Episode Bazillion? Well, that’s how we count success here at MolksTVTalk, as we launch into another fine effort discussing this week of Australian television. Friend of the show Craig Reucassel stopped by to talk with us about the new show from The Chaser, The Hamster Wheel starting this Wednesday at 9:30pm. We even had another special guest in our voice-over girl Stacey stopping by to share her moments of television must-watch-ness.
Amongst the chaos, these things made the cut:
- The NRL & AFL take Optus to court (when will Mum & Dad & new Mum stop fighting?).
- The Brownlow spins out of control.
- There’s “fast-tracking” and there’s “fast”-tracking.
- So just WHAT is TV4? Really?
- Happy Birthday to GEM & 7mate.
- SteveMolk & Josh interview Craig Reucassel – and he tolerated us.
- We open a book on how long Good News World will last (talking ratings).
- Special Guest Stacey shares her one must watch show.
Be prepared! Next week we’re having a letters segment, and we’d love to hear from you – e-mail us at podcastsATmolkstvtalk.com and your missive WILL get on the podcast. Also remember to leave an iTunes review to help people find the podcast. Plus we like to see the love.
MolksTVTalk – the Podcast. Bust A Move.
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Another good solid podcast. Interesting to hear about all the news surrounding fast tracking of US shows in Australia. Fast tracking doesn’t really exist here in the UK as they have bucketloads of original content that is churned out every year and dominate the schedules. Thanks in part to the standard set by the publicly funded BBC (we pay 141.50 Pds a year in TV tax!). US shows tend to occupy niche channels or slots, rather than headline schedules like they do in Australia. Also UK shows are usually 6 or 8 eps a series and there are plenty of one-offs as well so there is always slots to fill.
Nice to catch up on Aussie TV squabbles. Nicely produced podcast too. Now, stop spamming my blog (hehe…)