TV Guide

I am hyped. Not long to go now.

“Ladies and Gentleman, it is now time for the Royal Rumble! Earlier today the 30 participants who entered, drew numbers at random. In just a few moments the individuals who drew number one and number two will be in the Royal Rumble and every two minutes thereafter another individual will enter the ring according to the number he drew. Remember, ...

Survivor:  Caramoan The 26th season of Survivor starts in February and the cast has now been fully revealed.  They’re doing a repeat of the Fans vs Favourites set up.  Well, officially, they are.  In actuality, we seem to be getting Fans vs Goats. ‘Goats’ in Survivor are the contestants that are so terrible/unlikable/mentally-unhinged that a smart, dominant player purposefully doesn’t ...

The West Wing Season 3 The third season of The West Wing sees the show at a crossroads in its narrative.  The major story arc for the second season is focused on Jeb Barlet’s failure to disclose his MS condition to the public and the ramifications this has on running for a second term as president.  In some ways, I ...

Homeland – Season Two – The Smile A friend of mine recently inquired about the show Homeland which recently returned to air after cleaning up at this season’s Emmy awards.  “Is it worth watching?”  I couldn’t give him a straight answer.  It’s a great show but its perpetually one episode away from collapsing into 24 levels of silliness.  I’m talking ...

“They took maaah boy!!!” Sure it went for about two seasons too long and Abrams couldn’t stick the ending but it was still one hell of a ride and I still remember being absolutely mesmerized by that cracking first season.  The agonizing wait for every new episode.  The excited speculation in the office about the latest mystery.  Polar bears, man.  ...

Survivor: Philippines My favourite reality tv show of all time Survivor is back for its 25th season with Survivor: Philippines.  The producers had some work to do after their previous season Survivor: One World fizzled badly with a cast too heavily stacked with pawns, introverts and idiots.  The winner, a woman named Kim, comfortably outplayed her opponents and strolled to ...

The West Wing Season One A clip of President Bartlett speaking to a conservative radio host. This is actually from Season Two but who cares. The West Wing is a television drama about the two terms in office of the fictional Democratic president Josiah Bartlett.  It is a wonderful show that serves in many functions.  First and foremost, it is ...

The Newsroom – S01E02 – Newsnight 2.0 Its one of the worst hours of television I have ever seen. There are plenty of tv shows on the air that are knowingly awful.  Or at least they’re designed to be purposefully low brow, silly, frivolous or shallow.  But few things are more awkward than watching a tv show as sanctimonious and ...

Dumb, Drunk & Racist “Initially the show was called “Dumb, Drunk or Racist” and you only had to be one or the other. We changed the name to all three after visiting Queensland.” – Joe Hildebrand This ABC2 program opens with a narration from host Joe Hildebrand who explains that in Indian call centres, staff are taught that the average ...