Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Modern Family hogged much of the Emmy Awards spotlight… so we thought we’d examine some of this year’s less trumpeted television award achievements.

Channel Seven has just announced Conviction Kitchen, its ex-con take on Jamie Oliver's juvie-delinquent series Jamie's Kitchen. But does Seven want to risk arson and embezzlement allegations?

Much like sausages, we love our two-dollar pairs of socks but do we really want to see how they get made? Ricky Gervais thinks those who make them do. He's just franchised The Office to China.

Apart from scores of five-minute policy statements and announcements, there's some watchable teev this week. Nine gets smutty, internet memes wrap up, the Kardashians infect free-to-air, and more!

ABC TV has greenlit two new series. The men of the Chaser have a series of election specials, Yes We Canberra!, while Marieke Hardy is co-creator of a new black comedy entitled Laid.

New sitcom Episodes reunites Green Wing's Tamsin Grieg and Stephen Mangan. They play the creators of a series being remade in the US starring Matt LeBlanc. No joke.

Geek out, for the brand new season of Futurama begins airing in the US this week, thus continuing the millennia-spanning rivalry between louche robots and heartless television executives.

Allegations are circulating that singer Taylor Henderson was given a choice: quit Australia's Got Talent or be kicked out of his church. But is the Geelong Revival Centre your average happy-clappy church?

Santo Cilauro has finally landed his dream role, hosting a nightly football show during the World Cup.