Comments on: ABC2 coming soon: The Wire, The Beast & more

By: Evil

Evil — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:41:17 +0000

Matthew R: The Wire has only ever been shown in 4:3.

Although interestingly, Season 5 (at least) was shot in 16:9. The “Previously on the Wire” segments on the S5 DVD are in widescreen and show more info in the frame than the show itself.

By: par3182

par3182 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00:34 +0000

Isn’t John Safran’s 15 minutes up yet?

ABC2 and SBS TWO are the best things to happen to television since colour.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:25:47 +0000

You haven’t… as indicated it’s in the next 6 months.

By: stevie g

stevie g — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:18:11 +0000

When was united states of tara on ABC 1? I totally missed that one.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:04:55 +0000

I’ll keep an eye out for the Wire.

By: Mike Retter

Mike Retter — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:01:27 +0000

Cant wait for Safran.

By: Zelda

Zelda — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:27:22 +0000

ABC2 is a really nice alternative to the mainstream. The variety is there, and its obvious it has a clear “vision” about what it wants to be. Shows such as Scrapheap Challenge keep me tuning in, and knowing I can catch shows I miss on ABC1 a little later in the week, or the next week is great.

By: rattle

rattle — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:41:05 +0000

Great news!
Now, if I could just remember to check the ABC2 guide more often.
I’m a shocker for missing stuff on this channel and it’s mainly your great source of information that gives me a heads up on things David.
Thanks for the info.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:55:54 +0000

Toni Collette will be on Rove next week, so she might mention it then. The guy who plays The Wire’s D’angelo, guest stars in an episode of The Beast so I will be checking that out. The DVDs of The Wire aren’t in widescreen so I doubt ABC2 will have them.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:48:49 +0000

There’s some top quality programming in there. United States of Tara is a fantastic program as well, and it’ll be nice to catch The Wire in a somewhat respectable timeslot.

By: PT Ryan

PT Ryan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:47:14 +0000

Wow, I’ll definitely check out The Wire, and will give The Beast a go for The Swayze’s sake.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:45:35 +0000

Keep your eye on August I think….

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:41:13 +0000

any idea when tara will start??

By: mikeys

mikeys — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:38:52 +0000

ABC2 has from day one been a great little channel, and it looks like things are only going to get better!

So does this mean John Safran won’t be seen on ABC1?

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:37:34 +0000

Why is ch9 even bothering with The Wire S5?

Good going ABC2, they are leading the way in alternate SD channels. SBS is catching up and yes we have Sport for TEN but not everyone is into that. As the other 2 ‘top’ networks we still have noting from them and not even a time line from Seven yet.

So once again good going ABC!

By: Matthew R

Matthew R — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:45:12 +0000

Excellent news on The Wire. I finally gave in to its consistent critical praise and started downloading this week. Good to know I can save my bandwidth and catch it in slightly higher (widescreen?) resolution.