It was very sad to wake to the news today that actor Conrad Bain has passed away. Bain died at age 89 with natural causes cited. Bain was best known for his role as Dr Drummond in the fondly remembered 80’s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes…

Dan Barrett in Televised Revolution

Dec 15, 2012

TV Geekchat — A new TV Community — Televised Revolution

Televised Revolution has this week launched a new community — TV Geekchat. While platforms like Twitter can be great to discuss TV generally, it lacks a sense of cohesion which has been missing from online engagement about TV. The…

Dan Barrett in Televised Revolution

Dec 8, 2012

Televised Revolution — Episode 267 — Televised Revolution

Televised Revolution is live every Sunday afternoon/evening. 5pm in QLD, 6pm in NSW / VIC / TAS / ACT, 5:30pm in SA / NT, and 3pm in WA. Just click the YouTube video below and watch us as the podcast goes on. Of course, we also…

Dan Barrett in Televised Revolution

Nov 6, 2012

Televised Revolution Presidential Endorsement — Televised Revolution

After many weeks of considering the candidates policies, political track records, and the all important consideration as to whether one would have a beer with them, Televised Revolution can comfortably announce…

Dan Barrett in Televised Revolution

Oct 30, 2012

Disney buys LucasFilms. What does it mean for TV? — Televised Revolution

Today Disney announced that it had purchased independent film studio LucasFilm. While this gives them ownership of valuable companies like Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, more importantly…

Dan Barrett in Televised Revolution

Sep 23, 2012

2012 Emmy Awards — Nominations and Predictions — Televised Revolution

The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards go to air in just a few hours in the US. As is tradition at Televised Revolution, we’ll be donning our tuxedos and watching along. Furthermore, we like to make some predictions on…

Dan Barrett in Televised Revolution

Sep 20, 2012

Channel Ten do right by the Emmy Awards — Televised Revolution

Channel 10’s abuse of the Emmy Awards has been a regular irritation of Televised Revolution for a number of years. Despite access to digital multichannels and the simple fact that broadcasting a TV show on TV that…

Dan Barrett in Televised Revolution

Sep 4, 2012

TV Week taken by ze Germans. Good. — Televised Revolution

In a bid to offset some of their considerable debt, Nine Entertainment Co have sold their magazine publishing company ACP for a cool $500 million to German publisher Bauer Media Group. Nine Entertainment Chief Executive David…

Dan Barrett in Televised Revolution

Jul 3, 2012

Foxtel and Samsung get into bed together, making sweet sweet IPTV love — Televised Revolution

We are through the looking glass, people.

From today, Foxtel is now available for consumers to access by way of Samsung smart TV’s. This…