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Conventional wisdom suggests male newsreaders should be authoritative and female ones attractive. But our extremely scientific analysis of Australia’s hottest newsreaders reveals that there are exceptions.
We pay tribute to children’s television legend Mr Squiggle and his creator Norman Hetherington, who passed away this week aged 89.
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.
Often the most dangerous thing a politician can do is appear on television. In the lead up to an election, televisual humiliation for the vote-hungry baby-huggers will be widescreen and in HD.
Which is the least successful country in Eurovision history? How does a country’s geopolitical status affect its chances for Eurovision glory? These, and some are things, are revealed in our guide to the traditional Eurovision underdogs.
They may not make “best TV of the decade” lists, but here are six more TV series that kept us glued to the couch during the 2000s, applauding quietly.
The past decade has produced some kick-arse TV: must-see “appointment” series, subversive cult sitcoms and sweeping, sophisticated “post-broadcast” dramas. Then there were the shows we quietly applauded.
Television is not all sport and M*A*S*H reruns in the warmer months (hell, it seemed like that was all that was on in the actual ratings period). Let us guide you through the summer television schedule.
News of an impending guide to making cakes in the shape of popular ABC TV children’s characters had us thinking… why leave it at the kiddie programming?
In cartoons, alum puckered Sylvester The Cat’s mouth into a cat’s arse. Will this chemical compound do the same to your natural predators?
Critics revelled in spewing venom across the Linsday Lohan-helmed flop biopic Liz & Dick. But how did her Aussie (enough) co-star Grant Bowler fare?
Even the Olympics has indie cred: “I’m so cool I qualified for the Olympics before my nation’s sovereignty was even recognised, man”.
Fresh New York writing outlet n+1 ably (but irregularly) blows the cobwebs out of the stuffy lit-mag genre. Here’s a cheat sheet for the anti-literary magazine literary magazine.
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