2011 Report Card – Channel 10

2011 Report Card – Channel 10

At the start of the year, the Ten Network showed so much promise. A risky but solid news strategy, format TV up the wazoo and at least 3 of 2010’s hottest shows were coming back with new/additional seasons in 2011. What happened? Gun shy executives and a...
Junior Masterchef – Week 7

Junior Masterchef – Week 7

I’m no expert on making television involving children, but I imagine that there are some immutable rules. One would probably be never ask the children to do something you wouldn’t ask an adult to do. Another one might be make sure you keep them to manageable numbers...
Junior Masterchef – Week 6

Junior Masterchef – Week 6

Week 6 started with the foreboding knowledge that 4 of the children would be sent home to their dreary lives replete with uninspiring ingredients and inferior quality cooking utensils, as well as being forced “back to school”, a euphemism for returning to state...
Junior Masterchef – Week 5

Junior Masterchef – Week 5

After last week’s embarrassing debacle, where the contestants’ grandmothers’ collective incontinence issues caused widespread water hazards in and around the Masterchef kitchen, the producers erred on the side of caution and decided to move filming to an outdoor and...
TV Guide for week ending 05/11/11

TV Guide for week ending 05/11/11

Welcome to the very quick run down to the end of ratings, with the start of Week 45. With the Melbourne Cup on this week, Tuesday turns to mush and endless Ch7 promotions for horse racing and fillys and dresses and hats and such will fill our screen. There are other...