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Boxcutters recommends: This is Modern Living

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 07:46:44 GMT

From Boxcutters founding co-host, Josh Kinal, comes a new podcast: This is Modern Living. This is the pre-release episode where Josh explains what it’s all about and tantalises you with what’s to come. This new show will be about the place where humanity and technology meet. The first full length show is currently in production […]

Ep 364: Les Revenants (The Returned)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:28:31 GMT

Things get a little bit Frenchy/Sexy this episode as Lauren Rosewarne joins us for a review of the spooky Canal+ show, Les Revenants (The Returned). Then we go back in time, through the Boxcutters vault, for a review that has turned into a Things You May Have Missed as we revisit January 2008 for a […]

Ep 363: The Wrong Mans

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 6 Mar 2014 13:28:12 GMT

This week we take a look at the thriller/comedy from the BBC, The Wrong Mans, created by and starring James Corden and Mathew Baynton. Brett brings us an I Don’t Buy It or two – something a little on the freaky side… If you want to see them, check the show notes below. Along with […]

Ep 362: Lucas Testro & True Detective

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:39:16 GMT

It may not be strictly all about TV but it’s a big one and it’s full of entertainment. And it’s all dediKated. We have a rollicking time talking to writer/director, Lucas Testro about his work on quality Australian TV and also touch on his podcast, NonCanonical. It’s a fantastic show and you should all listen […]

Ep 361: Hello Ladies

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 3 Jan 2014 21:07:44 GMT

Don’t call it a christmas show or even an end-of-year wrap up – we will be touching on that in our next episode – but another hard and fast Boxcutters episode. We have a bit of a tussle over the polarising Stephen Merchant US comedy on HBO, Hello Ladies. Tuddy give us some Angry Old […]

Ep 360: Hostages

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 3 Dec 2013 07:05:42 GMT

It’s a hard and fast episode of Boxcutters this week. Steele Saunders is back as we take a look at the Toni Collette/Dylan McDermott series, Hostages. We’ve got a rant from our Angry Old Man for the good of the country. Marian‘s All My Crushes is a rather Doctor influenced affair. And there’s fascinating tidbits […]

Ep 359: Masters of Sex & Lauren Rosewarne

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 06:44:14 GMT

We have a very smart-sexy Boxcutters for you this week after our short hiatus (sorry about the delay). Masters of Sex comes into the lab and goes under the microscope, fully wired up with a loom of response sensors. We’ve been going over the data and have some results to report. Dr Lauren Rosewarne is […]

Ep 358: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. & Steele Saunders

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:48:32 GMT

Hey you guys. Steele Saunders joins the team on Boxcutters as we take a look at Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. There’s a self referential rant from our Angry Old Man. A bit of local colour fills Marian‘s All My Crushes. And we talk a little bit about some Green Guide Letters. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep358.mp3|titles=Episode 358|artists=Boxcutters] Notes Check […]

Ep 357: The Blacklist

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 07:08:58 GMT

In this Dave Lawson filled episode of Boxcutters we take a look at the new James Spader starring, thriller series, The Blacklist. The Angry Old Man has a rant about suspension of disbelief, amongst other things. Marian‘s All My Crushes are exposed and Dave has some conspiracy theories regarding a certain .org [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep357.mp3|titles=Episode 357|artists=Boxcutters] Notes […]

Ep 356: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 19:10:02 GMT

This episode of Boxcutters feels like we went to the hairdresser and they were a little over-exuberant… it feels a little short is what I’m saying. We’ve got some surprising views on our reviewed show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, with Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher. Our Angry Old Man has some barely contained rage, Marian defends and […]

Ep 355: Sleepy Hollow, Mourning the passing of TV shows

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 9 Oct 2013 20:09:10 GMT

In a show that turned out to be surprisingly full, we review the new Fox show, Sleepy Hollow. We take a look at the stages of mourning with particular focus on the loss of TV shows that have a place in our hearts. For a special one from Dave, check after the jump. We tell […]

Ep 354: Vikings

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 2 Oct 2013 17:46:10 GMT

Bored of the staid, monotheistic existence of the everyday, this week we take a look at the new History Channel drama, Vikings with its enlightened love and gods aplenty. Marian’s Crush straddles the Scandanavian and rural Victorian worlds. We take a look at a series of ads with Brett’s I Don’t Buy It. The Letters […]

Ep 353: Big School

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:48:50 GMT

It’s a all about the controversy in this episode of Boxcutters. We’ve got a review of the new BBC1 sitcom, Big School, starring your favourite UK comic actors. Being Emmys week, we talk about some of the controversy coming out of the ceremony. Our resident Angry Old Man is back to vent about TV cooks. […]

Ep 352: Ray Donovan

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:00:32 GMT

Dave’s back!! Yes, Dave Lawson returns to us on this episode where we review the Showtime series, Ray Donovan, starring Liev Schreiber. Our Angry Old Man makes his debut. Marian kicks off her All My Crushes segment and also takes a look at the latest Bad Reality TV treat, The Bachelor. It’s a cracker of […]

Ep 351: Boxcutters 2.0 The Time of Our Lives

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:00:04 GMT

We’re back with new faces, new voices, new innovations and more great TV chat. We welcome Marian Blythe, Rachel Howe and Chris Rankine to the fold and immediately get down to the nitty gritty with a review of ABC1’s family drama, The Time Of Our Lives. Marian gives us a bit of a rundown on […]

Boxcutters 2.0: A New Dawn

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 5 Sep 2013 17:24:55 GMT

Things have been progressing very interestingly in the Boxcutters kitchen and I think we’ve got some new dishes you’re going to like. There are going to be new ways to interact with Boxcutters, new hosts and contributors to meet, new segments, new events, new voices and the legendary video podcast. So you guys can follow […]

Ep 350: Orange is the New Black & Josh’s last show

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:00:17 GMT

As Trudy said, change is normal, natural, inevitable, exciting … and sad. After we review the latest show from Netflix, Orange is the New Black, cover some critical Kids Jeopardy! news and discover, for the last time, what type of hat Ben’s wearing, we have a bumper crop of letters from you, the listener, before […]

Ep 349: Rectify

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 7 Aug 2013 19:00:32 GMT

As we count down to Boxcutters 2.0 with more tearful goodbyes, the good times keep trundling along. We review Rectify, starring Australia’s own Aden Young, showing on the Sundance Channel. With the official commencement of the federal election campaign, Josh isn’t buying either of the offerings from the major parties, TV commercial wise. And Dave […]

Ep 348: Maron and Sport

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:00:47 GMT

It’s Glenn’s last episode and so we talk a lot about how TV has ruined sport. Or is it the other way around? We review the US cable show based on a comedian and his podcast and desperate cries for love. It’s Maron! You might already listen to his show. You should listen to ours […]

What the new Boxcutters means.

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:57:24 GMT

Almost everyone is going. A whole bunch of brand new people are coming. This is an exciting time for Boxcutters. It’s our first ever gritty re-boot. As you already know, Josh is leaving, Brett is staying and John has already left. Glenn is leaving. Courteney is leaving. Ben is leaving. Dave is probably leaving but […]

Ep 347: The Starlost

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:01:03 GMT

In the lead-up to the next iteration of Boxcutters, we say good-bye to John Richards in this special episode that no mother should miss. John wants to make sure that we never forget him, so he brings us the greatest Just Don’t Bother ever. It’s a show called The Starlost. Then, just in case you […]

Ep 346: Arrested Development & American Exceptionalism

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:01:26 GMT

We review season 4 of Arrested Development and then talk about American exceptionalism and how it relates to US television post September 11 because we know how to have fun.

Episode 346 is delayed

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:58:02 GMT

Sorry to say that this week’s episode won’t be available until next week when we actually record it. Meanwhile, have a listen to an old episode and think about the good times. This is a picture of the plane I was on when we should have been recording. It’s all my fault. Sorry. Josh

Ep 345: The Goodies

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 19:00:38 GMT

The Goodies was a BBC television show in the 70s. It lasted for 10 years. We ask all the tough questions about its television validity.

Sammy J and Wednesday Night Fever

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:02:56 GMT

People were sick and we still wanted to give you a special something. So Josh interviewed Sammy J about his television career so far and how he feels about hosting a new comedy show on the ABC.

Ep 344: Hannibal, Live on Bowen

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:48 GMT

Due to popular demand, we review Hannibal. Is it as tasty as everyone says? Is it best viewed while sipping on some fine chianti? Only by listening will you have the answer. We also have an interview with Rob Lloyd, the host of Channel 31's Live on Bowen about hosting live TV and what he wanted to be when he grew up.

Ep 343: Banshee

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:00:25 GMT

Every now and then a show comes along that really makes you think about the world. Banshee may or may not be that show. We discuss it this week. Also, why is Josh excited about reading? It must be a book about television. Find out more in this episode, filled with more sex and violence […]

Ep 342: Adam Richard and Celebrities

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 5 Jun 2013 19:00:55 GMT

Have you ever wondered why celebrities actually go onto celebrity reality tv shows? We have. So we ask Adam Richard what the story is. You’re going to be shocked or not. Also, Brett disturbs us with some people driving tiny little cars and trying to sell us insurance or supermarkets or something. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep342.mp3|titles=Episode 342|artists=Boxcutters] Notes […]

Ep 341: Whitlam, Leongatha

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:13 GMT

Another documentary about Whitlam? You might be shocked to discover they’re not as common as Mad As Hell would have us believe. Penny Robins tells us about creating the new doco for the ABC. Shane Dunlop is the writer/director of new community television comedy series Leongatha. He tells us about making TV location-based narrative comedy […]

Ep 340: In The Flesh, Sweet & Sour

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 8 May 2013 19:00:50 GMT

Are you sick of films and tv shows about zombies? Then listen to this discussion of In The Flesh, a three part drama from BBC Three. Also, John reaches into the past for a Things You May Have Missed about rock’n’roll and the 80s. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep340.mp3|titles=Episode 340|artists=Boxcutters] Notes Watch this space.

Ep 339: Sabour Bradley’s Head First

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 1 May 2013 19:04:06 GMT

Sabour Bradley is the writer, director and host of the new ABC2 factual series, Head First, but can it be called documentary? He takes us through the mind of a daredevil in search of the truth. Also, splendid chap and Graeme Garden impersonator, Ben McKenzie comes on board with a slew of facts to be […]

Ep 338: Mr Selfridge, Chris Rankine

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:05:52 GMT

Mr Selfridge is a period drama starring Jeremy Piven and a bunch of English people. We reach deep into our reviewing hole to investigate a show that has no urgent shouting nor any blood splatter.

Ep 337: Utopia and Sketch Comedy

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:00:36 GMT

There’s a UK show from Channel 4 that aired earlier this year called Utopia. We review it at the risk of being discovered and chased through England. Also, is sketch comedy still as relevant as it used to be? We make a clumsy attempt to answer that question. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep337.mp3|titles=Episode 337|artists=Boxcutters] Notes Did we miss something? […]

31 Lamest Reality TV Back Stories

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:27:47 GMT

some back stories don’t cut it. I was inspired to write all this when I saw a kid on The Voice who couldn’t sing. Her back story was that her grandmother died a few years ago. And last year there was another girl whose back story was that she used to have a big nose. No really. She used to have a big nose.

Ep 336: Top of the Lake, Logies

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:36:57 GMT

A co-production between three countries about a small town in New Zealand that first airs on US television? It’s not some make-believe parallel universe. It’s Top of the Lake, the new TV show by Jane Campion and friends. Also, are the Logies now just the blood stains on the handkerchief that betray Australian television’s consumption? […]

Episode 335: Songs with TV, The Americans

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 3 Apr 2013 18:00:04 GMT

Everybody’s favourite human, Ben McKenzie talks to us about songs, singles and albums tied to television shows. Then we review the FX show, The Americans. Also, Dave Lawson continues to be hilarious. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep335.mp3|titles=Episode 335|artists=Boxcutters] Notes New Notes 8 April 2013 Ben McKenzie has shared these links for your own investigation into songs and TV shows. […]

Ep 334: The Following, Big Reunion

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:46:47 GMT

Look, I won’t lie to you. This episode might be a bit messy. We make some great points about the Kevin Bacon series created by Kevin Williamson, The Following, but they might not all be in the right order. And we say good-bye to Brenna. Sad face. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep334.mp3|titles=Episode 334|artists=Boxcutters] Notes Glenn spoke about this article […]

Ep 333: Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:00:38 GMT

Guests and controversial discussion: that’s what you get from this episode. Kirsten Drysdale is part of the new ABC TV show The Checkout, Steele Saunders is the host of the I Love Green Guide Letters podcast and we review the Ricky Gervais series, Derek. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep333.mp3|titles=Episode 333|artists=Boxcutters] Notes Plugs See Steele Saunders and guests live during […]

Ep 332: Con Frantzeskos, House of Cards

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:00:49 GMT

You’ve heard a lot about House of Cards but you haven’t heard it from us. So put your little earbuddies in and check it out. Also, Con Frantzeskos of the Penso Agency tells us all about how TV advertising works, how networks can best use the concept of the second screen and what everyone is […]

Ep 331: Girls, Reducta

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:00:48 GMT

Sure, we’re looking at Girls for the second week in a row. Maybe because we think the show is worth it or maybe it’s because we’re all out of ideas. You decide. We’re too busy concentrating on what makes good TV. Meanwhile there’s also terrible ads to talk about and letters to read out. That’s […]

Ep 330: MKR vs. MasterChef

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:00:40 GMT

In our remarkable return from the fight at Reichenbach Falls, we begin, once again, to investigate the world of television and what it’s good for. We cover the way Girls has been covered in the media. Nelly Thomas tells us all about My Kitchen Rules and MasterChef: The Professionals. Also, in our news we spend […]

Ep 329: Women and 2nd Screens

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:00:48 GMT

Look. We’re not going to lie to you. This is the last episode of Boxcutters for the year. For the rest of the year you will have to busy yourself by playing this episode over and over again. We have a little look at the concept of the second screen and try to evaluate its […]

Ep 328: Death and Horror

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:00:15 GMT

You want the laughs and good joy times? Well, we have an episode all about death and horror to knock that smile and cheer right off your face. Take that, Happy Pants. John takes you through death affected tv shows while Josh tries to look at the difficulties of horror on the small screen or […]

Ep 327: Looking back at Europe

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 5 Dec 2012 19:00:22 GMT

We take a look back at the last couple of years and give little updates on how shows have behaved since we first cast our eyes upon them. Glenn posits that Europe is beating HBO’s pants, Brett fails to understand how calendars work and Brenna brings back some Australian classics. Listen to it or be […]

Ep 326: The Mindy Project

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:00:50 GMT

Mindy Kaling left The Office at the end of last season and created her own show. It forces us to think about the nature of the modern sitcom as a whole and leads to a really interesting discussion. John brings us a bit of missable delight with another Just Don’t Bother. There’s also some letters […]

Ep 325: Marngrook Footy Show

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:00:37 GMT

In news that is sure to raise many more questions about ratings and the ABC’s responsibility to the community, The Marngrook Footy Show was axed this week. We interview executive producer Grant Hansen about the future of what is arguably the best sports show on television. Also, Brett has some more juicy bits from The […]

Ep 324: Cuckoo

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:00:40 GMT

Sometimes a show comes along that seems simple on the surface but really requires a lot more investigation. Cuckoo is a show exactly like that. Luckily, we’re reviewing it this week. We take a look at the highlights of the US election coverage, cover the BBC controversies and receive some emails from General Petraeus or […]

Ep 323: Arrow, Kate Pappas & Ben Eriksen

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 7 Nov 2012 19:00:16 GMT

It’s always exciting to have new TV makers in the studio and Kate Pappas and Ben Eriksen are the perfect people to be excited about. They’ve made a doco called Future Radicals that appears on ABC 2 as part of the Opening Shot series. Then there’s a review of Arrow and we try to help […]

Ep 322: Go On, Lewis Hamilton

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:00:04 GMT

Go On is a new sitcom with some surprises in store for our panel of television experts who watch tv shows especially to tell you good folk what to expect from them. The last thing they want is for you to be disappointed. Josh goes head-to-head with Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton and Brett sticks […]

Ep 321: Last Resort

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:00:03 GMT

Why is Glenn so Angry? Why does Josh keep laughing? Does Brett still have a stash of VHS tapes to watch? What’s Brenna’s big secret? Why did John cut out one of the best jokes of the show? These questions might be answered on this episode. PLUS: We look at Last Resort, a show that […]

Ep 320: Revolution, Bechdel Test

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:00:21 GMT

There is so much to talk about that we struggle to fit it all into one episode. We review the new show from NBC in the US (and it appears on Fox 8 in Australia), Revolution. The second "o" is supposed to be an on/off symbol but that’s too hard to do. Also, we look […]

Foreign shows are not for local networks.

