Chances — Volume One — Televised Revolution

What better way to celebrate Australia Day than by watching its greatest ever television export: Chances.

Chances, a soap opera that aired from 1991–1993, was in retrospect such a typical Channel Nine production. Desperate for a…

Pilot Season — Californication — Televised Revolution

With television ratings dropping, local stations have announced that they will seek to start airing US shows as close as they can after their air date in the US. One of the shows cited by Channel 10 was the new David Duchovny series…

Holeproof = Wowsers. Sick ’em Rex. — Televised Revolution

In the early 1990’s, Holeproof launched a memorable advertising campaign for their Antz Pantz range featuring an echidna named Rex who seemingly feasted on some ants resting on a womans underthings.

Mia Freedman Leaves Nine — Televised Revolution

Channel Nine have just announced that Mia Freedman has left the network. For the last week there has been strong talk that The Catch-Up is facing cancellation. With Freedman creating and producing the show, surely the news of her leaving the…

Satisfaction — Televised Revolution

Generally, it is difficult to get enthused about subscription television in Australia. Most Foxtel channels repeat the same shows over and over again, with most of them being series screening concurrently on free to air. There is an overwhelming lack of creativity to…

Illogically programming the television greats — Televised Revolution

The best television is so rarely ever in primetime.

Increasingly, TV programmers are scheduling TV greats (and if not greats, just pretty darn good shows) in strange places on the TV…

Podcast #22: Androgynous Name — Televised Revolution

Last week, regular co-host Simon disappeared on a quest of the heart, opting to see an advance preview of the new Harry Potter film ahead of doing the show. Filling in his shoes (of which have pretty pink bows on the side) was Sarah…

The Insiders Vodcast — Televised Revolution

Dear ABC,

If you have the show chopped up into segments to watch on the website and you are already offering an audio podcast of the show, why the heck don’t you offer The Insiders as a vodcast?

Podcast #29: Squash The Boxes — Televised Revolution

This week on Televised Revolution, Dan and Simon chat to a comedian who was once on the telly named Daniel Kitson.

Additionally, Dan and Simon also talk about:
*Strippers on Home & Away
*Dirty Jobs on Channel 9…