and apologised with a smile on her face. "Hello again ... I am happy to say that we have fixed our technical problem," She told viewers. "A cough lolly and a glass of water seemed to do the trick.” Then continued on to introduce the weather. When the broadcast finished she apologized to viewers and thanked the people who had actually rang the Sydney Studios to see if see if she was OK. Talk about an embarrassing moment!
Edition 36
"Tens reality"
Channel ten. We all know it and we’ve all seen it but do we like it? At the moment the ABC is almost rating better than ten on the national top 20 (below) so what has happened? Big Brother and Australian Idol are perhaps the worst shows on Australian television along with Dancing with The Stars, however Australia is getting a little sick of those tragic staged reality shows. When Big Brother finally finished recently this year, the ratings had dropped by half than the last season in 2006. Ten is aimed at a young audience, but even they are getting sick of it, however the ratings never lie and Dancing with the Stars on channel 7 made it to 4th on the national top 20 and Australian Idol made it to 12th! Melbourne is sick of Australian Idol, which didn’t even rate this week on the top 20 this week, however unfortunately we have heard news that Big Brother, Australian Idol and Dancing with the stars will return next year and hopefully Australians will finally become sick of those shows that have tortured us for 7 years now!
Edition 35
"Who killed Harold Holt?"
Like the controversial show ‘did man really walk on the moon?’ comes ‘Who killed Harold Holt.’ You may have missed it at 9:30pm on Tuesday night on Channel 9, but it was a show asking us if former PM Harold Holt really did drown or did he commit suicide or was he even taken away by a Chinese submarine? The show, hosted by Ray Martin, gave us no answers, but made us think what really did happen to Holt. It featured an exclusive interview of the book ‘who killed the Prime Minister’ and interviews with journalists, Holt’s sons and a police officer who was in charge of the mystery at the time. It was released on the 40th anniversary of Harold Holts disappearance, and it came down to asking his closest friends if Holt could be capable of committing suicide. There were no questions answered and we never found out if Holt was killed, but it was a good show.
Edition 34
"The dead zone"
Our Television is fast approaching ‘The Dead Zone’ which means all the good shows have finished for the season, leaving us with nothing to watch. A few weeks ago we lost Summer Heights High, now we have lost Spicks and Specks and the Chasers war on Everything, however the Chaser is having 2 election specials soon too and Spicks and specks will have a Christmas Special. We were very lucky with our TV this year, having such good shows on, but sadly we must say good bye to them as Christmas is in the way. Shows like Media Watch have finished for the year as well, but we will soon be losing: Bionic Woman, Heroes, City Homicide, NCIS, CSI just to name a few, however we might not notice they have left because we will be in Christmas Spirit and ready for the new year. Most of these shows will be back next year around Autumn.
Edition 33
"20 to 01"
Bert Newton’s show 20 to 01 is back on the air for its new season this year. This Tuesday they are counting down the most sexy moments in cinema. It is a good show, a strangely educational. Last year some school actually showed kids some 20 to 01 episodes so they could learn the strange side to Australia’s history. It can be very funny as well, like when they showed the funniest movies ever, or a episode called ‘biffs and blunders’ which counted down all of politicians bad mistakes, and guess who was number 1?... George Bush!
Bert Newton is celebrating his 50th year in Television this year, which is a great effort. 20 to 01 is an al round good show, and counts down things from moment that stopped the world to romantic songs. Be sure to watch it on Channel 9 on Tuesday at 7:30.
Edition 32
"The librarians"
After the fantastic finale of Summer Heights High, we are graced with yet another cringe comedy based in a library. Wednesday night was the premier of this new and hilarious show about very different personalities working in the library. The manager of the library is a quiet and acts peaceful but is very vicious underneath. The show mocks the real side of Australian’s thoughts. For example, the manager was talking to an Arab man who had just walked in and said “Can you please leave you bag at the front desk” and he said “why” then she told him “I think we know why.” Obviously referring him to a suicide bomber. She also said Arabic to be ‘jibber jabber’ It will no doubt offend a lot of people, but who really cares? It is just another show that we all love to watch in ABC’s Wednesday night line up. The librarians is hilarious.
Edition 31
"The Great Debate"
Any one who watched last Sunday’s Great Debate would have realised how much the voting audience, who directed ‘the worm’ were in Kevin Rudd’s favour. Every time Kevin Rudd started his speech, the controversial worm would jump right up to the top, then as John Howard began his speech, it would drop horribly. People may love Kevin Rudd, especially if they really wanted to wear the ‘Kevin 07’ T shirts, but they don’t love him as much as the worm showed. The voters hadn’t even listened to what he was going to say before they pressed the ‘Kevin’ button. Obviously the National Press Club didn’t like the decision to put in the worm into channel 9’s broadcast, so they cut the TV feed, then the back-up feed, so 9 had to get the broadcast from Sky News. In the previous ‘great debates’ John Howard has lost to the opposition leader then won the federal election. This happened with Kevin Rudd too, so perhaps it is a good sign for Johnny.