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:54:11 GMT

The huge audience drop for Homeland raises serious questions about the challenges facing traditional TV. The brutal reality is this: content that has screened in other parts of the world is increasingly subject to online piracy and other platforms that allow internet browsers to get around ‘geo-blocks’ on content. From ‘TV isn’t broadcasting impressive numbers’ […]

Ep 319: Channel 4 Comedy Fortnight

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:25:21 GMT

In the lead-up to the Paralympics, the UK’s Channel 4 presented a fortnight of comedy including some one-offs, some brand new work from geniuses you might be familiar with and some fantastic older comedy from their collection. We take a look at everything we can possibly think of to do with this. Also, are you […]

Ep 318: Breaking Bad & Mad Men

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:36:34 GMT

Courteney takes a post modern look at Breaking Bad, Mad Men with a little bit of Dexter thrown in. It becomes a fascinating discussion of the journey of men in current American TV. Fascinating! [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep318.mp3|titles=Episode 318|artists=Boxcutters] Notes If you’re here early, sorry. We’ll regather our notes in a day or so.

Ep 317: Bobby Flynn’s Reality

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sat, 1 Sep 2012 01:37:34 GMT

Bobby Flynn was a contestant on Australian Idol in 2006. Last week we lost a game show about rewarding group talent (Everybody Dance Now). We talk to Bobby about the value of such talent shows and what happens to the people we loved for those moments. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep317.mp3|titles=Episode 317|artists=Boxcutters] Notes One Thing You know, we recorded […]

Ep 316: Paul Verhoeven, Kids’ Gameshows

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:38:35 GMT

The very excited Paul Verhoeven has just spent a month hosting a children’s TV game show that he happily tells us all about. It’s fascinating. Really. Brett has an I Don’t Buy It that brings to light many economic decisions. Also there are jokes. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep316.mp3|titles=Episode 316|artists=Boxcutters] Notes One Thing Howzat!: Kerry Packer’s War 8:30pm Sunday, […]

Live: When TV Goes Wrong

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:40:22 GMT

Originally titled “When TV Goes Mad”, this is a live show at ACMI as part of their excellent “Live In the Studio” sessions. John and Josh will present a trip through television that tried to correct itself by taking the most extreme measures possible. It’s going to be a lot of fun and you just […]

Ep 315: Secret Doctor Who Animation Project

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:22:29 GMT

We have a guest donor in the house, Danny Oz, who brings us a story of a BBC-led Doctor Who animation project. In an I Don’t Buy It as large as a tauntaun, John brings us advertisements from the Star Wars Holiday Special. If we didn’t cover science fiction so often we could say it’s […]

Ep 314: The 30th Olympiad

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 9 Aug 2012 01:02:37 GMT

Have you noticed that the Olympics is on television? It’s probably the most important time in television. Every four years we get to play with new technologies and see what’s in store for viewers. We talk about all of that and some of the advertising around this year’s Olympics coverage. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep314.mp3|titles=Episode 314|artists=Boxcutters] Notes One Thing […]

Ep 313: The Newsroom

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 1 Aug 2012 13:49:13 GMT

This week we take a special look at the new Aaron Sorkin show, The Newsroom. Passions fly and loyalty is laid on the line. We lined up some experts from both sides of the Sorkin fence to investigate exactly what it is that makes this show so loved and hated. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep313b.mp3|titles=Episode 313|artists=Boxcutters] Notes You can […]

Courteney Hocking Fails to Mention Boxcutters in the Age

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 05:50:06 GMT

Hey look! Courteney Hocking wrote a great piece in the Age about how commercial radio sucks and podcasting is ace. For those who want a bit of titillation, she does mention her (well-trained) breasts and a whole bunch of (metaphorical) cocks. Otherwise it’s just a great read and you should be doing that of this. […]

Ep 312: John Clarke

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:01:42 GMT

John Clarke is, without hyperbole, one of the most important figures in Australian TV comedy. His latest project was a documentary series about Australia’s great sporting history called Sporting Nation, which appeared on ABC1 as a lead-up to the Olympics to which the ABC doesn’t have rights. He tells us all about The Games, Farnarkelling, […]

Rethinking The Big Bang Theory

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:15:20 GMT

Back in episode 295 we had our own ürbernerd, Ben McKenzie, talk about The Big Bang Theory and its poor portrayal of nerds on TV. Listener David Lay sent in his thoughts and we present them here in a slightly edited form. I recall having a first look at The Big Bang Theory when Channel […]

Beyond the Golden Zone of Good

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:39:43 GMT

Shows that are too good to watch Like the depression that follows finishing a really good book, receiving technically faultless oral sex, or meeting someone with visible abdominal muscles, true excellence makes my heart sink. As a rule, I will only watch shows which fall into the Golden Zone of “good enough that most people […]

Ep 311: Continuum and Singing

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:00:06 GMT

Continuum is a future-cop procedural from Canada. We pull it to pieces to work out if it’s genius or horrendous. Then we take a trip into the mind of a Bollywood Star contestant in Quotes. Also, there’s a bunch of news and stuff. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep311.mp3|titles=Episode 311|artists=Boxcutters] Notes One Thing Sporting Nation – 7:30pm Sunday, ABC1 References […]

Ep 310: Myf Warhurst’s Nice

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:31:47 GMT

Myf Warhurst is famous from the television. That’s why we’re speaking to her. She has a new show called Nice and it’s kind of like her first solo album. We speak to her about the emotional journey. And we look at the ridiculousness of FTA commercial news in Raywatch. There are some great letters to […]

Girls: A review

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:18:34 GMT

New Hollywoonderkind, Lena Dumham is behind the HBO series, Girls: a look at four 20-something women in New York trying to make sense of their lives and relationships. Dunham plays Hannah, an aspiring writer who is forced to quit her internship when her parents cut off her allowance. She’s in a relationship with a guy […]

Ep 309: All SciFi TV is Rubbish

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:34:53 GMT

This is a very special episode of Boxcutters, recorded in front of a live audience at the 51st Annual National SF Convention. John Richards and Josh Kinal had a debate (aka a word fight) with the topic “That All Science Fiction Television is Rubbish.” Josh took the affirmative and John the negative. Gasp and be […]

Ep 308: Animaniacs and The Voice

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:25:46 GMT

We won’t lie to you. This is one of the best episodes we’ve done*. In Things We May Have Missed we look at the cartoon series Animaniacs and there’s a special Crap TV that no self-respecting Boxcutters listener should miss. Toby Halligan is in with Places We Have Strayed and John Richards brings his usual […]

Ep 307: Lilyhammer, Eurovision

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:01:24 GMT

Warning: This one is a bit sweary. Lilyhammer is a fish-out-of-water story starring Steven Van Zandt as a gangster turned rat. We review the hell out of it. Then we dissect the coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest and go home. Josh’s voice sounds like a dying fish and that’s a noise that should be […]

Sons of Anarchy live at ACMI

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:02:23 GMT

Come and see Josh Kinal host a night of motorcycles, guns and hospital-related drama with the ever intelligent Clementine Ford and Andrew Murfett discussing the ins and outs of Sons of Anarchy. It’s another ACMI Live in the Studio session and tickets are available now. We will have no patch wars but Josh might have […]

Ep 306: Girls and Maid Marian

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:52:24 GMT

We’ve been waiting for a show that created some controversy and passion in the studio. From the media that’s been going around HBO’s Girls, we thought we found just the thing. Have we? Also, everybody’s favourite Ben McKenzie comes in to talk about a very merry Things You May Have Missed (pssst! It’s Maid Marian […]

Ep 305: Public Television Conferences and Homosexuality

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:28:00 GMT

John Richards has been to Sydney to present Outland at Input, an international public television conference. Also, the New York Times says that homosexuality is a lot more acceptable on television than it was 10 years ago. We try to see if that’s true the world over. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep305.mp3|titles=Episode 304|artists=Boxcutters] Notes One Thing Outland – 10pm […]

Ep 304: Why Big Brother Returns

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 8 May 2012 23:18:27 GMT

Creepy stories, trashy TV and the need for a new season of Big Brother are all covered in this special episode of Boxcutters that no parent should miss. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep304.mp3|titles=Episode 304|artists=Boxcutters] Notes One Thing Laid – 9pm Wednesday night, ABC1 Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook – 9:30pm Thursday, ABC1 Insight: ‘Generation XXX’ – 8:30pm Tuesday, SBSONE

Ep 303: Unsupervised, Optus, The Voice

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 1 May 2012 11:03:12 GMT

Remember that whole Optus vs Telstra, AFL and NFL case that was either going to mean the end of sport forever or the death of the internet? Well, Optus lost last week and we speak to to Lucy Battersby from The Age to find out what the judgement means. Glenn Peters has been watching The […]

Ep 302: Spike TV and Nielson Ratings explained

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:48:39 GMT

Christine Lawrence has made a career out of analysing what people love and hate about television shows, how they work and how they can be better. She used to work for the Nielson company in their TV ratings department. When Josh spoke to her in December she was a Senior Analyst in Programming Research at […]

Ep 301: House of Lies, Yodelling

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:20:52 GMT

House of Lies airs on Showtime in the US and stars Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell and Dave Lawson’s brother, Josh. We review and try to work out why some people might not like it. There’s an ad that involves some kind of yodelling. Brett takes a look at that in I Don’t Buy It and […]

Ep 300: Kyle Killen, Live in Texas

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:29:17 GMT

We went all the way to Texas and recorded a show live at SXSW Interactive. Kyle Killen is the creator of the new NBC drama Awake. He took time out of his weekend to sit with us and talk about what it takes to make a series in the US and why it seems so […]

TV Where the Sun Don’t Shine

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:59:33 GMT

I’ve moved to Amsterdam. Yesterday it got to a balmy -4 degrees and my partner Todd and I got all excited. Not so excited that we took our gloves, hats, coats, thermals, scarves or sheepskin boots off… but still. The best part of being in a new country is watching locally-produced TV. In Japan I […]

Ep 299: Marieke Hardy, Comedy Festival

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:57:50 GMT

Marieke Hardy teaches us all about finishing a series with a cliffhanger and how it has nothing to do with tricking the network into a second series. Courteney Hocking looks at the difference between the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in real life and how it’s portrayed on television. In news we discuss Mark Scott’s direction […]

Ep 298: Menage a Teev

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:49:12 GMT

Till Death Do Us Part, All in the Family and Kingswood Country were all the same show in three different nations. We take a look at the similarities between them and try to work out what they say about the different countries at the times they were made. There’s an I Don’t Buy It and […]

Ep 297: Texting and Twitter

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:00:23 GMT

This week we look at a new development in television. It’s part of the whole grammar of drama thing and it’s a fascinating discussion that we don’t want to spoil for you (although the title of the episode will give it away, maybe). Then, following up from last week’s discussion of ABC’s special set-top box […]

Ep 296: Luck and Luther

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:24:38 GMT

Luck is a new show on HBO in the US. It’s created by David Milch so we know from the start that there’s a lot to love and a lot to hate. We try to look at it all. Courteney Hocking’s been looking at the UK series Luther and gives us a rundown on what […]

Ep 295: Episodic Television & Nerds on TV

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:23:13 GMT

Ben McKenzie is a bonafide nerd who takes the label to an almost professional level. He talks to us about how the nerd is culturally represented on television with a particular focus on The Big Bang Theory. TV ads are upsetting and confusing as we discover in I Don’t Buy It. Then we have a […]

Ep 294: Frank Woodley, Spiral vs The Killing

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:37:35 GMT

Frank Woodley comes in to talk to us about doing physical comedy on Australian television and how it really hasn’t been done before. He has a new show starting on ABC1 on Wednesday 22 Feb. Then, Glenn Peters has seen two foreign language series, Spiral and The Killing. He sets them head to head in […]

Ep 293: Paul Ireland, Excess Baggage

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:19:24 GMT

It’s guestarama this week with Nelly Thomas in to talk about Excess Baggage and how it compares to The Biggest Loser. Paul Ireland talks to us about being a young actor in The Bill and an older actor in Outland. There’s One Thing and Pork and News and what else do you need to know? […]

Ep 292: Penny Chapman, Grimm vs Once Upon A Time

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:58:18 GMT

We talk to Penny Chapman, the producer of the new ABC1 series, The Straits. There’s a review of Grimm vs Once Upon a Time and a Raywatch about Channel 9’s coverage of Australia Day protests. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep292.mp3|titles=Episode 292|artists=Boxcutters] Notes One Thing The Straits: 8:30pm Thursday, ABC1 The Office – BBC version: DVD Raywatch You can play […]

Ep 291: Toby Truslove from Outland

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:49:34 GMT

Toby Truslove is an actor. You’ll know him from Laid and the soon to premier Outland. He talks to us about the plight of the Australian actor and what he looks for in a role. There’s a whole heap of news and some great Trotters thanks to Toby Halligan. Don’t forget there are still Crumpler […]

Ep 290: American Horror Story

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:38:54 GMT

American Horror Story was created by the people who brought us Glee but there’s no singing and dancing, just murder, insanity and old-fashioned haunting. Is it as good as everybody thinks? Is it as bad as everybody thinks? Also, Josh spent some time in New York and discovered just how intrusive television can be in […]

Help us get to South by Southwest

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:29:46 GMT

South by Southwest (SXSW) is the largest interactive media gathering in the world. Last year almost 20,000 people attended. This year they have chosen Boxcutters to present a live version of our podcast to a room full of people who might never have heard of us before. This is huge. We’re really excited to have […]

Ep 289: Boss, Lee Zachariah

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:18:53 GMT

We’re back from our Summer Holidays and ready to wow you with a review of the new Kelsey Grammer TV show, Boss. We don’t think we’re going too far by saying it’s the best review we’ve ever done!* Also, marvel at Lee Zachariah’s excellent knowledge of film makers who have crossed over into television. There’s […]

Awaiting Judgement on Platform-Shifting

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 01:50:19 GMT

Lucy Battersby, writing for the Age, continues her coverage of the most important TV news story of the moment. If you’ll remember back to last year, Optus’s TV Now product reopened the whole time-shifting/personal recording debate with the notion of “platform/location-shifting”. Justice Rares of the Federal Court understands the implications for future commercial and technological […]

Ep 288: The Light Side of 2011

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:51:10 GMT

A look at some of the best television the world had to offer in 2011

Dave Lawson’s Chat Show

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:05:23 GMT

Our very own Dave Lawson has just completed the first series of his new late night chat show. It’s called Dave’s Shed Show and it’s the thing that will make him too big for Boxcutters. In case you missed the first episode, we’ve included it for you here:

Inside the Colbert Audience

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:09:43 GMT

A couple of years ago, while in New York, I went to see a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman. I detailed the experience in an episode of Boxcutters. To precis, the audience ticket and loading procedure took twice as long as the taping itself and the overall event was hand-clappingly cultish. During […]

Ep 287: Book Adaptations with Larry Writer

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:14:41 GMT

Larry Writer wrote the book about the crime wars in Sydney in the 20s and 30s called Razor. It was picked up by the Underbelly team and turned into the latest instalment of the true crime dramatisation that has proven so successful for Channel Nine. We talk to him about the whole process. Also, Courteney […]

I’m an audience member, get me out of here.

