Episode 10 - Finales

Submitted by tim.forster on Mon, 17/10/2011 - 09:20

tags: Arts and Entertainment, bethanie blanchard, Big Brother, Big Love, Carnivale. Friends, Digimon, Lost, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Skins, survivor, television criticism, television finales, The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Tim Forster, tropes, Two and a Half Men

In a fitting final farewell, Beth and Tim look into grand finales, from the ambiguity of Six Feet Under to the final resolution of Sex and the City.

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Playlist Sunday 9th October

Submitted by tim.forster on Sun, 16/10/2011 - 14:14

SIA - Breathe Me
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - Embryonic Journey
GREENDAY - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - You've Got The Love
NATALIE MAINES - God Only Knows
JOURNEY - Don't Stop Believin'
THE DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY - Television Drug Of A Nation

Episode 8 - Supernatural TV

Submitted by tim.forster on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 21:42

tags: Arts and Entertainment, bethanie blanchard, Buffy, Charmed, Dead Set, doctor who, Futurama, John Edwards, Lost, Medium, supernatural themes, television criticism, The Addams Family, The X Files, Tim Forster, True Blood, twilight, Vampire Diaries, vampires

Beth and Tim wonder why supernatural themes on-screen seem to go in phases - apparently it has something to do with American politics. They'll also shut you up about those damn polar bears in Lost.

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Episode 7 - Fastest Cancelled Shows

Submitted by tim.forster on Tue, 27/09/2011 - 21:37

tags: Arts and Entertainment, axed programs, Ben Elton Live From Planet Earth, bethanie blanchard, cancelled programs, Firefly, Heil Honey I'm Home, live comedy, Pirate Master, Pushing Daisies, television criticism, Tim Forster, Twin Peaks, Veronica Mars, Viva Laughlin, Wonderfalls

Beth and Tim contemplate the anguish of seeing much-loved shows getting axed too soon by heartless network executives. Said anguish does not apply to the cancellation of "Viva Laughlin".

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Episode 5 - Current Affairs Programming

Submitted by tim.forster on Tue, 27/09/2011 - 21:28

tags: 4 Corners, a current affair, ABC News, Arts and Entertainment, bethanie blanchard, CNNNN, current affairs, Good News Week, newstainment, Q&A, SBS World News, television criticism, Tim Forster, Today Tonight, TV news

Can the TV news change the world? And do "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" count as current affairs viewing? Beth and Tim find out.

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Episode 6 - Australian Drama

Submitted by tim.forster on Tue, 27/09/2011 - 21:24

tags: Arts and Entertainment, Australian television, bethanie blanchard, home and away, neighbours, offspring, packed to the rafters, television criticism, Tim Forster, winners and losers

Australia can do interesting and entertaining drama, right? Wrong, if Packed To The Rafters is anything to go by. Anyway, why are we so obsessed with depicting the suburbs on TV anyway.

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Episode 4 - Trash and Guilty Pleasures

Submitted by tim.forster on Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:59

tags: Airline, Airport, Arts and Entertainment, bethanie blanchard, censorship, Dante's Cove, Erotic Tales, Eurovision, Go!, guilty pleasures, Jersey Shore, Judge Judy, Maury Povich, Next Top Model, reality TV, television criticism, The Bachelorette, Tim Forster, trash tv

Beth expresses her love for the borderline pornography that is Dante's Cove, and Tim tells you about the time he was in the audience for that Maury Povich show. You know, the one with the paternity tests.

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Episode 3 - The American Sitcom

Submitted by tim.forster on Tue, 27/09/2011 - 20:44

tags: 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Arts and Entertainment, bethanie blanchard, Bewitched, Cheers, community, Friends, Happy Days, How I Met Your Mother, I Dream of Jeannie, mash, Seinfeld, sitcoms, television criticism, television history, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Tim Forster

Beth and Tim have some dilemmas: are 60s sitcoms actually funny, or do we just like the nostalgia? And is How I Met Your Mother the present-day equivalent of Friends?

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Playlist Sunday 25th September

Submitted by tim.forster on Mon, 26/09/2011 - 00:57

NOELINE DONAHER - No Regrets
RUSS LANDAU & DAVID VANACORE - Survivor Theme
THE O'JAYS - For The Love Of Money
PARIS HILTON - My BFF
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD - Unwritten
RUPAUL - Theme from "Drag Race"

Playlist Sunday 18th September

Submitted by tim.forster on Mon, 26/09/2011 - 00:55

JACE EVERETT - Bad Things
THE SMITHS - How Soon Is Now
MC HAMMER - Addams Groove
CASS ELLIOT - Make Your Own Kind Of Music
NIGHT SHINER - X Files Remix

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Episode 10 - Finales

Playlist Sunday 9th October