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  1. With 2 of the best shows made in the last 40 years of TV coming to an end within 48 hours of each other, TV is unfortunately poorer. I would throw Ozark in for the Trifecta. David, can you put your sleuth hat on and find out who won the Farewell ratings between Succession, Ted Lasso and Ozark??

    1. CH7 played another repeat of The Chase today in a ratings period (1/6/23) they keep doing it, so I switched to millionaire, and it was actually better so I will stick to CH9 now and watch their news.

  2. A heads up an episode of Letterkenny is premiering tonight at aprx 10.30pm on SBS Viceland, may be a seasonal one-off as it’s listed as Episode 7 of Season 11.

  3. Hi David,
    Have you heard about Binge allegedly censoring references to Trixie Mattel’s boyfriend in her show “Trixie Motel”?
    I was going to provide a Twitter link but not sure about comments policy.

    1. I have but not sure it is correct. Maybe Trixie is referring to Gogglebox review.out of context. If she had an easy way to contact her I could check. In any case it wouldn’t be Binge, Discovery own the channel.

      1. I also thought that but Binge confirmed they had an edited copy, not edited by them.
        twitter.com/patricklenton/status/1663402459761623041?s=46&t=7Q_ul_TkTH359BlTbVc6Lg
        Please delete if links not allowed.

  4. Move aside MAFS, you are no longer the doyen of drama. Fboy Island has just wiped you off the podium in the 1st 10 minutes. It is like a train crash, but because its that bad, you can’t stop watching. Shout out to Abbey for orchestrating the mayhem. Somehow I feel they may just have a time shifted success on their hands…

  5. Sadly, it seems to me that many still do not realise that this is the personal blog of David Knox…a one person show (no team of lackeys in the basement)….he does it all…..Thus he also has to eat, sleep, personal hygiene etc…He also needs to attend many events….interstate as well as local….So if replies or reports are not instant….please realise this is why….Mr. Knox does an amazing job…and has for many years….The best space for all things TV 📺👌💖…..’ The personal blog is an ongoing online diary or commentary written by an individual, rather than a corporation or organization.’ Source:Google

    1. Well said Maev…..David does a fantastic job to keep us all informed in all things TV related. Keep up the great work David, for many years to come.

  6. I’m curious about all the new free channels now available on Fetch TV. I think most or all of them are also available on Samsung TV Plus. Do they pay to carry these channels or are the channels free for Fetch and Samsung to carry them?

    1. I bought a new Samsung TV in December. I receive so many free channels, Universal, History, Movies, GBN, etc., etc (even non-stop ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ channel!) that I watch less and less FTA channels now. There are commercial breaks that sometimes carry commercials, usually of higher quality than Joyce Mayne or gambling ads, or just a caption with a clock until next segment. Watched yet another Hitler doco (SBS you are failing me) and a few missed L&O:SVUs Saturday night. Thanks Samsung.

  7. There’s been so much media attention on the sale of the brady bunch house.. I’m flabbergasted that there has been no story on it with this blog

  8. Any word on if It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 16 will premiere on Disney+ next month? We always get this show sometimes up to a year behind, but now that all seasons are on D+ makes me hope we might actually get the new season day-and-date, if not just a few weeks later.

  9. If Brady Halls has retired from aca, then why are stories he has done, still being aired? Pre-recorded before he made his announcement??? Any idea on when his final story will air?

  10. What’s happened to 10Play? For a few years I’ve been watching Cheap Seats and HYBPA with no issues on my desktop at work (when I’m at a quiet clinic of course!), but since those shows returned this year I am repeatedly getting an error message and can’t play them… the ads play fine though of course. Doing a bit of googling and troubleshooting, it seems to be a widespread issue that’s happening quite a bit with others too… so I’m definitely not alone. What have they done to f it up? Ugh. I just want things to work no hassle.

    1. I don’t bother with 10 anymore. Again, just now, I get “We are currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again later”. There’s a limit on how many times one does “try again” before ditching it altogether. ABC iView works fine every time.

    2. I had issues while in hospital trying to watch Masterchef….just kept re entering a few times over riding the glitch instead of trying to ‘fix’ it…

  11. Memo Seven Sydney. We in NSW are not remotely interested in Cocos Island and WA coast weather forecast. Again the wrong prerecorded file played out on Sunday night.

