This Christmas, a guy who pops up every now and then on The Footy Show and Good News Week will edge closer to selling his 400,000th stand-up DVD. What? Who and why?

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.

Replacing Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation will not be easy. The Spearman Experiment has already been described as a "edgier" version of 20 To 1 but it's really about sweet democracy.

A new biotelemovie of Australia's third-longest-serving PM is currently filming in Melbourne, starring Richard Roxburgh as the Silver Bodgie.

In the whole tawdry Kyle & Jackie O saga, one truth has emerged: only the withholding of financial opportunity will change the commercial radio culture that allows moral bankruptcy to pass for entertainment.

Dave Hughes and Charlie Pickering will skewer the daily news on the new Channel Ten show The 7pm Project. Running opposite the ABC Nightly News, should Kerry O'Brien be trembling?

Has Shaun Micallef entered a pact with the televisual devil for rating success on Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation? Nope. If anything, he cares even less about what anyone thinks.

There are some absolute ripper movies on this week, from worthy arthouse fare to cheesefests best enjoyed after several healthful beverages.

This enjoyable 55 minutes about the decline of network television is, ironically, much more like a TV pilot than a comedy festival show.