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 4 Dec 2011 21:11:32 GMT

I’m watching I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and wondering what happened to Britain. These people used to run the world. Now they spend their evenings watching Z-list celebrities participate in quizzes – about themselves. The show takes place in the jungle. The jungle has never looked so much like the smoking balcony […]

Ep 286: The Muppet Show LIVE!

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:42:24 GMT

Earlier in the year John and Josh presented a night at ACMI all about the Muppet Show and how it changed the world of television. It sold out very quickly and chances are you missed it. Never fear, though. Through the magic of modern technology we’re able to bring you an edited audio version of […]

Ep 285: Parents & Abandonment

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:30:11 GMT

It’s a superstar episode with Courteney Hocking, John Richards and Glenn Peters all making appearances. Courteney joins Brett and Josh to discuss what it’s like when we watch TV with our parents. Which shows survive the intergenerational divide? Then John and Glenn, proving they are different people, discuss the concept of abandoning TV shows. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.boxcutters.net/BCep285.mp3|titles=Episode […]

Ep 284: Fresh Meat

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 07:17:59 GMT

We review a new comedy / drama from Channel 4 in the UK. It’s called Fresh Meat and it caused some controversy in the Boxcutters studio. John Richards is cohost and he tells us tales of his journey to Seattle where Outland premiered. We finally get around to your letters and Toby Halligan brings us […]

Outland Wins Award

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:25:17 GMT

Congratulations to John Richards and Adam Richard. Their TV series, Outland, which is still waiting to air in Australia, just won an award at the 16th Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, where it had its international premier. According to BellevueBusinessJournal.com: Audience Award — Special Recognition: OUTLAND In addition to rave reviews from audiences, the […]

Ep 283: Homeland, Survivor

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:53:01 GMT

When Nelly Thomas comes in to talk about Survivor, you know that it’s like a party for your ears, but is she losing faith in her one time bucket of television joy? And what’s with this new fascination with Celebrity Rehab? She explains all. Also, with Glenn Peters in the co-host seat, we discuss the […]

Ep 282: Christos Tsiolkas

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:15:46 GMT

Features an interview with Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap, and we review 2 Broke Girls and Whitney… And see Outland in Seattle!

Ep 281: At Home With Julia

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:50:58 GMT

Rick Kalowski is the executive producer and one of the three writer/creators of At Home With Julia. We spoke to him about the controversy the show caused but also look at the intentions and decisions behind making the show itself. Glenn Peters is in the co-host seat and we talk about the Boxcutters Rule of […]

Ep 280: The Bazura Project

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 4 Oct 2011 01:25:42 GMT

We interview ABC2's the Bazura Project, talk about watching Doctor Who in the cinema and discuss the Arrested Development rumours.

Why boring TV rocks

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:01:24 GMT

Glenn Peters admits that he loves boring TV and hates it when producers try to make it more interesting. His reckoning is that, even if you don't enjoy the Brownlow count itself, you appreciate the integrity and importance of boring TV. The only way to find out more about this, and yourself, is to read even further. Enter the world of Boring TV.

Ep 279: Chas Licciardello

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:00:59 GMT

Josh spoke to Chas Licciardello about causing offence and becoming more mature. The interview is tasteful but may contain references to jokes about incest.

See Toby Halligan’s New Comedy Show

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:03:31 GMT

Toby Halligan presents his brand new comedy show at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. See him at Lithuanian Club in North Melbourne until 8 Oct

AFL & NRL Threaten TV’s Future

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:16:28 GMT

Optus has a service called “TV Now” that works as a kind of mobile phone PVR for its customers. At the end of last month, the AFL and NRL started questioning the copyright issues related to the service.

Ep 278: Now We Are Six

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:44:06 GMT

It's our sixth birthday show and we take a look at all the TV that shaped us when we were six as individuals. It's a world of reminiscence.

James Talia resigns from Nine

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 5 Sep 2011 03:07:04 GMT

James Talia has resigned from Channel Nine News and the Channel Nine News website is grossly out of date.

Ep 277: twentysomething

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:04:25 GMT

We speak to you Jess and Josh from twentysomething, a new show starting on ABC2. Also, there's some first impressions of FetchTV.

When One Wedding Is Too Many

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:18:34 GMT

Josh Kinal watched Four Weddings twice in one week and lost faith in humanity, again.

Changes to the Schedule

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:18:46 GMT

We're making some changes to the way we produce the Boxcutters. It will now be released on Tuesday afternoons. At least for a while.

Ep 276: cloudstreet

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:17:18 GMT

Is cloudstreet the best television drama creation to come out of Australia? Are David & Margaret taking out a court order against John? All of these questions may be answered.

It’s an Episode 276 Whoopsie

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:26:18 GMT

Yes. There were some editing issues with this week’s episode and we’ve had to take it offline so we can bring it up to our usual standard of only some mistakes. Sorry about that. We’ll republish it soon. Also, sorry to the people who already downloaded it and now have a less good version. You […]

Senate enquiry into ABC cuts

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:00:42 GMT

Federal Senator, Nick Xenephon, wants the Environment and Communications References Committee to investigate the recent cuts to production announced by the ABC.

The Pointlessness of Tweeting at the TV.

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:27:29 GMT

The Smug People of the Land Of Smug and their idiot cousins have broken into my lounge room through their twitter accounts. Twitter hashtags on television are just the work of marketing people trying to make more money because that's what they do. Sorry, but getting your tweets read out on air by Larry Emdur won't make you famous.

Sorry about the feed for 275

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:53:41 GMT

There was a mistake in the RSS feed for Episode 275 and some people got Episode 273 instead. Sorry about that. We’ve fixed the issue but if you’re stuck at work and just want to listen to the show, you can always download it directly by clicking on the MP3 icon on the post or, […]

Ep 275: Suits

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:39:13 GMT

We review Suits and discuss our own personal television watching habits. Is the iPhone killing our concentration?

Ep 274: Franklin & Bash, ABC Cuts

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:32:10 GMT

Review of Franklin and Bash, discuss the ABC cuts and look at the weekly news of television.

Episode 274 is delayed

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Aug 2011 01:57:46 GMT

Episode 274 will be delayed by a couple of days.

Family Portrait: 2011

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Aug 2011 01:44:40 GMT

Behold the latest family portrait of the Boxcutters crew. This is us at 2011.

Reporting Suicides is now Okay

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 01:20:28 GMT

The Australian Press Council, earlier this week, released new guidelines with respect to reporting suicide cases in the news but is it the same for TV?

TV in HD, Please

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 2 Aug 2011 07:45:57 GMT

Things look better in HD but it would be better if there were things to look at in HD.

Ep 273: Falling Skies, Phoenix

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:02:04 GMT

We review the new US series Falling Skies and look back at Phoenix in Things You May Have Missed. Also, we analyse Angry Boys. Courteney Hocking is our co-host.

Ep 272: Wilfred

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:24:21 GMT

A review of the US version of Wilfred. Two questionable McDonald's ads. Foxtel v Austar discussion and news of Marvel live action TV series.

Ep 271: Crownies, Four Corners

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:26:07 GMT

Review of Australian TV series, Crownies. Executive producer of current affairs programme, Four Corners, is interviewed. Amazing Race Australia news.

The After-Life of the Soap Opera

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:00:05 GMT

At a time when soap operas are falling off free to air television in the developed world, its lack of subtext helps developing nations overcome disturbing social issues. In a great episode of Radio National’s Future Tense we get to hear about the after-life of the soap opera. It kind of gives more credence to […]

Federal and State TV Recycling

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 5 Jul 2011 01:09:24 GMT

The Federal Government in conjunction with the Victorian and NSW State Governments have launched a scheme to recycle old televisions.

It’s our new website!

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 4 Jul 2011 02:50:51 GMT

We’re so happy to unveil the new Boxcutters website design. We’ve been working on it for quite a while. What you’ll see here is part of our new direction with Boxcutters. It’s not really a change in direction but filling out some ideas we’ve had for a long time. We want to have more reviews […]

TV Manufacturers Put on a Brave Face

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sat, 2 Jul 2011 03:43:14 GMT

This week’s episode of Radio National’s Background Briefing programme is all about the battle for the lounge room and speaks to our question of how to define television. They do a great job (much better than we’ve done) of explaining how simultaneously simple and complex the concepts are. People really have no idea what is […]

Ep 270: Happy Endings, Supertrain

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:01:24 GMT

It’s quite fitting that we review the show Happy Endings this week because that’s the one we all watched during the week. John’s done a special Just Don’t Bother about the late 70s failure, Supertrain. There’s an Amazing Race Minute, an I Don’t Buy It, some Quotes and more mentions of Channel 11 than ever […]

Ep 269: Making SciFi TV for Adults

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:11:36 GMT

John and Josh wanted to investigate the reasons behind Australia makes so much acclaimed television science fiction and fantasy for children but never attempts to do anything for families or adults.

It’s The Muppet Show!

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:29:13 GMT

John and Josh will investigate the ins and outs of the Muppet Show live at ACMI on 28 July. Remember how good the Press Gang and Degrassi show was back in February? Oh, you wanted to get tickets but couldn’t because it sold out? Well, don’t make that same mistake this time. There will be […]

Ep 268: Lawrence Leung, Winners & Losers

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:41:02 GMT

This is a massive show with Lawrence Leung telling us all about his new show Unbelievable. For the last few months, Channel 7 has had a new show on air called Winners & Losers. We thought it was about time we reviewed it. So we do that. We also watched it. In news we talk […]

We won a Chronos Award

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:24:58 GMT

In totally exciting news we won a Chronos Award at this year’s Continuum, Melbourne’s spec fiction and pop culture convention.Specifically we won the Best Fan Publication for our our live interview with Paul Cornell and Robert Shearman about writing for Dr Who. Thanks so much to everybody who voted. We are glad to be amongst […]

Australian Genre TV for Adults at Continuum

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 9 Jun 2011 07:46:34 GMT

John and I are both going to be on a few panels at Continuum this weekend but there’s one we’re co-hosting that is very exciting. The premise is: Australian science fiction, fantasy and other speculative genres is very successful in children’s TV, so why don’t we make any for adults? We’ll be interviewing: Chris Gist, […]

Ep 267: Almighty Johnsons, Channel 9 Advertising

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:40:43 GMT

Remember ages ago when John told us that in New Zealand they were making a show about Norse gods who all lived in modern day Auckland? Well he did and it’s called the Almighty Johnsons and we review it for your pleasure. John and Josh went to a Channel 9 event where they pretended they […]

Ep 266: The Killing, Terriers

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 30 May 2011 07:49:58 GMT

We review the AMC remake of the Danish drama The Killing. In Good Die Young we look at Terriers. Our cohost this week is the ever-pleasant and totally ROCKING, Courteney Hocking. Listen to episode 266 Subscribe to the RSS Feed Subscribe using iTunes

Ep 265: Game of Thrones, Freaks and Geeks

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 23 May 2011 05:43:46 GMT

We review the HBO series Game of Thrones. In Good Die Young we look at Freaks and Geeks. Our cohost this week is copywriter and man-about-town, Glenn Peters. Listen to episode 265 Subscribe to the RSS Feed Subscribe using iTunes

Ep 264: AFL Rights, Lone Star

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:13:53 GMT

Television is getting a lot more complicated as new technologies come forward. Last week we tried to cover the AFL rights issue but it’s really complicated. That why we brought in the big guns. Lucy Battersby from the Age and Sydney Morning Herald comes in to explain it to us properly. In the Good Die […]

Ep 263: The Trip, American Gothic

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 9 May 2011 12:23:32 GMT

You want the truth? You can probably handle the truth. But can you handle our review of the BBC2 series, The Trip? Okay, you can probably handle that. In fact, we recommend that you handle that. We also recommend that you handle our new segment already changing its name. Now it’s called “The Good Die […]

Ep 262: Survivor with Nelly Thomas

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 2 May 2011 04:24:04 GMT

Due to popular demand and direct from her tour of North East Melbourne, Nelly Thomas is back to tell us all about the latest season of Survivor and why it’s still one of the best shows on television. We talk about some of the new technology involved in broadcasting the Royal Wedding and discuss the […]

Eurovision: Party Like It’s 2011…

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:04:54 GMT

YOU are invited to the Boxcutters Eurovision Party upstairs at Seraphim (formerly Vibe), 123 Smith Street, Fitzroy on Sunday, May 15th, 2011. 43 countries enter… one country leaves. Join the excitement and the insanity as the glitter hits the fan.

Toby Halligan’s Electile Dysfunction

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 7 Apr 2011 05:33:29 GMT

Free Tickets for Lucky Boxcutters Listeners Come and see our own Toby Halligan in his Melbourne Comedy Festival show, Electile Dysfunction. Mixing politics, pop culture & growing up gay with ADHD in Canberra, Toby tries to make sense of an Australia that went to bed with Kevin, woke up with Julia and found Tony Abbott […]

Live: Pat Mastroianni, Degrassi & Press Gang

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:36:39 GMT

Pat Mastroianni played the celebrated Joey Jeremiah on the classic late-80s / early-90s Canadian teen drama, Degrassi Junior High (and its subsequent series). He joined us live via Skype to discuss his involvement in the series.

Delay on Degrassi and Press Gang Audio

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:57:41 GMT

So sorry for this. There are some problems uploading the file for this week’s release of the live show we did at ACMI. We’re working on getting up first thing in the morning. It’s worth the wait. We promise. In the mean time, some of our videos that we used in the show have already […]

Ep 261: Marc Fennell, Disabled Characters

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:18:59 GMT

With co-host Courteney Hocking we take you on a magical journey through site, sound and cat noises. Marc Fennell, star of Hungry Beast and the Circle talks to us about the not so surprise third season of Hungry Beast. Sophie Geffros gives us an insider’s view of what the whole controversy over non-disabled actors playing […]

Money Supporting Boxcutters

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:53:45 GMT

In the last couple of weeks we’ve asked for donations during the episode. Some listeners requested more information about how we use the money we raise. Here’s a little history of the money we’ve raised so far and what we plan for the future. Due to the generosity of a small percentage of our listeners, […]

Ep 260: Perfect Couples, Bendigo St

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:48:16 GMT

John Richards went to the former Channel 9 studios in Bendigo St Richmond to help pull it apart. He tells us why. Brett and Josh review the US series Perfect Couples. Brett tells us why. Josh has been watching The Celebrity Apprentice and you probably already know why. Enjoy responsibly: RSS feed iTunes or listen […]

Ep 259: The Chicago Code

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Mar 2011 11:02:06 GMT

You want in-depth and slightly waffly discussions about what makes good television? You have come to the right place. Dave Lawson joins us as regular co-host, a role he will share with John and Courteney from now on. We review the new show from Shaun Ryan, the creator of the Shield, The Chicago Code. If […]

Ep 258: Bob’s Burgers, British Shows Down Under

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:49:20 GMT

Sometimes we just need to say what needs to be said. That’s exactly what we do this week. We pull no punches and we reveal all our opinions. Which opinions? Well, we tell you exactly what we think of Bob’s Burgers, the new animated series that airs on Eleven in Australia. Not enough? We also […]

DELAYED Ep 258

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:07:23 GMT

STOP PRESS This episode of Boxcutters will be a little late due to technical difficulties – the cause is all rather complicated so let me just say this is why we have backups. Check back late Tuesday night (GMT+10) when the show should be available. When it is up, you’ll be able to hear all […]

Press Gang Memories

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:55:03 GMT

Last week John and Josh hosted the sell-out session at ACMI all about Press Gang and Degrassi. For those of you who missed out, we’ll be bringing you bits and pieces, leading up to playing the audio version in late March. The first of those is this video that we created out of the testimonials […]

