2016-03-19 18:53
“Then last week, as it must to all men, death came to Charles Foster Kane”When Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, the richest man in Australia (and owner of the National Nine televis… Read More
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Random thoughts about television and living in Tasmania.
2016-03-19 18:53
Regular readers may have noticed a distinct lack of new content on this blog. For the last seven months work, and various small social manoeuvres, (carried out in what a diehard techie frien… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
"I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it."… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Following the death of John Hinde, Crikey carried an item flagging the somewhat pungent obituary of New Zealand newspaper proprietor Ray Smith.It opens with:Ray Smith, the newspaper owner wh… Read More
2006-07-25 02:56
Amidst all the stories of turkey slapping at ten and boning by the management of the Nine Network, news broke today of the death of ABC veteran John Hinde.One of Australia's first foreign c… Read More
2006-06-23 00:21
(aka stuff on the tube I didn’t notice until recently)During an aimless flick through morning television programs LMSE was surprised to see The Wiggles have spun off The Little Wiggles… Read More
2006-06-15 23:40
“…television ratings information is the currency by which television is bought, sold and evaluated.”Oztam website frontpageIn the offices of cosseted Australian television… Read More
2006-06-15 23:40
“…television ratings information is the currency by which television is bought, sold and evaluated.”Oztam website frontpageIn the offices of cosseted Australian television… Read More
2006-05-15 04:00
During the past three weeks, travel has interfered with our scheduled programming. Stay tuned, normal service will resume shortly Read More
2006-04-03 02:22
If Tasmanian voters were an iPod, Status Quo would top the most played list. Due to the intricacies of the Hare Clark system, definitive (but not finalised) results came in a week and a half… Read More
2006-03-16 05:33
For the past few weeks, as Tasmania slouched towards a state election, more serious commentators have been looking to the stars, eviscerating goats and feeling their water in a bid to work o… Read More
2006-03-15 20:59
A reader has complained about Little Mr Square Eyes describing Today show weather presenter Steve Jacobs as a 'persistent dickface'. The reader ("my first and last time") points out Jacobs h… Read More
2006-03-15 00:05
The tail end of February threw up a bad weekend for seventies TV stars whose first name started with ‘D’. In the space of 48 hours the Internet Movie Database ruled a line under… Read More
2006-02-18 06:57
An email from Mez:Same as you with Carnivale. I strongly suspect it's really a crock, but by golly, it's an enjoyable one. I noticed they set up another series at the end of the one that j… Read More
2006-02-13 00:09
“You can almost see,” explained Geoff Masters during the Hopman Cup final, “the min-tell in-tent-city.” By the time I’d translated this, US player Lisa Raymond… Read More
2006-02-03 08:27
The news Jessica Rowe -- Network ten’s erstwhile favourite blonde android -- was finally set to make her debut on Nine’s Today Show prompted Little Mr Square Eyes to ask (all Car… Read More
2006-02-02 22:19
One of the ongoing pleasures of media watching is how seriously the participants take themselves and the way great importance is attached to relatively small changes. For example, the Nine N… Read More
2006-01-27 05:24
More Sopranos episodes to come -- only 20 but I’m sure the Nine Network will dole them out as slowly as possible.Paul Riesner is back.Finally, the Herald Sun carried a report claiming… Read More
2006-01-22 22:33
Ahh-Eeeh! – Bok!Huh-Hrnn! – Thwock!Ahh-Eeeh! – Bok!Huh-Hrnn! – Thwock!Owwt!So it went for three sets -- and, with the contest between Tszvetana Pironkova and Venus Wi… Read More
2006-01-20 10:08
Originally, I intended to explore the news that Network Nine’s resident lounge lizard David Reyne had made a clean getaway and was headed to ten to replace Bert Newton, who recently mo… Read More
2006-01-10 22:55
In their usual slap dash fashion, Southern Cross appears to repeating early episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Little Mr Square Eyes was going to include details of when it was being broa… Read More
2006-01-04 06:02
Forgoing the attractions of the Hobart CBD on new year’s eve (drunken 20 to 30-somethings, soggy fireworks displays plus the usual gouge-orama hosted by local restaurants) and keenly a… Read More
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