    1. The weather forecast referred to is the regional NSW commercial spot replacement presented by the ex-Prime person ‘Craig’ from somewhere other than Sydney. It injects a bit of humour between the war, stabbing and car fatalities news items.

  12. Hi David,
    As a man with a finger on the pulse of telly in Australia, can you shine any light on whether the Tony Awards are going to be available, either on Broadcast or Streaming? Any chance Paramount+ or Ten are going to come to the party this year? Or do us theatre fans have to stream via VPNs?
    After missing out last year for the first time in decades, it does seem ridiculous in this ‘golden era’ of television where a plethora of free-to-air and streaming channels exist, suddenly we can no longer access the telecast without using backdoor channels!
    Any news you can offer will be gratefully received!

      1. Thanks so much for the prompt reply! I’m keeping everything crossed there might be an influential theatre lover somewhere in the backrooms of the Australian divisions of Paramount CBS who will come to our rescue!
        But I’m not holding my breath!…

  13. Seems Jennifer Kyte was presenting 10 News from Melbourne for NSW et al Saturday night. Seemed an all-female team for News, sport, weather. Diversity? Not complaining. Most of it was non-news anyway. The routine house auctions, What’s Happening at Bunnings?, Melbourne machete attack captioned ‘Newcastle Beach’. Cost-cutting or a technical issue or a staffing issue in Sydney? Seems sensible since news is news is news.

    1. I also have noticed that the pendulum sees to have swung way too far the other way….to the point I find it rather annoying….and I am female.

  14. I’ve actually had this issue too with other FTA networks. I series linked certain shows, but for some reason it stopped and had to watch via catchup. I spoke to Foxtel, all they said was as it was FTA issue nothing they can do, so for me they weren’t much help.

  15. MediaSpy reporting Nine have dumped tonight’s network Saturday line-up at late notice with Summit repeat/encores, Harry Potter (which has been flopping anyway) pushed back another week and they’ve just ruined their night (against one of the biggest AFL marquees “Dreamtime at the G”), week and potentially Summit brand (up against the might of Farmer final Pt 2 after the big Carl v Coll AFL game too) plus MasterChef and similar for Monday night as well. Boy oh boy, we thought Blow Up was cause for concern this week…

      1. Oh, fair enough, didn’t realise. But you can tell something’s up, essentially wasting a night (even if Saturdays don’t rate nor Harry Potter recently), seriously how many extra viewers are going to watch repeats and stay-on into next week? Must be unhappy advertisers, contractual ‘make-goods’ and/or desperation to rescue what is no doubt an expensive tent-pole they thought would at least do significantly more than what it has (unlike Seven which I don’t really deep down expected much from Blow Up as strange a comment as that sounds). Interesting weeks ahead, State or Origin Into the mix too…

        1. Ep 1 reran Wed night, so now Ep 2 and 3 tonight, clearly to try and hook in more viewers yes. With a stripped reality contest you do really need viewers from ep 1 to hook into the characters and they sorta missed that up against Farmer.

          1. A desperate attempt to try and salvage something from an expensive production.

  16. First world problem but annoying nonetheless…. It always happens to channel 7HD on Foxtel … shows set in the schedule not taping as series link seems broken … I checked Tuesday it was ok but didn’t record last night … forced to watch in 7plus which is absolutely painful

      1. That is so nice of you David . I definitely don’t want to hassle you ….. it is 7HD and it’s the network not a specific show … happened to Farmer three Sundays ago. I would understand if the schedule had altered such as the Blow Up amendments but last night was unchanged …. Thanks but no need to chase if not happening to others

      2. It would be great if you could sort that as it is very annoying. Equally annoying when recording on Foxtel is adding 30 mins to the record time of shows on FTA, but the 30 mins doesn’t fully record. It happened to both eps of Blown this week where they over ran the original finish, but the record cut off before the end of the ep.

    1. I recall having FTA series link issues on my old IQ3 so I gave up. Haven’t using IQ for recording FTA for some time now even since getting the IQ5.
      I use Fetch for FTA recording, but since their latest update to the UI, I’m almost over using that too. Fetch is receiving hundreds of negative feedback comments on their Facebook posts since the update was released last month. Its been a total disaster because they rushed what seems to be an untested (by real users) significant update, removing functionality to the remote, changing one click actions to four, and putting more focus on streaming over it being a PVR. It’s lag is worse than IQ3 ever was.

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