Ep 257: Conviction Kitchen’s Vital

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:09:25 GMT

Courteney Hocking sits in the co-host chair to talk to Jean-Vital Syverin, the sous chef from Conviction Kitchen. We take a look at the new sketch comedy from the Independent Film Channel in the US, Portlandia. Toby Halligan’s Trotters brings us home and there’s the week’s TV news and what you should watch this week. […]

More of Ben Elton’s Ratings

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:44:06 GMT

Last week we mentioned the ratings for Ben Elton: Live from Planet Earth across the country. That graphic didn’t give the full picture because, while it showed a big drop off for the show itself it didn’t give an indication of what happens generally at that timeslot. So, for last Tuesday (15 Feb) we have […]

Ep 256: ACMA Chair Chris Chapman, Emma Magenta

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:15:56 GMT

ACMA Chair, Chris Chapman, talks to us about the crazy things that those whacky regulators at the Communications and Media Authority get up to. He also goes into the details behind last week’s controversial David Campbell / Channel 7 decision. Then we talk to author and artist turned TV animation writer/director, Emma Magenta. Her new […]

Escaping From Planet Earth

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 9 Feb 2011 01:07:12 GMT

The ratings for last night’s Live From Planet Earth debut on Channel 9 tell a sad tale of a program that had viewers fleeing from their sets to avoid any stray contagion that may come through the screen and infect them with whatever it was that made anybody think putting this on TV in the […]

Ep 255: Harry’s Law, James Talia

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Feb 2011 04:38:21 GMT

The wonderfully talented and outrageously charming Dave Lawson joins us as cohost. We discuss recent news coverage and the secret lives of journalists with James Talia. Also we review Harry’s Law, the new David E Kelley drama. Expect, as well, the usual fare of news and pork with trotters. Smell the audio treats: RSS feed […]

Ep 254: Episodes

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 1 Feb 2011 09:10:58 GMT

2011 is going to be a great year for television. At least we hope it is because otherwise we’re pretty screwed. This week we talk about the UK/US co-production Episodes starring Matt LeBlanc, Steven Mangan and Tamsin Greig. We also take a look at some of the shows we hope to watch this year on […]

Boxcutters, Degrassi, Press Gang and You

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:25:26 GMT

As you’ve probably heard by now, Boxcutters is presenting a night at ACMI where we’ll be discussing Press Gang and the Degrassi series as well as some other after school early 90s faves. We want to hear from you. If you were a fan of these shows, if you were influenced by Lynda Day, Spike […]

Merry Episodic Echo: Boxcutters picks of 2010

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:59:10 GMT

In this, the Grand Final of Boxcutters episodes for 2010, all the players are in to give 110% in the name of the TV game. Geraldine Hickey joins us with her special comments on her selection of the best show of 2010 and like a fantastic meeting of all the Big Chiefs, we have drawn […]

Ep 253: Oprah is in Australia

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:35:08 GMT

Okay. Really, all anybody has been talking about for the last two weeks, it seems, is how Oprah is in Australia and Julian Assange is not. While we can’t bring you any information about Assange, you can bet that Nelly and Brett both have opinions, information and a whole world of words to say about […]

Ep 252: The Walking Dead, Peter Hitchener

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:55:55 GMT

We get to speak to the extraordinarily delightful Peter Hitchener, newsreader for Channel 9 Melbourne, about how he just gives and gives to his viewers. After many requests from listeners we finally have a look at the comic book adaptation, The Walking Dead. I still wish it was called “They Shoot Zombies, Don’t They?” In […]

You’ve been listening to…

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 6 Dec 2010 04:20:16 GMT

We had a lot of comments about the three or so minutes of reverse-Pete-Smithing that Brett included as a little Twin Peaks nod at the end of episode 251. Actual Chad went one step further and created the feel-good hit of the summer. Have a listen after the jump: Thanks, Chad. You are a very […]

Ep 251: Twin Peaks, Survivor

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:00:29 GMT

It’s so good to have Nelly Thomas back in the Nelly chair. We’ve all missed her but now she’s back and full of fight. She brings us a hilarious summary of the current season of Survivor. For the uninitiated, Nelly’s Survivor summaries are probably better than watching the show and it’s pretty damn good show. […]

Ep 250: Rake, Dr Janet Hall

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:03:56 GMT

Here’s the thing. We did 250 episodes of this show. This is episode 250 but we did our 250th a while ago so here’s one we did this week? Did you follow that? Well, can you follow a whole review of the new ABC show, Rake? I’m sure you can. Also, Toby Halligan starts us […]

Ep 249: Mike & Molly, Geraldine Hickey

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:16:54 GMT

John Richards makes a surprise appearance in the studio to give us an update on the shooting of Outland and he also tells us about your chance to be a part of Australian television history. We review the new US comedy Mike & Molly. Geraldine Hickey is our very special guest host. RSS feed iTunes […]

Ep 248: Tony Martin, Tim Ferguson, Tom Elliott

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Nov 2010 11:30:27 GMT

There’s not really much more I can add. Have you seen the title of the episode? Tony Freakin’ Martin calls us up to talk about A Quiet Word with Carrie Fisher. We end up talking about all sorts of things but it’s Tony Freakin’ Martin so you’ll listen because he’s a genius. In case that’s […]

Ep 247: Weeds, Rally to Restore Sanity

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:00:54 GMT

Did you miss us? Well, we’ve returned anyway so deal with it. One way you could deal with it is by enjoying this wonderful episode in which Riley Boxcutter gives us an exclusive report on the Rally to Restore Sanity (aka the March to Keep Fear Alive). For the first time ever there is a […]

Ep 246: Paul Cornell & Robert Shearman at AussieCon4

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:42:34 GMT

Last September, in Melbourne, science fiction fans came from all over the world to hear us interview two of the writers of the new series of Doctor Who, Paul Cornell and Robert Shearman. You can feel like you were actually there by listening to this episode. You will miss all the visual jokes but you’ll […]

Ep 245: Kim Evey and Greg Benson

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:16:31 GMT

When I, Josh, was in the US earlier this year, I stopped by the house of a pair of web-based film makers to talk about the definition of television. Kim Evey and Greg Benson are two of the people behind the very successful web series, the Guild, but they also produce their own stuff with […]

Ep 244: US Fall Season 2010, Pre-production

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 4 Oct 2010 06:37:03 GMT

Brett has some Crap TVs that he needs to offload on us all. The fact that one of them may have been a misnamed Raywatch will go without saying because it doesn’t change the episode really. And who actually understands the definitions of these segment titles anyway? We may as well call the whole show […]

Ep 243: Grand Final, Strictly Speaking

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:31:17 GMT

Is 3D ruining our sports coverage? We take a look at Channel 7’s coverage of the AFL Grand Final and wonder what has changed. Toby gives us a rundown on what Strictly Speaking is all about. There’s also some Letters to Boxcutters and an I Don’t Buy It to sink your teeth into (or sync […]

Ep 242: But what is television?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:48:43 GMT

With poor Nelly away sick, the wonderful Geraldine Hickey comes in to take her place for a week. Brett doesn’t buy an ad for a genealogy website. We start talking about what television actually means and how the very concept is changing and where it’s going. That’s going to be a long journey but we’ll […]

Ep 241: Huge, Hellcats, Basil Fawlty

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:33:26 GMT

This week we finally reveal who is number 5 in the Boxcutters Greatest Characters of All Time (there’s a clue in the title of this week’s episode but don’t tell anyone). Also there’s a review of the new CW series Huge from some of the creators of My So Called Life. Josh does a Rule […]

Ep 240: The Greatest TV Characters of All Time

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:50:13 GMT

Yes, the rumours are true. Boxcutters has been around for five years. You’d think we’d have quit by now but no, we are very bad at learning lessons. To celebrate our podcast longevity we give you a gift. In fact we give you the greatest gift. We reveal to you, in this very episode, the […]

Ep 239: Rubicon, Margot Leadbetter

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:11:24 GMT

We review Rubicon and John talks about Margot Leadbetter in the Greatest TV Characters of All Time. None of us were paying much attention. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 239 in your browser Send us an email about all the things we asked you to this week. This episode is supported by IceTV, giving […]

Ep 238: Claire Hooper, The Election & The Mole

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:59:40 GMT

To top off what has already been a really busy week full of too much information, we bring in Claire Hooper from Good News Week to talk about the election night coverage. Remember the extreme game show / early reality series The Mole? Well, Brooke Marshall was the winner of series 2 of that show […]

Ep 237: Peter Rowsthorn, Let the Blood Run Free

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:39:50 GMT

Are you sad, alone, or just generally unhappy with your life? Then you need the LATEST EPISODE OF BOXCUTTERS! Star of Kath & Kim, Comedy Company, Let the Blood Run Free and, most recently Can We Help, Peter Rowsthorn joins us in the studio to discuss his extensive career. We also get a chance to […]

Ep 236: Louie, Geraldine Hickey

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 9 Aug 2010 12:08:26 GMT

The excellent Geraldine Hickey joins us to tell us tales of what young children like to watch. Also, we review the new Louis CK show, Louie. I don’t want to build it up too much but it’s really fun. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 236 in your browser Send us an email about all […]

Ep 235: Kevin Clash & Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Wil Anderson

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:27:42 GMT

Kevin Clash performs Elmo on Sesame Street and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph does the same for Abby Cadabby. We have them live in the studio talking about puppetry, children’s television and adult humour. Also, Wil Anderson joins us on the phone to discuss The Gruen Nation. It’s really good. Really it is. RSS feed iTunes or listen […]

Ep 234: Leaders Debate (sic), Masterchef Finale

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:03:16 GMT

There’s lots of talk and stuff about the things in the title of this post. What more do you want to know? Spend some quality time with us and we’ll tell you everything you need. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 234 in your browser Send us an email about all the things we asked […]

Ep 233: Hawke, TAC Ads, Kit Kats

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:33:00 GMT

John is back from Japan and he’s brought us some weird flavoured Kit Kats. You can hear us eat them. Also TV happens. Get yourself more of Declan Fay at the Sweet Plumb podcast. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 233 in your browser Why not send us an email to agree with Brett or […]

Ep 232: 7pm Project, Al Swearengen

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:19:19 GMT

This week Rob Brearley, Creative Producer with Roving Enterprises, talks to us about his work with the 7pm Project. In our continuing look at the Greatest TV Characters of All Time, the excellent Lawrence Mooney joins us to talk about Al Swearengen. There’s a new quiz question with another DVD box set to win. RSS […]

Ep 231: Danny Blay, 30 Rock Characters

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:23:51 GMT

Danny Blay is an Executive Officer from No to Violence. He comes in to talk about representations of sexual violence on television. If that doesn’t sound like enough fun and good times, we look at some characters from 30 Rock in the Greatest TV Characters of All Time. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 231 […]

Ep 230: Rajendra Roy, The Doctor

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:29:01 GMT

Rajendra Roy is the head film curator for MoMA in New York and we have a little discussion with him about what Television actually means. John talks about The Doctor as one of the Greatest TV Characters of All Time. Brett and John have an argument about politics that gets really boring but ends in […]

A Slight Delay

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:05:44 GMT

We’ve had some scheduling difficulties getting the team together for a Monday night record so this week’s show will come out on Tuesday night. It’s worth waiting for, though. It’s John’s turn to discuss one of his Greatest TV Characters of All Time and I’ve done a brief interview with Raj Roy about the place […]

Supernatural (2005 – current)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:30:42 GMT

Two brothers wage a war on evil, fuelled by their loved ones taken from them prematurely and the legacy left to them by their father. Wow. So dramatic? Already? On the one hand, that really is Supernatural in a nutshell. It is an ultimate battle against demons, wraiths, succubi, ghosts and, yes, the occasional vampire. […]

Ep 229: Daria, Nelly’s Magic Box

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:02:09 GMT

We really say the word “box” about 50 times in this episode. We can be so infantile sometimes. Those are the times we like the best. We look at Daria as a contender for the Greatest TV Characters of All Time. Nelly talks about her new PVR. And there’s some other stuff. RSS feed iTunes […]

Call us now about Daria

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:01:59 GMT

We’re recording this week’s Boxcutters episode a couple of days earlier because of various Monday night commitments. Therefore, if you want to call us to talk about Daria Morgendorfer or any other character you think should be listed in the Greatest TV Characters of All Time, you need to do so before 2pm Saturday to […]

Survivors (1975 – 1977)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:30:35 GMT

The recent decision by the BBC to revive Terry Nation’s 1970s dystopian series Survivors probably wasn’t that much of a surprise. In the wake of the hugely successful Doctor Who (and copious spin-offs), we’ve seen the return of Quatermass, Captain Scarlet and Day Of The Triffids. There’s even endless rumours (or threats) of a rebooted […]

Ep 228: How to Make it In America

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:56:36 GMT

Yes. We finally review How to Make it in America. “About bloody time,” you all shout in a wondrous chorus. Also, John goes through why he chose Lynda Day for his choice to include in the list of Greatest TV Characters of All Time. We had a lot of fun putting this one together. Probably […]

The Boxcutters Hotline

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:16:23 GMT

To help you get your true emotions off your chest and to help us get a better understanding of who you think is the Greatest TV Character of All Time, we now have a phone number you can leave a message on. +613 9016 9269 will get you some voicemail goodness. Leave a message after […]

Ep 227: Provisionally the Greatest TV Characters of All Time

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:47:22 GMT

This is turning into a massive operation. We have created a provisional list of the Greatest TV Characters of All Time taken from your suggestions over the last two weeks and our own personal top tens. You can hear all about how we’re putting the list together and our continual investigation about what makes a […]

Anticipation of the Greatest TV Characters

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 3 Jun 2010 03:47:53 GMT

So here we go. This is in no way the final list. These are just the finalists we’ve all chosen from our own brains. We’re waiting on all of you to get us all of your lists. Send them to us or leave them as comments in the blog and next Monday on the show […]

Ep 226: James Talia, Eurovision, Bechdel Test

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:59:08 GMT

James Talia joins us to discuss the recent controversy over Channel 7 news and the former NSW Minister for Transport. We review this year’s Eurovision coverage and the Lost finale. And we look at the recent shows we’ve reviewed and see how they match up against the Bechdel Test. All that and more. Just listen. […]

Ep 225: Treme, Survivor, Ray Watch

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:41:42 GMT

Treme is the new David Simon drama on HBO. We review it for your listening pleasure. Also, by request, Nelly does a run down of the latest season of Survivor in anticipation of tomorrow night’s finale. Brett discusses some bad reporting in Ray Watch. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 225 in your browser Hey […]

Eurovision Party Poster Time

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:22:26 GMT

John and his friends have made a smashing poster for the Boxcutters Eurovision party at Vibe on Smith Street.

