Mark Humphries’ satire is back
What is 7 News Sydney doing creating a satire slot with Mark Humphries? That doesn’t fit with anything else they or Humphries have ever... Read More »
Comedy TV
Austin Powers
Austin is the kind of series you get when the production side of television couldn’t give a rat’s arse about whatever it is the audience actually wants to watch. And fair enough. The entire basis of ABC television is to provide programming for those who aren’t being served by mainstream broadcasting. But there’s a big... Read More »
The (F)art Of…
ABC arts programming has been rubbish for years and new effort The Art Of… is no exception. Just how bad is it? It manages to make Josh Thomas seem good. It doesn’t make him seem funny mind you because haha, they’ve got him on the episode about “heartbreak”. Why is a program about the arts... Read More »
We Need to Talk About Colin
Colin from Accounts is back, and right from the start there’s a problem. No, not that Gordon (Patrick Brammall) and Ashley (Harriet Dyer) have given Colin (a dog) away and want him back. That’s solved by the end of the first episode. And not dragging it out? Pretty much the opposite of a problem really.... Read More »
The Outback Outlaw Pauly Fenech
Pauly Fenech is back with a new series, Outback Outlaw Comedian, in which he tours the country with his live... Read More »
Taskmaster, Cut Faster
Does a television comedy require comedians? Probably not; there’s been plenty of decent vox pop segments over the years that have scored big laughs without the use of skilled professionals. So does Taskmaster Australia require comedians? Now that’s a question. Back for a second season that’s technically a third because the second – which they... Read More »
Vale The Weekly, Hello Gruen
So messed up and lacking in cash is the ABC comedy department at the moment that we pretty much only get one comedy show on air at a time. Last week we had the final episode of The Weekly. This week, in the same timeslot, we have the first of a new series of Gruen.... Read More »
Have You Been Paying Attention… to the lack of new faces in comedy?
There’s basically two kinds of comedy showcases on television. There’s the ones where new talent gets a chance to strut their stuff, and the ones where established talent bring in the viewers. Guess which kind is the only kind we currently get on Australian television? It wasn’t always this way. It wasn’t even all that... Read More »
Creative Types with Tom Gleeson
In Creative Types, Tom Gleeson is shown as a hard working, successful comedian. But is his success really... Read More »
Taskmaster is back
Both the Taskmaster concept and that we're getting two series of it in one year, say a lot about where TV comedy is... Read More »