Oz TV Reviews

7Mate and GEM are added to Freeview We got two new channels added to our digital selection this week. Channel 7‘s third offering 7mate has been described as being aimed at the young male demographic and has been widely promoted by 7. GEM came as a complete surprise to me. I switched on my TV [...]

Return of the Gleeks After much fanfare and hurrah series 2 of Glee premiered on Channel 10 this week. Quinn was no longer pregnant, Rachel had a new softer hairstyle, I think it was the fringe, or bangs, as they call them in America and Santana (one of the slutty cheerleaders) had a boob job. [...]

Which one is Australia’s favourite pop quiz? We have two long running and successful music quiz shows currently on Australian television. The ABC‘s offering Spicks and Specks is based on the British show Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Its format is to have two teams of three with resident captains, who have been there since the [...]

Last time for this bunch of college kids Well it all ended on Monday here in Oz. The last episode of season four of Skins. So although it has been one of my favourite subjects on this site, this will obviously be my last review for sometime. I must say I was disappointed with the [...]

Rugby, Football, AFL, League, we got them all What a night for sport! I started with the Bledisloe Cup game from Sydney. A great competitive affair, with only one point separating the Wallabies and the All Blacks in the end. A really hard fought game from both sides. With New Zealand coming back from a [...]

South Africa 39 – Australia 41 – Bloemfontein South Africa 44 – Australia 31 – Pretoria What a game of Rugby! Well two games of Rugby. Both followed the same format, with Australia streaking ahead at the start then the Springboks pulling them back in. But a different result in each battle. South Africa were [...]