TV Guide for week ending 21/01/12

TV Guide for week ending 21/01/12

Here we are, preparing for a whole raft of new shows to launch 3 weeks ahead of schedule. So this week there’s shows finishing… it feels like television purgatory. What’s better is that in Channel 10 forcing the hands of all the other networks by...
PREDICTION: The Hits of 2012

PREDICTION: The Hits of 2012

2012 is shaping to be one of the biggest years in television yet. More of the population with no longer have access to analog TV; Channel 10 have a new CEO who has already shown his hand as to how he will get the network back on its feet; it’s an Olympic year;...
PREDICTION: The Hmms of 2012

PREDICTION: The Hmms of 2012

Not everything we get in 2012 will be a hit. Not everyting will fail. There are some shows that will just plod along in adequacy and not really make a blip on the ratings landscape but not be bad enough to get ingloriously pulled early. This list isn’t intended...
PREDICTION: The Misses of 2012

PREDICTION: The Misses of 2012

Listing shows here is not intended to be venomous. Not everything works (Live From Planet Earth, anyone?). Some shows need more ‘time in development’. Other shows are simply misguided from the start, or on the wrong network. Either way, I’m sure...
TV Guide for week ending 14/01/12

TV Guide for week ending 14/01/12

If you watch nothing else this week – and there is quite a bit on, what with Flood anniversary pieces and the Cricket and Tennis and so forth – tune on Thursday night to see Kevin Costner and Andy Garcia’s first ever film performances, with ONE...