Ep 224: Lowdown with Adam Zwar and Amanda Brotchie

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:44:45 GMT

We speak with creators of ABC TV’s Lowdown, Amanda Brotchie and Adam Zwar. Also we review the recent HBO series, How to Make it in America. Update: We were planning on reviewing this show but ended up talking to our excellent guests for a little longer than expected. We’ll pick this up in a couple […]

Ep 223: The Circle and other stories

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 10 May 2010 10:47:48 GMT

We don’t even once accidentally call The Circle “the Coven” but that would have been hilarious if we had. There is a heap of other segments as well and hilarious puns and stuff. Articulate and everything. Listen: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 223 in your browser Hey you. Come and celebrate the wonder of […]

Ep 222: Justified, TV Cliches

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 3 May 2010 13:10:55 GMT

In the post coital-type bliss of that flamin’ mongrel Alf taking out the gold Logie, Boxcutters gets back to basics with: Our take on the latest offering from non-pejorative basic-cable channel, FX, Justified, starring Timothy Oliyphant in the titular role as Justin Timberlake in a hat; The shooting down of another TV Cliche seen on […]

3D Television in a World First

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:30:39 GMT

Channel 9 announced this morning that they will be airing the State of Origin series in 3D. That will make it the first time a sports program has ever been broadcast in 3D anywhere in the world. That’s all well and good but, as the old meditative saying goes: If sport is broadcast in a […]

Old news we meant to cover – April 2010

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:54:41 GMT

Here are some news items we meant to cover on the show over the last couple of weeks but ran out of time. Contrary to my comment in a previous episode, sport IS going to be broadcast in 3D. — “World Cup to be broadcast in 3D” (Variety) Australian magician, James Gallea is working on […]

Ep 221: Masterchef, Dead Gorgeous

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:03:26 GMT

Nelly Thomas is back in the co-host chair after a very successful comedy festival. We discuss the changes in this year’s Masterchef and review the ABC kids’ series, Dead Gorgeous, in ‘Before and After School’. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 221 in your browser News Items Here are some news items we didn’t get […]

Lost: The Orchestral Experience

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:03:44 GMT

In what is possibly the coolest, geekiest, most meta-television experience ever invented*, Michael Giacchino, Oscar® winner and Lost music composer, will conduct an orchestra performing music from Lost in a live event in Los Angeles this May. This event speaks to all aspects of my nerdihood. Are you in LA? Are you planning to go […]

Bloodshed, horror and sensationalism

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:23:38 GMT

This afternoon Channel 9 announced a new show starting this Sunday. Not sure if they were planning this before Carl Williams was killed but it’s definitely related to their Carl Williams: Baby Faced Killer show from earlier this week. It’s possible that they discovered how quickly they can put this kind of material together and […]

Ep 220: Dave Lawson, Drew Rhodes, The Pacific

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:23:12 GMT

Dave Lawson tells us all about the goal of combining football and family entertainment on the Bounce. Drew Rhodes was the location manager for The Pacific. We find out all about recreating 1940s Melbourne in 2009 and just what the hell a location manager does anyway? Oh, and also we review the Pacific, just in […]

Remember when sitcoms were dead in the water?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:14:21 GMT

So remember how it wasn’t that long ago we announced the death of the live studio audience sitcom? Sure, we had an axe to grind. All that fake-sounding laughter is a comedy purist’s nightmare. Still, no sooner had we chosen the coffin and bought a beautiful wreath for the occasion than Chuck Lorre came along […]

Satellites give TV to those hard to reach places

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:15:09 GMT

With just two and a half months to go before the first part of our country (Mildura/Sunraysia) is left without access to a free-to-air analogue television, Senator Conroy announced this morning a joint venture between the Government, Southern Cross Media and Imparja. The Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service will be available to all areas […]

Ep 219: Lin Buckfield – Executive Producer of Media Watch

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:41:33 GMT

Lin Buckfield is the new executive producer of Media Watch. We speak to her about her anticipation of the new job. Also we kind of review the new show Spartacus: Blood and Sand. It’s silly but fun: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 219 in your browser

Ep 218: Dan Ilic, Dave Bloustien

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 5 Apr 2010 09:50:59 GMT

This week we talk to Dan Ilic about the ads he created for the VicRoads road-safety campaign. You probably would have seen them referred to because of their controversy. Also, Dave Bloustien discusses writing for Good News Week and the Glass House. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 218 in your browser Maybe after listening […]

6 Degrees of Sepa-‘Rage’

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:37:19 GMT

Long running and still excellent ABC music video programme, Rage, is conducting a really interesting competition that’s totally piqued my interest. Firstly, the prize allows the winner to programme an hour of Rage. This is something I’ve always wanted to do. Really. Programming Rage, in my mind, means that somebody has, in someway, made it. […]

Ep 217: Quentin Crisp telemovie, BBC changes

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:40:26 GMT

In Things You May Have Missed, John introduces us to An Englishman in New York, the continuation of the story of Quentin Crisp. We discuss the changes going ahead at the BBC and also look at whether or not the Golden Age of Television has now passed. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 217 in […]

Ep 216: A Visit to Letterman, Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:58:51 GMT

We love it when our friends come back from an overseas jaunt, bearing gifts from foreign lands, and we always try to catch the magic of the joy and surprise on Boxcutters. In this week’s fresh-off-the-plane episode, Josh brings us an audio journey through the trials and tribulations of getting into the Ed Sullivan Theater […]

Ep 215: Carol-Lynn Parente, Executive Producer of Sesame Street

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:01:25 GMT

When the opportunity arrived to speak to the Executive Producer of one of the most influential TV shows on the planet, there was absolutely no question about it. Josh spoke to Carol-Lynn Parente about Sesame Street, the death of Mr Hooper, the introduction of new characters, and using TV as an educational tool. Brought to […]

We apologise for this break in transmission

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:34:16 GMT

Hey, hey Kids! We do have a show for you this week, with a fascinating conversation with Carol-Lynn Parente, the Executive Producer of Sesame Street, but I’ve had a couple of corrupt file issues in the elements of the show. All being well, it was just an issue with the transport media and the recordings […]

Ep 214: Craig McLachlan Part II

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:34:48 GMT

As you will no doubt remember, the first time we had Craig McLachlan in the studio we were all so impressed, charmed and generally gooey about the experience that we had to invite him back to: Finish examining his career thus far; and See if multiple exposure to his delightful personality returned us to our […]

Ep 213: Winter Olympics coverage Peter Campbell [Foxtel] & Giaan Rooney [Channel 9]

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:22:44 GMT

It’s like going to the fights and having a hockey game break out this week on Boxcutters as we tie up the trans-Pacific phone lines, talking with Peter Campbell (Director of FOXTEL Sport and Olympic Games) and Giaan Rooney (former Australian Olympian and Channel 9 Winter Olympics 2010 commentator) live and direct from Vancouver, BC, […]

Winter Olympics Coverage: A Shambles?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:49:04 GMT

Earlier today we received a barrage of text messages from Alex Boxcutter complaining about the poor Winter Olympics coverage on Channel 9: No aussies in event means 9 don’t think we care. God forbid we’d enjoy something other than the summer swimming. Fucking disgaceful! I wish i had fox! -Alex b On Twitter we saw […]

Ep 212: Archer, Ray Watch, TV Clichés

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:17:55 GMT

Archer is an animated series on FX in the US. Fox 8 announced it will air on March 7 in Australia so we take a little look. We talk about Chuck vs the *shudder* “shippers”. In the news we discuss The Biggest Loser fans gone silly, David Leckie on record and Senator Conroy skis his […]

Ep 211: Biggest Loser, TV Licenses and Freebies for Networks

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:49:45 GMT

It’s all in the title. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 211 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 837 (0458 CUTTER) Here are some things we mentioned during the show: Gorge Yourself It’s like Hulu but we can see it in Australia. But for […]

When will your analogue signal go?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:35:31 GMT

Further to our discussion last week about useless statistics and whether or not people are aware of when the analogue signal in their area will be switched off. Here’s a map that tells you non-specific information. Click on it and see for yourself. If you navigate through it, you’ll see that there’s a definite date […]

The DOA Wife?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:37:32 GMT

Longtime Boxcutters listeners will know that I have never been one to watch much live TV. When we started doing this show, I had three video recorders hooked up that I would variously record on or try to work through the previously recorded shows while juggling the physical tape space on multiple VHS tapes. I […]

Ep 210: The League, The Nature of Television Storytelling

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:53:03 GMT

The League is another show about men and their relationships with one another. We take a good long look at it. We also have a long conversation about whether or not there is a place for episodic drama on television. It’s a very interesting chat with lots of information. We go a little bit high-brow […]

Episode 209: Nazeem Hussain, Ben McNair

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:08:26 GMT

Comedian Nazeem Hussain joins us in the studio to talk about how dark people, Muslims and immigrants in general are portrayed on Australian television. Then Ben McNair from Channel 7 News sits down for a chat about Haiti, Black Saturday, the ABC’s 24-hour news channel and Kevin Rudd. It’s jam-packed information from start to finish. […]

Ep 208: Men of a Certain Age, NBC and Leno and Conan

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:22:48 GMT

Oh yes. We’re back, and we’ve prepared for your listening pleasure the greatest 70 minutes of television related discussion OF ALL TIME. Nelly Thomas joins us at the start of the show to prove that she is not just John putting on a funny voice. Then we discuss Men of a Certain Age, a new […]

Boxcutters Welcomes Nelly Thomas

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:55:32 GMT

We’re very excited to welcome Nelly Thomas to the regular Boxcutters team. Long-term listeners might remember Nelly from her co-hosting duties on episodes 130 and 137. Joining us fortnightly, Nelly will bring her wonderful experience in all matter of media, her unabashed love of good television and excellent comedic sensibility to Boxcutters. She will alternate […]

East West 101: season 2

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:49:47 GMT

Note: At the end of last year I talked about East West 101 as an Australian TV highlight. Here’s some extended thoughts. I continue to beleive that one of the last things we need in this country is more cop dramas but when a good one comes along, it’s really hard to ignore. The second […]

Hitting the Snooze Button One More Time

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:21:08 GMT

Hey there lovely Boxcutters Family. We’ve decided we need just one more week to get everything back in order for a wonderful 2010 Boxcutters-style. We’ll be back with normal, but seemingly fresher, programming about programming, programmes and other television-related discussions on 18 January. Thanks for understanding.

Everything Old is New Again (only disappointing & uninteresting)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:12:57 GMT

“In the history of network television, no remake of a previous hit series has ever become a hit itself on network television. “Plenty have been tried… Digging through the files of series past, one could perhaps make an argument for some shows spawned from original hits. Star Trek, of course, gave birth to four separate […]

Some End of Year Housekeeping

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:38:01 GMT

There were a number of things that we neglected to cover in the last show or maybe we just touched upon them. One of those things was a look at the decade 2000-2009. For those pedants who say 2010 was not the start of a new decade (and you know who you are), we’re defining […]

Special Epinephrine Delta Force: Wilbur Wilde, James Talia, Tom Elliott

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:41:00 GMT

In our last episode for the year we look back at the year with some of our regulars. Wilbur Wilde talks about Hey Hey It’s Saturday‘s return, James Talia looks back at the year’s news and Tom Elliott talks more about the death of television. It’s some interesting conversation and some messy amateurs holding it […]

Ep 207: Modern Family, Twilight Zone

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:06:30 GMT

Modern Family, not a black and white like it or not review about the new series from ABC in the US. Intrigued? You should be. It was an intriguing conversation. Also, the Twilight Zone is a beguiling series that we talk about in Things You May Have Missed. There’s News, Letters, Raywatch, Pork, One Thing […]

Ep 206: Misfits, The Prisoner, Lunch Disclosure

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:32:21 GMT

Misfits comes from the UK, is filled with unattractive and very annoying characters and is essentially Skins meets Heroes. So why do we find it so strangely compelling? Also, Corin and Toby from Beauty & the Geek give us a review of the remake of The Prisoner in a segment I think we should call […]

Ep 205: Adam Christou, Melrose Place

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:25:31 GMT

Dear Listener, We present, for your entertainment, Mr Adam Christou, who shares with us a brand new world of adult entertainment based on parodying television shows. Also, we review the new series of Melrose Place. We investigate the universe’s disturbing quarters so that you can sound more knowledgeable at dinner parties. Learn something: RSS feed […]

Ep 204: Bored to Death, Foxtel’s EPG, Arguments

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:18:36 GMT

Bored to Death was on HBO in the US and we discuss its merits with almost argumentative tones. OK, they are argumentative tones but with good points. It’s an interesting conversation and you should listen to it. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 204 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send […]

Ep 203: Craig McLachlan (really!)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:01:59 GMT

This week we speak at length to Craig McLachlan. He tells us all about Neighbours, the record industry, the wilderness and Alan Dale. He’s a wonderful guest. Listen to it. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 203 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 837 […]

“If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them…”

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:23:45 GMT

In episode 202 we suggested there should be a action show called “ACMA Squad”. Actualchad agreed, and sent us this:

Ep 202: Community, Micro Men, Kim Dalton should resign

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:43:06 GMT

Community is a new show from NBC in the US about people in community college that is a lot better than it sounds. Also, John talks about a BBC telemovie called Micro Men. Hungry Beast could be better. And, Kim Dalton should resign. Find out why: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 202 in your […]

Spring Break with John Safran

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:57:49 GMT

This week we’re taking a little hiatus. A few weeks ago Josh recorded an interview with John Safran about his new show John Safran’s Race Relations. Here’s the interview in full. RSS feed iTunes or listen to Spring Break in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 […]

Tivo and Freeview

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:51:10 GMT

Tivo announced it will change the ‘Watch Live TV’ option to ‘Watch Freeview’ …. http://smarthouse.com.au/Media_Centres/Set_Top_Boxes/V5V6V4B5 Although none of us know what Freeview is, it has enough pull to trick Tivo US into allowing the name change.

Ep 201: FlashForward, Dominos Pizza, The Future of Television

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:59:39 GMT

This week, we lounge into our new century with a look at the future (ooh, spooky) with FlashForward. There’s an I Don’t Buy It. Also, one of the most interesting discussions in Pork we’ve ever had. It’s like delicious, fluffy mashed potato but for your ears. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 201 in your […]

Ep 200: Myf Warhurst, Highway Patrol, Surprise Guests

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:05:22 GMT

200 episodes! Wow. It seems like only yesterday we were preparing for our 200th episode (and John’s 54th) and now it’s here already. The beautiful and delightful Myf Warhurst joins us to talk about Spicks & Specks. Also, “You’re under arrest” is not one of the things Acting Sergeant Alisdair Farrell says to us. We […]

Does Variety Television Actually Exist?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:50:59 GMT

There’s been a lot of talk about Variety coming back in the last couple of weeks. Everything to do with the Hey Hey It’s Saturday reunion (other than the obvious criticisms) shows has been about variety coming back. “Isn’t it great to have variety back?” people will say. Of course, people said the same thing […]

Ep 199: The Cult, Ads for Shoes, Garry Shandling

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:57:34 GMT

Hi everybody. This is episode 199. We talk about the New Zealand show, The Cult and some other stuff. Our energy levels were down. We apologise but we’re just saving it up for a big show next week. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 199 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or […]

Ep 198: Beauty plus Geek, Marc Fennell

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:12:11 GMT

Corin and Jenna, one of the geeks and one of the beauties from Channel 7’s Beauty and the Geek, join us in the studio to talk about what it’s like to be part of a reality television series. Marc Fennell, the star of ABCTV’s Hungry Beast is on the phone discussing the controversies around the […]

Remember When… Tim Ferguson

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:58:22 GMT

With the Boxcutters team scattered around the globe this week, we take a wander down memory lane with an occasional series that we’ve now dubbed Remember When… Remember When… Tim Ferguson joined us to talk about his impressively long career in Australian television, visiting on the eve of the inaugural Melbourne Comedy Festival show, Axed? […]

197: Sam Pang, Just Don’t Bother, The Loop, The Brownlow, The Emmys

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:18:02 GMT

Sam Pang, host of the SBS quiz show, ADBC, is our guest this week. He tells us things about stuff. There’s a Things You May Have Missed about The Loop, a special Just Don’t Bother, and Brett thinks the Brownlow is both brown and low. Listen to it y’all: RSS feed iTunes or listen to […]

:30 Seconds — A Rule of One review

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:41:50 GMT

The following took place as part of the Outland Institute radio show and our controversial “Rule of One” review process. Since this aired, last Friday, there has been another episode of :30 Seconds but the Rule of One prevails. Last Monday, the first episode of the new sitcom from Andrew Denton’s Zapruder’s Other Films aired […]

Ep 196: Wilbur Wilde, Generation Kill, I Don’t Buy It, Letters

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:44:14 GMT

As we sail into our 5th year of Boxcutters ? thanks for all the cards and pressies for our birthday last week, BTW ? we take a look at the future of another show of longevity, Hey Hey it’s Saturday, as we talk to Wilbur Wilde about how things are going in the run-up to […]

Ep 195: Tom Elliott, Flash Forward, The Lost Room

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:10:14 GMT

We have a week full of broken rules of time and finance with: Tom Elliott inventing the flux capacitor giving us some rational explanations for the asset writedowns and massive profit downgrade at 7 and how hard 9 and 10’s parent companies are doing it; a preview of Flash Forward, coming to our screens on […]

Ep 194: Nurse Jackie, Come Back Mrs Noah, Foot Scrapings

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:17:50 GMT

Nurse Jackie is the new show from Showtime in the US starring Edie Falco. Come Back Mrs Noah is an old show from the late 70s that John once saw. There’s an I don’t buy it and a whole bunch of other stuff to make you laugh, cry and possibly even hit yourself in the […]

Conspiracy theories in television

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:14:39 GMT

Last week Oliver Stone announced his latest project. It’s a ten-part documentary series called the Secret History of America. Stone is the king of creative conspiracy theorists. This series is apparently going to include newly discovered facts from the Kennedy administration and the Vietnam War amongst other things. So I think it’s important to note […]

Because we are all the fifth cylon

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:10:46 GMT

For this week’s episode, the computer decided that we should largely sound like Davros. Sorry but we’re not going to put it up. It was hilarious and insightful but clearly just wasn’t meant to be. If you want, you can take this opportunity to listen to John interview Alan Brough. It has swears in it! […]

Ep 193: Hung, Parker Lewis, Hamlet!

