May 04 2015
A big congratulations goes to the team at Working Dog for taking out the Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the 71st TV Week Logie Awards on Sunday night on Channel 9. Their hit ABC dramedy show Utopia beat other ABC shows Please Like Me, Black Comedy, Upper Middle Bogan and SBS’s Legally Brown. A well deserved achievement, Rob Sitch, Celia …
Apr 22 2015
I know. Terrible headline. But we’re still going to ride the coat-tails of the 20th anniversary since Tony Martin and Mick Molloy broadcasted their first episode of Martin/Molloy back in April, 1995. If you own the three ARIA Award winning albums The Brown Album, Poop Chute and Eat Your Peas, you will find in the credits on the …
Mar 19 2015
One of the Directors and Producers who featured prominently behind the scenes of Australian TV comedy and entertainment has died. Joe Murray, who directed 39 episodes of The Late Show as well as having his hand in with The D-Generation and other ABC classics Countdown (that’ll explain Tom and Jane’s segments in Season One) The Big Gig and DAAS Kapital, passed …
Mar 08 2015
If you’ve been watching episodes of Mad As Hell and Judith Lucy Is All Woman. you may have noticed a few promos in between shows. Stop Laughing… This Is Serious is one of 13 new documentaries that was given the green light from Screen Australia‘s $13.8 million budget. Stop Laughing… will be narrated by Eric Bana and it takes a …
Mar 04 2015
This year (2015) marks 20 years the beginning of what many people in and outside the Australian radio industry label as the best ever drive time show broadcasted on the airwaves. Martin/Molloy. Yes, can you believe it’s been that long? April 2015 will mark the month of the first ever episode broadcasted on the 2DAY …
Feb 25 2015
Last night Andrew Denton’s stunt-double Tony Martin somehow managed to get on Santo Sam and Ed’s Total Football and talk about the topic he knows very little of – sport. Donned in the Wellington Phoenix uniform, Tony joined the desk with Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee and managed to join in on the conversation …
Feb 05 2015
The lovable second season woman Judith Lucy is back with her new TV show on the ABC. Judith Lucy Is All Woman – a six part series that looks into the progress of the female species of the last 50 years – airs Wednesday February 11. Post by ABC TV. Dovetail: Fan favourite Shaun Micallef‘s show Mad As …
Dec 13 2014
Just when you can’t get enough of great Australian comedy with DVD boxsets, iTunes downloads and legal streaming on YouTube, the good folks at the ABC have released “Binge on the Best” on iView. Working Dog’s satirical classic Frontline‘s three seasons are now on full display for free on iView to entertain you over Christmas and …
Nov 12 2014
In a world where the Australian Government looms an axe over the heads of ABC and SBS to save money, the announcement today of new and renewed shows for the ABC has been released. And guess what? Tony and Co from the Nation Building Authority are returning to build something that’s not there for Season …
Nov 09 2014
Do yourself a favour and skip watching the latest shenanigans on some reality show shown on another network, and turn to Channel 10 on Monday November 17 at 8:30pm. Tom Gleisner, Ed Kavalee, Sam Pang, Jane Kennedy, Mick Molloy and Michala Banas are returning to the blue question mark for a Have You Been Paying Attention? Year In Review …
