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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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?…

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…

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,…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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 &…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. Contact us by sending us email or send us an SMS on 0458 288 837 (0458 CUTTER) Here are some things…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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……

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

“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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

: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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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. Contact us by sending us email or…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

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 ,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. 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…

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%…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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: 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…