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:41:41 GMT

This week we look at the new HBO drama, Hung, and in Before and After School there’s Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. Parker Lewis Can’t Lose: The Complete First Season is, of course, available on DVD. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 193 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an […]

Go! It’s an instruction for tedium

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:37:48 GMT

I really love what the free to air networks have done with digital television. The offering from Channel 9, Go!, is a remarkable piece of television development. Remember when networks didn’t know how to fill their entire schedule so they’d put old, cheap or seemingly random programmes on at dead times? My Two Dads at […]

Pitching a buddy detective drama

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:46:26 GMT

OK. ActualChad is clearly throwing everything he’s got at this pitching competition. We’re loving his entries. Here’s a video trailer he produced: Think you’ve got what it takes to beat ActualChad? Enter the Pitch Boxcutters competition and win yourself a Crumpler Bean Bag!

Surprise Paintball

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:16:08 GMT

Here is our first pitch competition entry, from ActualChad Productions:

Dock You Meant Aries

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:35:43 GMT

So there’s this thing that’s been on the television for a while, I’m not sure if you’ve heard of it, but the kids are calling it “Reality Television“. Anyway it’s this thing where you get real people in real life situations and follow them around or see them in fish-out-of-water scenarios like the mother from […]

Ep 192: Southland, Quotes, Crap TV, Letters

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:59:36 GMT

Southland is a new show from the US about police. We review it. The rest of the episode is good and full of information about television. Really. It’s wonderful. Also there’s an I Don’t Buy It to destroy a generation. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 192 in your browser Contact us by sending us […]

Helicopter Ear-Piece Dramas

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:30:49 GMT

Channel 9 premiered their new Australian series a couple of weeks ago. It prompted me to create this piece for The Outland Institute radio show. It went to air on 31 July, 2009 but you can still listen to it thanks to modern technophilia. Channel 9’s new weekly drama is called Rescue Special Ops (with […]

Some Great Deals from the Boxcutters Store

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:02:03 GMT

There are some great specials available at the You Do Buy It US store at the moment. A couple of weeks ago we mentioned Errol Morris’s The Fog of War documentary and it’s currently half price. You can also get the complete Addams Family for cheap! There are a bunch of other specials including indie-movies, […]

Ep 191: James Talia, Torchwood, Hosts of things

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:32:39 GMT

James Talia talks to us about news anchoring. We look at Torchwood: Children of Earth. Woo, says Brett Cropley. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 191 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 837 (0458 CUTTER) You can buy Torchwood – Children of Earth on […]

The Rule of One: Drop Dead Diva, Ruby & The Rockets

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:01:43 GMT

This week I've seen the first episode of two new shows from the US. Drop Dead Diva and Ruby and the Rockits.

Ep 190: Parks and Recreation, Dance Your Ass Off, US 60 Minutes

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:36:11 GMT

Too hot to mention, too cold to hold. Called the Boxcutters and in control. This episode of Boxcutters has nothing to do with Ghost Busters 2 but we do talk about Parks and Recreation and other things already mentioned in the title of this episode. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 190 in your browser […]

Pitch Yourself a Crumpler Beanbag

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:09:17 GMT

It’s time to talk about the Boxcutters/Crumpler Beanbag Competition. We’re asking you to come up with a pitch for a new TV show. That pitch must contain audio and or visual components because the greatest way to get someone interested in your idea is to show people. You can enter from anywhere in the world. […]

Ep 189: Psychoville, Leafbusters, MasterChef Postmortem

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:57:47 GMT

We return with a killer episode. The new UK series, Psychoville get a right reviewing, we look at why MasterChef was so bloody popular, and there’s a brief chat about TV series made from novels. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 189 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an […]

MasterChef Cooks Its Results

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:54:55 GMT

The following, in a different form, was used as a rant on John Richard’s excellent The Outland Institute radio show. In case you missed it, which you shouldn’t have because it’s an excellent show, as I previously stated. This week’s television controversy surrounds MasterChef. We’ve been sold a bill of goods. We’ve invited into our […]

Winter Nostalgia 2: Peter Smith (aka Mr Television)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:33:43 GMT

We take a journey into the past and listen to the wonderful Pete Smith. What else do you need to know? Nothing. He is wonderful. Another trip down memory lane: RSS feed iTunes or listen to Winter Nostalgia in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 […]

Winter Nostalgia 1: Brian Nankervis, The Prisoner

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:10:38 GMT

John and Josh take you into the past with this look at our review of The Prisoner from 2005. John offers up some lovely “making-of” secrets. Then we listen to what Brian Nankervis had to say before he became immortalised in our Pork intro. A trip down memory lane: RSS feed iTunes or listen to […]

Ep 188: Human Giant, Pink and Penguins

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:42 GMT

This week was a total mess but we did manage to talk about Human Giant, not buy Optus ads and read out some wonderful letters. Enjoy the chaos: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 188 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 837 (0458 CUTTER) […]

Ep 187: Genevieve Lemon, East Bound and Down

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:51:43 GMT

Quite simply one of the best guests we’ve ever had on the show, Genevieve Lemon is honest, hilarious and an award winning actress. East Bound and Down is a new comedy from some of the people responsible for Funny or Die and we review it for your aural pleasure. RSS feed iTunes or listen to […]

Ep 186: Peter Moon and Brendan Luno from “Whatever Happened to That Guy”

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:48:19 GMT

Peter Moon and Brendan Luno, co-creators of Whatever Happened to That Guy? join us for a very extended chat. Also, we talk about the new TV series, Kings. Here you go: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 186 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 […]

Ep 185: Peter Lane, Sue Taylor, TV That Kills

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:22:36 GMT

This week: Peter Lane, former Chairman of Channel 31 in Melbourne talks to us about the state of community television in the move to digital; producer Sue Taylor sets our mind at ease about 3 Acts of Murder; and we discuss movies about TV shows from a horrible future where we can only enjoy watching […]

Ep 184: Better Off Ted, Monkey, Squiz

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:20:53 GMT

Better Off Ted is a half hour comedy from ABC in the US. It’s funny. We talk about it. In Before and After School we look at Monkey. Also, Brett has problems with the Age’s TV guide and we take a quick look at the SBS celebrity sports quiz show, Squiz. Better Off Boxcutters: RSS […]

SBSTWO launches tonight

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Jun 2009 02:03:39 GMT

SBSTWO launches tonight. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the promo they’ve been running: At least they’re not lying about what it’s going to be. More of the same. How does a television network that is already supposed to be fulfilling a special need, provide more specialised content? Considering the recent criticism of SBS’s […]

Ep 183: Marc Fennell, Movies about TV, Wallander

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:58:50 GMT

Marc Fennell joins us to talk about portrayals of television in film. We talk about the UK detective drama based on a Swedish set of novels starring Kenneth Brannagh, Wallander (just in case you were confused about which Kenneth Brannagh featuring, UK detective telemovie series based on Swedish novels we were talking about). It’s here: […]

Ep 182: James Talia, Ashes to Ashes, Eurovision

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:33:05 GMT

James Talia comes in to talk to us about the world of network news and the changes therein. Also, we review the second season of season 2 of Ashes To Ashes and discuss this week’s Eurovision song contest. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 182 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or […]

Ep 181: Leo Laporte, Party Down, Ten Years Younger in Ten Days

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:05:01 GMT

This week Josh speaks to Leo Laporte, Brett talks about Ten Years Younger in Ten Days and we discuss the US show Party Down. It’s a corker. Listen to it: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 181 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 837 […]

When Too Much Boxcutters Is Barely Enough…

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:34:06 GMT

If you’d like even more Boxcutter action – and who wouldn’t? – here are a few other shows you may enjoy: The Podcraft – Jade Gulliver‘s show about podcasting – is usually a tight half hour. Not this week. Really, it’s like a bonus episode of Boxcutters as?the fabulous Jade tries to get a word […]

Ep 180: Important Things with Demitri Martin, Cadbury Ads, No Logies

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 4 May 2009 12:28:48 GMT

What do you need to know? Important Things with Demitri Martin is a tv show we review. On top of that, some really important news and some less important pork. This week’s quiz is a corker and the prize is a Crumpler Laptop Bag! Find out more: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 180 in […]

Ep 179: Freeview, Revisiting Old Television, Shame on Henrie Stride and Channel 10

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:27:56 GMT

Freeview have a new ad out and we don’t buy it. Also we look at why television of yore might not stand up to today’s viewers. There’s some CrapTV from Channel 10 and we (try to) tell you what to watch Ooh look: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 179 in your browser Contact us […]

Freeview launches new campaign: More for free but at what cost?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:20:41 GMT

We’ll be discussing this new Freeview ad on this week’s Boxcutters. It launched last night. Watching it is all the homework you need to do this week.

IceTV wins its battle with the Nine Network

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:17:07 GMT

In a ruling this morning, the High Court of Australia found in favour of IceTV in its appeal over a decision that said the EPG provider was involved in copyright infringement. The Nine Network originally alleged that IceTV was reproducing a literary work when it published a version of the programming schedule for the network. […]

Ep 178: Marc Fennel and Dan Ilic, Slings & Arrows, Crap TV

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:15:31 GMT

Marc Fennel and Dan Ilic come in to talk about Massage My Medium, their comedy festival show about the end of television as we know it. We review the Canadian comedy/drama Slings & Arrows and have some Crap TV, the quiz and tell you what to watch if you watch one thing. Get it here: […]

Ep 177: Alexandra Tynan, Gloria Jeans and Ingham Chicken Ads, Ladette Quotes

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:05:52 GMT

This week, Alexandra Tynan, the designer of the Cybermen, joins us in the studio to talk about costume design and creating a science fiction icon. Also, we have a couple of I Don’ts Buys Its sent in by listeners (see the clips below). RSS feed iTunes or listen to 177 in your browser Contact us […]

Ep 176: Bazura Project, Being Human, Foxtel Ads

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:37:37 GMT

Lee Zachariah and Shannon Marinko from the Bazura Project come in to discuss the controversy surrounding their Logies/TV Week correspondence. We also review the UK series Being Human. Brett doesn’t buy Foxtel Ads and Kerry Armstrong makes a special appearance*. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 176 in your browser You can buy Season 1 […]

Ep 175: Doug MacLeod, Janet A. McLeod, Dead Set

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:38:18 GMT

Doug MacLeod has written everything from The Comedy Company to Dogstar, and joins us to look back on his career. Janet A. McLeod is our special co-host, Josh Kinal makes a special phone call, there’s special news, special letters and no pork. No pork at all. Oh, all right, there’s a bit. Also we review […]

Ep 174: Rod Quantock, Josie Parrelli, Breaking Bad, Reality Dancing

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:35:16 GMT

Chartbusting 80s‘ Josie Parrelli is our co-host, Australia, You’re Standing In It‘s Rod Quantock is our guest, we review AMC’s new meth-cooking drama Breaking Bad , Josie talks about reality-based Dancing, John has a rant about BSG, Brett is inscrutable. All this, plus news and pork! You lucky, lucky people… RSS feed iTunes or listen […]

Ep 173: Wilbur Wilde, Anne-Marie Peard, Flight Of The Conchords, musical TV shows

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:58:05 GMT

All singing! All dancing! Repeated sax offender Wilbur Wilde is our guest co-host, aussietheatre.com‘s Anne-Marie Peard talks about TV shows that sing (warning: Buffy), we review season 2 of HBO’s Flight Of The Conchords, reminisce about Aussie rock shows and Josh Kinal shows his mad teleportation skills. Oddly, no-one mentions Sweet & Sour (except here). […]

Ep 172: James Talia, bushfires, Dollhouse

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:51:15 GMT

James Talia joins us to talk about the way television news covered the Victorian bushfires and we look at the new Joss Whedon show, Dollhouse. There’s also some letters to Boxcutters and all the news we could fit into the rest of the show. It’s good. Listen to it. RSS feed iTunes or listen to […]

Ep 171: United States of Tara, Terrorist Ringtones, Sunday Night

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:24:19 GMT

The United States of Tara is a new show from Showtime in the US starring Australia’s Own Toni Collette. We also bring you an I Don’t Buy It about mobile phone clubs and a Ray Watch about Sunday Night. Listen to the show the rest of the media is all a-buzz about: RSS feed iTunes […]

Ep 170: Wil Anderson, Privileged, Letters

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:45:02 GMT

Wil Anderson joins us to talk about the Gruen Transfer, The Glass House and iced confection. Also, we review the new show Privileged and read out a whole heap of letters. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 170 in your browser Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 […]

Ep 169: Editor Rob Buttery, Eleventh Hour, Count Duckula

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:09:22 GMT

Editor of shows including Mythbusters and Bondi Rescue, Rob Buttery joins us to talk about the world of television editing. We do a review of the US show Eleventh Hour and a Before & After School about Count Duckula. You know you want it: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 169 in your browser Contact […]

Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities: The Review

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:56:53 GMT

Earlier this week I sat down to watch the first episode of Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities. What I found was a disappointing display of potential that had been dashed upon the rocks of Australian commercial television. In the first episode we’ve got two main characters, Robert Trimbole (played by the excellent Roy Billing) […]

Ep 168: Bam Boom! Entertainment, Lie to Me, Underbelly 2

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:19:13 GMT

Gillian Bartlett and Donna Lyon from Bam Boom! Entertainment join us to talk about their very unique television jobs. Also there’s a review of the new Underbelly season premier, and the new US show Lie to Me. Also we look at coverage of the Victorian bushfires in a special Raywatch. Get it: RSS feed iTunes […]

Episode 168 will be available on Tuesday night

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 9 Feb 2009 06:02:00 GMT

Due to the nature of our arrangement with 3RRR, the best radio station in the world, we sometimes have to give up our spot in the studio so that they can train new people to make more excellent radio. As such, we’ll record Episode 168 on Tuesday and it will be available on Tuesday night. […]

Ep 167: Narrelle M. Harris, Demons, Bigpond Ads

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:29:07 GMT

Noted local author of vampire novels, Narrelle M. Harris joins us to talk about the world of the vampire in television. We cover the UK drama Demons. A listener sent in an I Don’t Buy It and we create the word “Skad”. Skad this: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 167 in your browser Contact […]

Problems with the Comments in IE7

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 1 Feb 2009 00:44:00 GMT

People using IE7 have reported to us that they’ve had issues using the Disqus commenting system. Until we can fix this, we’ll be turning Disqus off but leaving comments open. This means that we won’t have any threaded comments but you will be able to comment more easily. Sorry for the inconvenience this has or […]

Ep 166: Gavin & Stacey, Soap, Dumb Advertising.

