Boxcutters

This week we are the Bad News Boxcutters with the Christian Slater vehicle My Own Worst Enemy, there’s a discussion of some of the worst television we’ve ever seen and we’d like you to leave comments with your list, and to top it off there’s also a quick Crap TV. This week’s Crumpler prize is […]

Yael Bergman from Princess Pictures comes in to talk to us about independent production in Australia. There’s an I Don’t Buy It about country music stars, some shark jumping watch and a whole bunch of news and stuff. Here it is: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 156 in your browser As mentioned, news from […]

James Talia talks to us all the way from London about the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross/Andrew Sachs controversy and what that means for the BBC. We take a look some TV-related board games that John’s found and have a look at the work of Louis Theroux. There’s some punchy news, the answer to the quiz and […]

Star and co-creator of Wilfred joins us in the studio to talk about the process of creating a TV show. We also discuss the US show, The Ex-List and in the segment that is now titled Before and After School, we finally look at The Tomorrow People. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 154 in […]

All about television means all about television, people. The Life and Times of Tim is an excellent new show from HBO, Review with Myles Barlow is a new show on ABC2 and Worst Week is barely worth mentioning. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 153 in your browser Send us email or send us an […]

The delightful and talented Scott Brennan joins us in the studio to raise the tone and tell us about his time in TV sketch comedy and the world of advertising voice-overs. We also take a look at US remakes of two shows that were very successful in their home markets. There’s some special and exciting […]

A little bit of Crap TV, seriously or not as well as some Letters to Boxcutters round out this episode. A quiz question will get you thinking and of course there is a reference to Battlestar Galactica. You must watch The Middleman as soon as you have the opportunity and tell all your friends. Get […]

Episode 150 is full of surprises. Keep your eyes peeled here for show notes in the coming days. Did we mention we’ve done 150 episodes? Well, we have. One Hundred And Fifty! Also, we announce the winner of last week’s quiz. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 150 in your browser Send us email or […]

The Quiz is Back! John Richards is our co-host this week and we would be remiss to not mention his website straight away. We discuss Fringe and John brings in some theme tunes that are so good the shows themselves could not possibly live up to. Brett does not buy some product that turns your […]

For our 3rd birthday we bring an exclusive breaking story from the Channel Nine news room. There is also some talk about Very Small Business and The Strip. Lawrence Mooney boosts our morale with his excellent insights and James Talia tells us how it is in London. Blow out the candles for 148: RSS feed […]

This week we are lucky enough to have Ray Punjer, director of live television including In Melbourne Tonight, The Panel, World Series Cricket, Bob Dyer’s Pick-A-Box, The Don Lane Show, and World Championship Wrestling amongst so many other credits. He’s a trailblazer in the industry and he brings his expertise to our little show. Get […]

OK. It does not get better than this. Jess McGuire from RRR’s I’d Rather Jack and also Defamer joins us to talk about Australian Idol. We also finally cover off on Daria and mix it up a whole lot around the edges. Get some: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 146 in your browser also […]

Yes the Olympics are still on but we do our best to find television news amongst all the medal action. We talk about Quantum Leap in a bit of Things You May Have Missed as well as a Crap TV and the world’s quickest I Don’t Buy It. The truly excellent John Richards joins us […]

Gerard McCulloch joins us to look at the first few days of Olympic coverage, Hole in the Wall and Make Me A Supermodel. Keep a look out for another Postcard from A Show as well as some letters to Boxcutters. Plus news and pork and a couple of chicken related I Don’t Buy Its. Good […]

With Tom Elliot and James Talia we talk a lot about the state of commercial television in general, its past, its future and the way things currently stand. It’s a great chat with some eye or ear opening insights and predictions. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Boxcutters on Last.FM What are your predictions for the […]

Yes, ladies and gentlemens, we have the one and only fabulous Adam Richard with us in the Ross Seat this week. We talk about Celebrity Dog School, Star Dancers and a thousand other shows. Fun and exciting, it’s 142. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell us what you think. Laurie Oakes writes about the end […]

The one hundred percent excellent John Richards joins us as guest co-host this week. We talk about what it’s like to try to get a pilot made and accepted in Australia. There is also heaps of nerdalicious sci-fi and fantasy talk and almost no reality TV coverage. Really! Ooh look, it’s right here.: RSS feed […]

Save Our SBS has been in the news a lot lately with its criticisms of the way Shaun Brown has been running things. We speak to Darce Cassidy from the group about the problems they see with the broadcaster. Queen Josie Parelli sits in the Ross seat this week and we’ve got a bunch of […]

James Talia joins us on the phone from the UK with a Boxcutters scoop. Not even Media Watch had the information we have for you on this show. Nerida Haycock sits in Ross’s seat, keeping it warm and us informed. We talk about Press Gang in our youth television series and have a super-tough question […]

This week Toby Sullivan joins us in Ross’s chair to discuss Degrassi and arts programmes. We take a quick look at All Saints and there’s also an I Don’t Buy It to pique your interest. It’s all there in 138: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Write to us. You can also win tickets to see […]