Edition 30
"News"
SBS, ABC, Ten, Seven and Nine all have news on them, but what is the best news presentation of the lot? SBS may be going through a bit of trouble at the moment, with Mary Koskadis leaving the news desk, but SBS is the best news for global news, with the channel giving us updates every ad break. Ten News is more tabloid gossip, than actual news, but is the best for breaking news with their helicopter always flying over the city finding fires that have just broke out. Seven news shows practically the same as National Nine News, but seems to get more ratings than Nine, and Nine News is news for older people. But the best news would have to be the humble ABC News. Every time there is someone important on TV you will always see the ABC microphone there. It does very well in summing up a day of news, and never forgetting to put in what’s happening round the globe. And the best part about it is that it has no ads!
Edition 29
"Best Ads"
Although it is easy to complain about how terrible ads on television are, what about the good ads the grace our TV sets occasionally? There are a few of these ads that seem to appeal to everyone. One is the Carlton Draught ad where there are thousands of Indian men in coloured shirts are running around the giant paddock and the are sinning “It’s a big ad, expensive ad” Another is for Carlton Draught also, imitating the movie ‘flash dance’ where a fat man auditions for a job interview by dancing across the room and crashing to the ground. But we can all agree the best ad is the Telstra Bigpond ad where we learnt that the great wall of China was to ‘keep the rabbits out’
Edition 28
"Summer Heights High"
Summer Heights High is a mockumentary of a suburban public school, with Chris Lillie playing 3 people: Jonah who is the disruptive kid, Ja’mie the private school and skanky girl and ‘Mr G’ the weird drama teacher. It is played very well, and is scarily alike to Echuca College. There was a cringe factor of 100% when Ja’mie (year 11) went out with a year 7 boy. It is extremely hilarious and so alike to school. ‘Mr G’ is one of those teachers everybody knows. You just have to watch it for 5 minutes and you can tell that it is just one of those shows that is always funny and will keep you laughing the whole way through. It is on the ABC at 9:30pm just after The Chaser.
Edition 27
"Current Affairs"
Today Tonight and A Current Affair are two competing shows, about exactly the same thing. But who is the best?
One is on Channel 7 and one is on 9, so people can just switch to the channel they like better. I wouldn’t matter which one they watched though, because they could just play repeats of old episodes as everything on there seems like they have done it before. Every night there is a segment on: people being sold bad cars, cleaning products, bad landlords, fighting neighbours, fuel prices, youth gone mad just to name a few. Its either Anna Coren or Tracy Grimshaw, you decide.
Edition 26
"The Chasers war on Everything"
It’s back. The Chasers war on everything’s new series was aired on ABC last Wednesday night. It was as funny as ever and nothing much has changed about it. It’s only the Chaser crew who would think of trying to smuggle weapons like cannons, missiles and tanks under their clothes into prisons to see what you could smuggle in there. They even tried to convince security that ‘bogan’ outfits were the APEC clothes this year and George Bush need to try them on.
It is amazing to see how many things they can get away with, like towing in a massive Trojan horse into the Turkish Consulate to see what they have learnt from History. Everyone loves it until they are on it and the Chaser is the funniest show of the week.
Edition 25
"Crime Shows"
Every night we see a crime show. CSI, NCIS, Law and Order, Criminal Intent, just to name a few. They dominate the 8:30 to 9:30 then on to 10:30 time slots. According to new research there is 475 people that get murdered every week on television, which is more than real life murders. The show midsummer murders on ABC is based in a small country town and has now been going for 10 year. There wouldn’t be anyone left in that village! Some may be good, others scary, but we always know that the death wasn’t an accident, it is always a murder.
Edition 24
"Worst ads"
How many times have you turned on the TV and the ads are on? Ad’s really annoy me, and today I am talking about the worst of them. There are many bad ads on TV at the moment. Some may be better than others, and some worse. In the list of terrible ads there would be the mobile phone ring tone ads and don’t to forget the ‘Summer time pools’ ad where the lady sings around the pool. There would also be the super fast Harvey Norman ad, and the Chris and Maries ad but the all time worst ad is the Rivers clothing ad. They are extremely boring and go for ages. Some of the ads have music while others are completely silent. Everyone hates Rivers ads.