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:05:39 GMT

An information-packed episode of television goodness comes your way in the form of Episode 166 in which we discuss the UK show Gavin and Stacey, a Things You May Have Missed about Soap, and we look at dumb advertising campaigns and the dumb television reports about them. Also news, pork, letters etc. Get your episode […]

Get your very own Silver Logie

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:05:10 GMT

You’ve only got about 30 minutes left to own your very own Silver Logie for Best Actress in 1974. It’s up for auction and currently will only set you back a little over $2,000. Come on, that has to be worth it. The Logie was awarded to Bunney Brooke for her role as Flo in […]

Ep 165: Dr David Ranson, Leverage, Production Update

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:09:31 GMT

We find out all about forensic pathology with Dr David Ranson, Forensic Pathologist to the stars. Also we review the show Leverage which started on Fox8 last Wednesday night. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 165 in your browser Contact us by dropping us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 837 (0458 […]

Ep 164: Andy Anderson, Letters, more Andy Anderson

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:02:02 GMT

Star of Heartbreak High, Neighbours, Stingers, Salem’s Lot and pretty much everything you can think of, Andy Anderson joins us for an extended chat. There’s also some letters, news and pork, of course Enjoy it immensely: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 164 in your browser Contact us by dropping us email or send us […]

Boxcutters comments get even more social

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:08:10 GMT

In the spirit of opening things up and making them more social for everybody, we’ve just added Facebook Connect to our comments. Now you can integrate your love for Boxcutters with your need for Facebook attention. Yay!

Boxcutters Goes Social (open comments, better communication)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 23:04:54 GMT

OK, so it took us a little while to figure out what was going wrong but it turns out our contact form wasn’t working properly. Bad Contact Form! It has been disciplined appropriately and we are all sincerely sorry if any of your messages went missing over the past few weeks. In other news, we’ve […]

Ep 163: Swingtown, Number 96, the Bechdel Test

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:28:16 GMT

Welcome to the sexy episode of Boxcutters. We talk about the US show about sex in suburbia, Swingtown, and the Australian 1970s soap, Number 96. In between we talk about the Bechdel Test and there’s also an I Don’t Buy It about the most complained about ad of 2008. It’s over here: RSS feed iTunes […]

Special Epidition Charlie (Many Guests)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:38:43 GMT

Our wonderfully questionable end of year show. This year we have: Gerard McCulloch, Tom Elliot, Nerida Haycock, Wilbur Wilde, Jess McGuire, and James Talia. A lovely shambles of rotating guests and our highlights and lowlights from the television year. Listen to it. RSS feed, iTunes or listen to Special Epidition Charlie in your browser Send […]

Boxcutters Get Sexy

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:28:22 GMT

We’re about to go into the studio to record Special Edition Charley, but before we do, a quiet word in your shell-like ear – we want your input for our first show of 2009. We’re going to be looking at two shows that revolve around sex in the ’70s, and we want your opinion. Sex […]

Ep 162: John Adams and The Dismissal

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:03:35 GMT

John Adams is a great show from HBO and we talk all about it and strangely compare it to the Australian Kennedy-Miller production, The Dismissal. Boxcutters is all about television and there’s plenty of that in 162. It’s over here: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 162 in your browser Contact us by dropping us […]

Ep 161: David Ashton & Damaris Baker, Survivors, News Themes

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:31:57 GMT

David Ashton and Damaris Baker are composers who, amongst other things created the theme for ABC News Breakfast. We talk about the UK series Survivors and have a bunch of quiz, news and pork. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 161 in your browser Contact us by dropping us email or send us an SMS […]

Louis Theroux, literally…

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:31:02 GMT

I was going to bring this up in Pork (or “Brett’s Special Moment” as Josh and I have now renamed it) but we ran out of time… You may remember back in episode 155 we talked about Louis Theroux, who is now (rather belatedly) playing on Channel 7. They seem to have bought an enormous […]

Ep 160: Jane Badler (Diana from V), Sons of Anarchy

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:42:56 GMT

The woman who played Diana in V, starred in Falcon Crest and Mission: Impossible, appeared in Murder She Wrote, Fantasy Island… The Wonderful Jane Badler is our guest. We also speak about Sons of Anarchy, there’s some letters to Boxcutters and a bit of news and pork. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 160 in […]

Ep 159: James Talia, Fatty and George, Zoot Reviews

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:13:22 GMT

James Talia is returning to Australia and so this is his last appearance as our European Un-Australian correspondent. We cover Fatty and George in Before and After School and there’s an I Don’t Buy It to fill out the gaps. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 159 in your browser Contact us by dropping us […]

Ep 158: Eureka, Top Gear Australia and a Postcard

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:17:26 GMT

Eureka is a show on television and we talk about it because that is what we do. We talk about television. TV News, Top Gear, other shows. If it’s TV we talk about it. Listen to it in one of these ways: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 158 in your browser Take a few […]

Ep 157: My Own Worst Enemy, The Worst TV We’ve Ever Seen

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:46:10 GMT

This week we are the Bad News Boxcutters with the Christian Slater vehicle My Own Worst Enemy, there’s a discussion of some of the worst television we’ve ever seen and we’d like you to leave comments with your list, and to top it off there’s also a quick Crap TV. This week’s Crumpler prize is […]

Ep 156: Yael Bergman, Shark Jumping, Lazy Country Music Stars

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:13:03 GMT

Yael Bergman from Princess Pictures comes in to talk to us about independent production in Australia. There’s an I Don’t Buy It about country music stars, some shark jumping watch and a whole bunch of news and stuff. Here it is: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 156 in your browser As mentioned, news from […]

Ep 155: James Talia, Louis Theroux, TV Board Games

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 09:49:04 GMT

James Talia talks to us all the way from London about the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross/Andrew Sachs controversy and what that means for the BBC. We take a look some TV-related board games that John’s found and have a look at the work of Louis Theroux. There’s some punchy news, the answer to the quiz and […]

Ep 154: Adam Zwar, The Ex-List, Tomorrow People

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:25:55 GMT

Star and co-creator of Wilfred joins us in the studio to talk about the process of creating a TV show. We also discuss the US show, The Ex-List and in the segment that is now titled Before and After School, we finally look at The Tomorrow People. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 154 in […]

James Talia describes what it was like in Debrovnik

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:22:20 GMT

Boxcutters’ very own James Talia has a piece in today’s Australian giving a great insight into what it’s like for journalists far from home but dealing with a story that really hits home emotionally. It’s definitely worth having a read. How Croatian authorities failed the Lapthorne family from the Australian.

Watch Hulu (and others) from outside the US

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:08:47 GMT

A few weeks ago I talked about how Brett’s Special Fancy (the internet proxy and not the biscuit) didn’t really work so well anymore and how there was a new option. It took me a while to hunt through my notes and find what I was talking about but here is a tutorial about using […]

Ep 153: The Life and Times of Tim, Worst Week, Review with Myles Barlow

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:17:28 GMT

All about television means all about television, people. The Life and Times of Tim is an excellent new show from HBO, Review with Myles Barlow is a new show on ABC2 and Worst Week is barely worth mentioning. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 153 in your browser Send us email or send us an […]

Ep 152: Scott Brennan, Life on Mars (US), Kath & Kim (US)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:17:59 GMT

The delightful and talented Scott Brennan joins us in the studio to raise the tone and tell us about his time in TV sketch comedy and the world of advertising voice-overs. We also take a look at US remakes of two shows that were very successful in their home markets. There’s some special and exciting […]

Ep 151: The Middleman, Top Gear (Aus), The Mentalist

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:58:39 GMT

A little bit of Crap TV, seriously or not as well as some Letters to Boxcutters round out this episode. A quiz question will get you thinking and of course there is a reference to Battlestar Galactica. You must watch The Middleman as soon as you have the opportunity and tell all your friends. Get […]

No Boxcutters This Week

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Due to circumstances beyond our control, including 3RRR training sessions, we won’t be able to bring you Boxcutters this week. We will endeavour to bring you as much news and opinion about television via the blog to fill the gap. Next week it’s back to business as usual with Boxcutters going up onto the internetwebs […]

TV Characters posting on Twitter and other viral marketing attempts

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:05:46 GMT

Mia Cross has started to Twitter. That’s right. The fictional, plagiarising Lolita from Californication is now also pretending to be a real person in the lead-up to the new series of the show that disappointed everybody with its final episode. Showtime, the cable network in the US that produces Californication has been using viral marketing […]

Ep 150: Futurama, Fringe (again), Is Television Any Better?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:51:25 GMT

Episode 150 is full of surprises. Keep your eyes peeled here for show notes in the coming days. Did we mention we’ve done 150 episodes? Well, we have. One Hundred And Fifty! Also, we announce the winner of last week’s quiz. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 150 in your browser Send us email or […]

Ep 149: Fringe, Theme Tunes, Quiz & John Richards

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:22:00 GMT

The Quiz is Back! John Richards is our co-host this week and we would be remiss to not mention his website straight away. We discuss Fringe and John brings in some theme tunes that are so good the shows themselves could not possibly live up to. Brett does not buy some product that turns your […]

A small delay and more survey hassling

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:47:40 GMT

Due to circumstances beyond our control, namely 3RRR needing to use the studios that we use for recording the podcast each and every week, episodes 149 and 150 will be recorded on Tuesday nights. That means they will probably be available for download around 11:30pm Tuesday, AEST. Thanks for understanding. By the way, anybody who […]

Ep 148: Lawrence Mooney, James Talia, Very Small Business

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:23:46 GMT

For our 3rd birthday we bring an exclusive breaking story from the Channel Nine news room. There is also some talk about Very Small Business and The Strip. Lawrence Mooney boosts our morale with his excellent insights and James Talia tells us how it is in London. Blow out the candles for 148: RSS feed […]

Ep 147: Directing Live Television with Ray Punjer and Wilbur Wilde

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:08:00 GMT

This week we are lucky enough to have Ray Punjer, director of live television including In Melbourne Tonight, The Panel, World Series Cricket, Bob Dyer’s Pick-A-Box, The Don Lane Show, and World Championship Wrestling amongst so many other credits. He’s a trailblazer in the industry and he brings his expertise to our little show. Get […]

Vale: Mark Priestley

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:21:17 GMT

In very sad news today, reports that Mark Priestley who played Dan Goldman in All Saints was found dead in Sydney. He had apparently been suffering from depression. (See stories at: The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC online.) Anybody who had seen All Saints in the last four years would have been aware […]

Ep 146: Daria, Australian Idol, with Jess McGuire

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:18:36 GMT

OK. It does not get better than this. Jess McGuire from RRR’s I’d Rather Jack and also Defamer joins us to talk about Australian Idol. We also finally cover off on Daria and mix it up a whole lot around the edges. Get some: RSS feed iTunes or listen to 146 in your browser also […]

Ep 145: Quantum Leap with John Richards

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:21:22 GMT

Yes the Olympics are still on but we do our best to find television news amongst all the medal action. We talk about Quantum Leap in a bit of Things You May Have Missed as well as a Crap TV and the world’s quickest I Don’t Buy It. The truly excellent John Richards joins us […]

Ep 144: Olympics, Hole in the Wall, Neighbours, Chicken Ads, with Gerard McCulloch

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:17:23 GMT

Gerard McCulloch joins us to look at the first few days of Olympic coverage, Hole in the Wall and Make Me A Supermodel. Keep a look out for another Postcard from A Show as well as some letters to Boxcutters. Plus news and pork and a couple of chicken related I Don’t Buy Its. Good […]

Ep 143: Sunday, Nightline and the Networks’ Future. With Tom Elliot and James Talia.

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:59:08 GMT

With Tom Elliot and James Talia we talk a lot about the state of commercial television in general, its past, its future and the way things currently stand. It’s a great chat with some eye or ear opening insights and predictions. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Boxcutters on Last.FM What are your predictions for the […]

Ep 142: Celeb Dog School, Star Dancers, with Adam Richard

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:16:03 GMT

Yes, ladies and gentlemens, we have the one and only fabulous Adam Richard with us in the Ross Seat this week. We talk about Celebrity Dog School, Star Dancers and a thousand other shows. Fun and exciting, it’s 142. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell us what you think. Laurie Oakes writes about the end […]

Breaking News

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:00:58 GMT

The Australian reports that Sunday and Nightline have both been axed by the Nine Network. Two news and current affairs programmes that once stood tall in the jungle of commercial network reportage are now gone. Over the past few years both shows, but Sunday especially, were stripped of their traditions and leadership. It’s a sad […]

Ep 141: Making a Pilot, Battle Star Gallactica, Dr Who, with John Richards

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:44:17 GMT

The one hundred percent excellent John Richards joins us as guest co-host this week. We talk about what it’s like to try to get a pilot made and accepted in Australia. There is also heaps of nerdalicious sci-fi and fantasy talk and almost no reality TV coverage. Really! Ooh look, it’s right here.: RSS feed […]

Ep 140: Save our SBS, with Josie Parelli

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:58:06 GMT

Save Our SBS has been in the news a lot lately with its criticisms of the way Shaun Brown has been running things. We speak to Darce Cassidy from the group about the problems they see with the broadcaster. Queen Josie Parelli sits in the Ross seat this week and we’ve got a bunch of […]

Ep 139: Press Gang, Media Watch, James Talia & Nerida Haycock

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:22:47 GMT

James Talia joins us on the phone from the UK with a Boxcutters scoop. Not even Media Watch had the information we have for you on this show. Nerida Haycock sits in Ross’s seat, keeping it warm and us informed. We talk about Press Gang in our youth television series and have a super-tough question […]

Sometimes we all need a break

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:54:58 GMT

The past couple of months have been all go go go at Boxcutters HQ so we’ve decided to take a week off. We’ll be back with our big 140th 139th episode on July 7th. We hope you can find out a way to entertain yourselves until then. On another note, thanks to Paddy who created […]

Channel Nine Will Not Be Moved

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:47:30 GMT

Channel Nine will not be moving from its Sydney and Melbourne bases. They have withdrawn both sites from sale. The Age reports: The network is now expected to inject capital to digitise its Artarmon Road, Willoughby, studios in Sydney’s north, and the Bendigo Street, Richmond, studios in Melbourne’s east. When PBL Media listed the properties […]

Ep 138: All Saints, Degrassi Junior High, Toby Sullivan

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:12:43 GMT

This week Toby Sullivan joins us in Ross’s chair to discuss Degrassi and arts programmes. We take a quick look at All Saints and there’s also an I Don’t Buy It to pique your interest. It’s all there in 138: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Write to us. You can also win tickets to see […]

Ep 137: Big Brother 8, Nelly Thomas and Ross (via phone)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:15:50 GMT

What a huge episode of Boxcutters we have in store for you today. Nelly Thomas is our Ross for a day. We have a special surprise phone call, introduce a new segment, talk about Big Brother, Crap TV and have a challenging quiz question for you. All of this is bundled up in blankets of […]

Ep 136: Ray Watch, Lawrence Mooney

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:48:07 GMT

136 = Lawrence Mooney + Ray Watch + News / Pork(Quiz) Really that’s all you need to know. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Send us your equations.

The A-List Awards

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:04:38 GMT

Bravo TV, who we mentioned a few weeks ago now have a deal with our own Arena, threw their own awards ceremony the other day called The A-List Awards. Anyway, Lauren Hutton won something called the Beuty Icon or something like that. You can see her acceptance speech at http://video.bravotv.com/player/?id=259862. It’s worth clicking on. Trust […]

Ep 135: Wilbur Wilde & James Talia

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:45:41 GMT

Make yourself comfortable and strap on your ear-goggles. Wilbur Wilde is back filling in for Ross and James Talia phones in with tales of Europe. 100% world-class excellent Boxcutters coming your way. More discussions about all things television than you could ordinarily hope for. I hope I haven’t built it up too much… Here it […]

Ep 134: Ice TV and Channel Nine with Jim Schembri

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:09:15 GMT

TV reviewer and columnist for the Age, Jim Schembri joins us as our special co-host. We also speak to Marc Edwards from Ice TV about what’s going on with the whole Channel Nine lawsuit. It’s a great show with information and laughs a-plenty. We’re reinventing television while talking about it: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download […]

Ep 133: Australia’s Got Talent, Community TV, Josie Parelli

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:19:20 GMT

This week the wonderful Queen Josie, formerly of Chartbusting ’80s, is our guest host with lots of talk about life in community television, Australia’s Got Talent and what the networks are doing. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Write to us

Lost: First 3 Seasons in 8 Minutes

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:48:23 GMT

For those interested in seeing the first 3 season recap that Justin was talking about in this week’s episode, this is it here.

