Comments on: Top Gear loss “not the be-all and end-all”

By: newtaste

newtaste — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:23 +0000

Are you interviewing the programmer for NITV next? It is a free-to-air government funded television station.

By: Neon Kitten

Neon Kitten — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:12 +0000

@Ooh Me Plums! (great user name!!) – SBS should do dual audio streams for Eurovision, giving viewers a choice of the UK or Australian commentary. It wouldn’t be hard, surely, and everyone would be happy.

@John W: not harsh at all. SBS decided they want to play the commercial network game, interrupting programs with ads, endless “brought to you by” promos, etc etc. Why on earth would the government feel sorry enough for a commercial channel that can’t rake in enough money from ads that they should hand out money to them? Why would they, when SBS has already proven its willingness to waste a great big chunk of the money they do have on a car show clone that nobody asked for and very few want to see?

Sorry, but the Brown regime at SBS is to blame. To paraphrase Radiohead, they did it to themselves, they did. And that’s what really hurts.

By: Danny Wu

Danny Wu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:55:05 +0000

The arthouse movies on SBS Two are really great!

What ever happened to the PBS Frontline programs on the cutting edge on Tuesdays?

By: Ooh Me Plums!

Ooh Me Plums! — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:45:30 +0000

“RocKwiz host Julia Zemiro and ADbc host Sam Pang are also returning to Eurovision, this time in Norway. Campbell knows that EV fans are just as passionate and particular as Top Gear fans to please.”

Boo hiss. They were Terrible. Just let the Graham Norton commentary through.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:31:10 +0000

Quote: Following on from last week’s interviews ….

By: spoiler

spoiler — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:27:32 +0000

when did u interveiw 7,9and 10 i never saw them?

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:50:59 +0000

after july for Mad Men? wish he’d announced that sooner!!!!! they just had the DVD on special but i thought ‘no, i only have to wait till April for it on SBS’.

Great. oh well, i’ll buy it anyway, can’t wait till July. I mean, series 3 has already been on. Rights? what nonsense.

By: Edu

Edu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:41:26 +0000

I barely know most of the shows mentioned above, I guess I should start tuning to SBS more. I only watch it for South Park.
Encroaching of popular titles isn’t new so SBS should get over it. Recent shows would include Kath & Kim from ABC to Seven, Thank God You’re Here from Ten again to Seven.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:47:55 +0000

Three years between series of Wilfred… Why?! Truly an obscene wait.

And I’ve watched five seasons of Entourage, but I’d never call it ‘clever drama’. ‘Dumb, fun, shallow, occasionally hilarious, very light drama’, yes, but that’s all. And comparing it to Oz? Jeez!

By: Rutzie

Rutzie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:43:13 +0000

So glad they are deciding to replay East West 101 over summer. This season has been awesome and deserves way better than the figures it’s pulling at the moment. Also great news that there will be a third series.

By: barrett

barrett — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:29:49 +0000

Keep up the good work SBS

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:32:01 +0000

It was never even part of SBS’s multi cultural charter (that they don’t even adhere to) to do an Aus version of Top Gear and the original show also isn’t really part of their charter anyway. Nine will bring TG to a bigger audience.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:16:22 +0000

So we get season three of Big Love just as season four begins in the US.

By: Faiky

Faiky — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:11:09 +0000

Great interview David. I enjoy sbs more and more each day and love the titles they offer. I really want to watch East West 101, but like many im stuck at ncis and forget about east west. I also love Skins, South Park, Entourage and Insight. Keep up the great work sbs!

By: David Knox

David Knox — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:15:30 +0000

7TWO has Fifth Gear from tomorrow night.

By: franz chong

franz chong — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:14:00 +0000

I hope they have the decency to put on some decent comedies on the Monday Nights including some Fresh South Park Episodes.
I also love Top Gear and it is sad that it is going to Channel Nine.Here is something they might have overlooked and it is rather similar and that is 5th Gear.SBS should look into importing that.