Ep 132: Justin Hamilton, Lost, AFL on 10

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:59:43 GMT

All the fun of the fair with Justin Hamilton as our guest co-host. Of course we discuss Lost and Channel 10 screwing with footy fans. We ask the question: Are the networks losing money? But we don’t have any answers. Episode 132 is better than… RSS feed iTunes Direct Download What did you do on […]

Ep 131: David Knox, James Talia, Logies, and Canal Road

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 5 May 2008 14:38:46 GMT

David Knox, James Talia, the Logies, the Fuglies, Big Brother, Canal Road: all of these things go into making a wonderful episode of Boxcutters. It’s Episode 131! RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Give us your opinions. Check out what David Knox reckons at TV Tonight.

Ep 130: Nelly Thomas, So You Think You Can Dance, Big Brother

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:03:39 GMT

This week the lovely Nelly Thomas joins us as co-host while Ross is still away. We talk about the start new series of Big Brother and the end of So You Think You Can Dance, all garnished with a lovely sprinkling of News, Crap TV, Quiz and Pork. Episode 130: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download […]

Ep 129: Courteney Hocking, Saxondale

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:50:03 GMT

80 minutes of nonstop Boxcutters with Courteney Hocking who regales us with tales of working in a network television call centre. We review Saxondale and there’s also a Raywatch and an I Don’t Buy It to keep you on your toes. 129 the goose drank wine: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Clap hands (send us […]

John from Cincinnati

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:36:33 GMT

“Some things I know and some things I don’t.” – John Monad What I do know is that John from Cincinnati starts screening on Showcase this Monday at 8.30pm, around the time many of us here experience the earliest rumblings of our weekly granola cravings. This show has divided audiences, and my reaction to it […]

Ep 128: Wilbur Wilde, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, jPod

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:54:04 GMT

This week Wilbur Wilde joins us as a special guest co-host. Of course we talk about working on Hey Hey It’s Saturday as well as a review of the Canadian show, jPod, and the answer to our very difficult quiz question. Where the Wild(e) things are: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Let the rumpus begin.

Ep 127: James Talia, Anna Brain, BBC, Logie nominations

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:56:45 GMT

This week James Talia calls us all the way from London to talk about Olympic flames, news broadcasts and how funny the BBC can be. We have a look at the Logie nominations and there are more clues for the difficult Boxcutters Quiz. Also we are joined by the wonderful Anna Brain while Ross is […]

Ep 126: Gladiators and East of Everything

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:57:15 GMT

Get ready for a one-hundred percent excitement filled episode of Boxcutters with reviews of Gladiators and East of Everything. We also have all the television News and Pork you could hope for and a tragic crime against decency in I Don’t Buy It. Episode 126 will get you going: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell […]

Ep 125: Tim Ferguson, DAAS Kapital, Big Gig, Emerald Falls

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:21:40 GMT

Boxcutters listens to you!! That’s right. This week as per your request ? more boxes, less cutting. This week the very funny Tim Ferguson takes us through The Big Gig to Axed! and much in between. We review Emerald Falls. Plus your latest fix of News and Pork and all things television. Box Box Boxcutters […]

Ep 124: Anna Brain, Project Runway

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:11:50 GMT

This week the wonderful Anna Brain joins us to talk about Project Runway, we continue our investigation into timeslot classification and there’s some Crap TV in there as well. Oh yeah, and the quiz, thanks to Crumpler and some news as well. It’s over here: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell us the good news.

Ep 123: The Thick of It, Lots of Swearing

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:55:13 GMT

This week ? A GREAT BIG LANGUAGE WARNING!!! We discuss classifications and what not and it leads to some rather blue language, so be warned. Also, the usual smattering of Pork, some News, a little Reality upfront, the Quiz, and a Things We Did Miss ? the excellent UK comedy The Thick Of It. Enjoy […]

Ep 122: James Talia, Ashes to Ashes, Tony Mokbel

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:19:56 GMT

Big show this week with James Talia calling in from Greece, the long awaited return of Ray Watch and a review of the new BBC drama Ashes to Ashes. Also listen closely for the Quiz, Pork and News all in the places where you would normally expect them to be in the show. 122 reasons […]

Ep 121: In Treatment, Oscars, The Biggest Loser

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:45:27 GMT

This week we discuss new HBO drama In Treatment. There?s a rural I Don?t Buy It. We complain about Channel 9?s shoddy Oscars telecast. There?s some Biggest Loser Quotes as well as the usual News, Quiz and Pork. 121 – rhythms with fun! Listen: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download say

Ep 120: Cashmere Mafia vs Lipstick Jungle, Underbelly, Monster House

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:16:24 GMT

Uninformed opinion comes home to roost in this episode of Boxcutters. We discuss Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle, have an open inspection of Monster House and talk more about Underbelly than we probably mean to. Plus News, Crap TV, I Don’t Buy It, The Quiz, and PORK! Wrap your laughing gear around a…* RSS feed […]

Ep 119: Underbelly, Other stuff

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:37:00 GMT

Hugely exciting show this week. We chat to David Knox the man behind the always informative TV Tonight website about television and television blogging. We risk life and limb and possible defamation with a review of Underbelly. There?s a couple of Crap TVs. And an extra helping of Pork. Listen: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download […]

Ray Martin Quits

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:37:03 GMT

After 30 years at Nine, Ray Martin has quit the network. With reports of his discontent last year – before the reinstatement of David Gyngell as network chief executive – the snubbing of his pitch for a chat show and the earlier start time for the Sunday programme, it’s not much of a surprise. Martin […]

Ep 118: Terminator, James Talia

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:19:24 GMT

James Talia joins us all the way from London to talk about journalism, celebrity and parochialism. Also we discuss Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and dumb ads with no common sense. News and Pork fill out the show. No time to dilly or dally: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download contact us

Wayne Carey Sacked From Nine

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:06:57 GMT

Ross mentioned this in the comments but it’s worth having its own post. Wayne Carey, after being arrested the other night (as we discussed on episode 117), has been fired from Nine. And the Nine Network this morning said it had sacked the former football great turned commentator, a day after radio station 3AW announced […]

Ep 117: Peep Show

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:06:21 GMT

We?re back baby!! Cutting up them boxes and causing strife. This week we review what kept us interested televisually over the summer months. Debate rages over the inherent hilarity (or lack thereof) in UK import Peep Show. And we Don’t Buy some ads from the tennis (both long and short form). Plus all the usual […]

No Episode Tonight

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:56:44 GMT

[Mr Black] couldn’t make it for our third summer edition, unfortunately. Sorry to get your hopes up. [Mr Black] had a very busy time towards the end of last year and has promised us that a catch-up in the coming months will make up for it. I certainly hope so and I’m sure you will […]

Boxcutters Summer Edition 2: Rob Brearley

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:45:40 GMT

Executive Producer of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Rob Brearley, joins us in our second interview session for the Summer. He talks to us about quiz shows, dealing with 10 year olds and building a career in television. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Tell us what you think about our Summer Series.

TiVo are calling for Beta Testers

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:56:06 GMT

If you’re interested in testing out the new Australian version of TiVo, they’re currently looking for Beta testers. You will get a TiVo box in your home and will have to do some homework that goes along with it but I’m sure it will be an interesting look at how it’s going to work. It […]

Boxcutters Summer Edition 1: Alex Papps

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:07:07 GMT

Alex Papps is in the hot seat for the first of our Summer interviews. With an acting career spanning over 20 years, he lets us know just what it takes to move through the highs and lows of being an actor in this fine country of ours. Ladies and gentlemen, Alex Papps: RSS feed iTunes […]

skins

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:34:01 GMT

Just watched the first ep of SKINS the new UK comedy from the writers of Shameless and stuff. I thought it was great. Loads of fun and very funny. Anybody else see it? Screening 10pm Mondays for the next 8 weeks.

Boxcutters Special Edition BRAVO

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:36:38 GMT

Welcome to BOXCUTTERS SPECIAL EDITION BRAVO. For your listening convenience and pleasure this episode has been divided into two parts. In the first part the three merry men look at the 2007 – the year that was. What rocked, what sucked and everything in-between. Later some friends drop by the studio for some fun and […]

Ep 116: The Tudors

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:39:06 GMT

Joy to the world, Boxcutters is here. For our last regular episode of the year we bump it up a notch with 2 I Don’t Buy Its. A Crap TV rears its head and we take a look at The Tudors and Satisfaction. Hear the three *ahem* wise men: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Send […]

Ernie & Bert meets The Sopranos… (finally)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:50:31 GMT

So what do you get if you cross Ernie and Bert and the Sopranos? Pure gold.

Ep 115: East West 101, Five Days, Golden Globes

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:03:10 GMT

The black mist slowly clears revealing the fullness of the situation. Tonight — Two new show reviews, one local, East West 101, and one international, Five Days. Award nominations time with the Golden Globes and the Writer?s Guild. Plus News, Pork and the long awaited answer to last week’s quiz. One One Five: RSS feed […]

Is John Westacott’s Hair On Fire (or does it just look like that because his ears are burning)?

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:54:20 GMT

First there was that whole thing with Christine Spiteri (which we covered in Episode 113) and now it seems John Westacott has made another Channel 9 female news presenter unhappy. This article from the Daily Telegraph details the rumours of goings on at Nine in Sydney with Majella Weimers, fill-in weather presenter, who apparently stormed […]

Alex Trebek has suffered a heart attack.

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:01:38 GMT

My favourite game show host is in hospital, reports ET Online: ET breaks news that ALEX TREBEK has been hospitalized. A rep for “Jeopardy” tells ET Alex suffered a minor heart attack last night at his home. He was with his wife, JEAN, who is currently by his side at the hospital, where is is […]

Ep 114: Survivor, Make me a Supermodel

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:01:59 GMT

Does product placement enhance or ruin a tv show? Does Channel 9 hate Survivor, its viewers or are they just losing sight of their audience? Does a 17 year old girl who thinks she’s a vampire have what it takes to be a Supermodel? These questions and more are answered in episode 114 of Boxcutters. […]

Ep 113: James Talia, Ratings

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:30:59 GMT

This week – the always interesting James Talia with the view from the other side of the globe. We take a look back with the final official rating results for 2007 and look forward to what we can expect from 2008. There?s Quotes, Quiz and the usual news, views and barely cooked Pork. All that […]

Daryl Somers will not host next season of StarDancers

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:45:23 GMT

This news just in via a Channel 7 media release: In a joint statement today David Leckie, CEO of Channel 7, and Tom Maclean, CEO of Somers Carroll Productions, announced that Daryl Somers has decided not to sign for another series of Dancing with the Stars. After seven hugely successful seasons of the show he […]

Ep 112: Samatha Who?, Women’s Murder Club, Election Coverage

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:14:12 GMT

We finish off our coverage of the Fall season with Samantha Who? and Women’s Murder Club and also do a post mortem on the Election coverage. Opinions abound while we talk about Australian drama and the ABC makes an appearance in Crap TV. All of that and a world of TV news for the week. […]

Ep 111: Big Bang Theory, Californication

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:58:20 GMT

Firstly there are some issues with sound this week so apologise about that. Secondly there are some issues with humour, but hey if we haven’t apologised in the last 110 eps we aren’t starting now. Content a-plenty in this week’s instalment. In Raywatch we examine the latest Today Tonight/Chaser fiasco. It’s a BIG Fall with […]

Ep 110: Tom Elliot, WGA Strike, Aliens in America

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:13:25 GMT

This week Tom Elliot comes in to talk about the WGA strike in the US and what it means. We talk about Cane and Aliens in America in Fall Season and we discuss some more election coverage as well as the usual helpings of News and Pork. Give it up for 110: RSS feed iTunes […]

Good news everybody

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:38:19 GMT

Check out the preview to the first of the new Futurama movies here. Alternately check out the cover and special features here

Ep 109: Reaper, Pushing Daisies, James Talia

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 5 Nov 2007 11:47:15 GMT

James Talia LIVE from London. Long awaited Sopranos wrap. Reaper and Pushing Daisies in Pork. Get into it. Hear: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Say

Ep 108: Carpoolers, Dirty Sexy Money

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:39:53 GMT

Boxcutters 108 – Show Of Mystery This week we continue Fall with a look at Carpoolers and Dirty Sexy Money. We start to correct our UK imbalance with The Secret Life Of A Call Girl. There’s a Crap TV about Channel’s 10 useless time keeping. Two weeks in we look at the Election coverage and […]

Ep 107: National Bingo Night, Cavemen

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:59:23 GMT

What a great big show we have for you. We discuss The Leaders Debate and National Bingo Night and decide which one is more relevant to our lives. The Fall Season brings us Moonlight and Cavemen. I Don’t Buy It looks at bad ad execution and we welcome the return of Deirdre Says. Big Bubbles: […]

Ep 106: Gossip Girl, Chuck

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:51:42 GMT

All you need to know from the world of television (and more). This week we continue looking at Fall with Chuck and Gossip Girl. Plus we examine The Abbey and Newstopia. There’s a couple of Raywatches and a bit of Crap TV and Crap Press. 106. Hear here: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Contact us […]

Ep 105: Back to You, Journeyman

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 8 Oct 2007 12:48:38 GMT

This week we talk about Back to You and Journeyman in our look at the Fall Lineup. A serious Raywatch brings a sombre note to the show before we can laugh at the world again with a Raywatch related Quote. We announce the winners of last week’s Quiz and we bring you all the News […]

Ep 104: James Talia, etc

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 1 Oct 2007 13:12:49 GMT

Tonight (or whenever you happen to listen) on the Boxes: Live from London, James Talia. Some stuff not to buy. Memorable things people have said. A triple attack of new US shows. Answer the questions, win a prize. Plus everything you need to know from and for the world of television for this week. Listen: […]

Crumpler Beanbag Giveaway

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:47:11 GMT

Don’t forget that you’ve got until midnight on Sunday (30th September) to enter into the Crumpler Beanbag Competition. If you know a great way to get your link clicked on a lot in the next 24 hours then go ahead and do it. You could be sitting in front of the tube in Crumpler comfort.

Ep 103: Kid Nation, Tell Me You Love Me

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:26:48 GMT

Back from our break and ready to wow you with talk of television. The US fall lineup rears its head again and this week we look at Tell Me You Love Me and Kid Nation We examine the Australian networks new “Fast Tracking” programming Revisiting the controversy of our last Quiz and creating new controversy […]

This Week on Boxcutters

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:16:37 GMT

In the interests of giving new visitors on the blog a bit of a taste of what’s to come in the podcast, we’ve decided to make a little preview for the show that you can listen to right here in the browser, without having to subscribe to the feed. Click the play button on the […]

NBC will offer episodes to download for free (sweetie)

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:23:36 GMT

In a move that shows that TV networks might actually, finally, understand the way the world works, this was reported in the New York Times: NBC Universal, acknowledging that viewers are increasingly moving away from traditional television viewing, announced plans today for a service that will make popular NBC programs available to download free to […]

Today Tonight are picking sides

noemail@noemail.org (Boxcutters) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:16:07 GMT

This came in a Seven media release this afternoon: Tonight on Australia’s number one public affairs program, Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd opens his home and sits down with host Anna Coren for an intimate interview. During the very candid interview, the man who wants to be Prime Minister talks to Coren about his family, the […]