TV Blackbox & McKnight Tonight

TV Blackbox's Rob McKnight & Steve Molk return for one more podcast chat before the end of 2024 to wrap things up and look into the future, now that the Upfront season is complete.There's so much to catch up on given they've been away for so long, and with so much happening, including:The press releases from the 2024 ratings year where Seven, Nine, and 10 all claim to have won something (Spoilers: they may not have won what they claim to win);A sharp turn into the state of the Australian media industry given the complete staffing disruption that took place, including (more) redundancies, firings, resignations, controversial sackings, Nine's Intersection report, and almost the entirety of the ABC's News Breakfast team leaving (but staying with the ABC); andRob & Molk cast their eye across the Upfront offerings from all FTA networks and Foxtel and make their calls on what wil be good, what sounds iffy, and what is going to stink.It's all the opinion you've been missing from your TV Blackbox mum and dad!If you like it - share it with a friend, or on your social media networks. Also, let Rob and Molk know if you agree (or not) with their assessments...engaging conversation is always enjoyed.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A look at Seven's programming for 2025 with special guest Brook Hall, Seven's Chief Content Officer.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In exciting news for TV lovers, Shaun Micallef has a brand new show coming out on SBS. In this interview Shaun talks about being serious and revealing his true personality for the first time and reacts to 10's remake of Talkin' 'Bout Your Gen. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast.-----SURPRISE! This week we're gonna spend some time having a chat about the 2024 Logies nominations too...Once more into the breach, fellow travellers. This week we've three big new shows PLUS we'll divert into some conversation about the 2024 LOGIES nominations that will include who deserves it, who was overlooked, and what a farce the Logies continues to be. Strap in and gird your loins.Shows covered in this episode:• Dancing For The Devil - The 7M TikTok Cult (3 eps), starring Melinda and Miranda Wilking - streaming right now, on Netflix.• In The Know (6 eps), starring Zach Woods, Caitlin Reilly, Carl Tart, J. Smith-Cameron, Charlie Bushnell, and Mike Judge, with interviewees including Jonathan Van Ness, Kaia Gerber, Finn Wolfhard, Norah Jones, Roxane Gay, and Mike Tyson - all eps available right now, on BINGE.• Jim Henson Idea Man (1hr 48min), directed by Ron Howard and features interviews with Brian Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Fran Brill, Caroll Spinney, and Jennifer Connelly - available right now, on Disney+....and ALL the detail on the 2024 LOGIES nominations can be found ⁠here⁠.Join us every* Tuesday 8pm AEST on any number of places (mainly the TV Blackbox ⁠Facebook page⁠, ⁠YouTube channel⁠, and ⁠Insta live⁠...plus a few others), and keep in touch with the TV Bingebox show & host Steve Molk at ⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/SteveMolk⁠⁠⁠.Thanks for tuning in!(All content used for review purposes only; all media included under fair use policy. All copyright is retained by respective owners.)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast.-----SURPRISE! Again... Well, it's no real surprise, is it? But the reviews of the shows might be! Here we go again, friends. Molk delivers four reviews (buckle up!), 5 Up/DownMolk suggestions, and a there's a bunch of great recommendations from the TV BINGEBOX community. Surely your list is as long as Molk's now. Shows covered in this episode:• After The Party (6 eps), starring Robyn Malcom, Peter Mullan, Tara Canton, Elz Carrad, Ian Blackburn, Dean O’Gorman, and Tanea Heke - streaming right now, all eps available, on ABC iview.• House of the Dragon S02 (10 eps), starring returning cast including Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, and Rhys Ifans, with new cast mates including Abubakar Salim, Gayle Rankin, Freddie Fox, Simon Russell Beale, Clinton Liberty, Jamie Kenna, and Tom Taylor - streaming right now (first ep available now), dropping every Monday, on BINGE.• Exposure (6 eps), starringAlice Englert, Mia Artemis, Essie Davis, Thomas Weatherall, George Mason, Sean Keenan, and Ewan Leslie - premieres Thursday 20 June 7am, all eps dropping at once, on Stan.• Taskmaster Australia S02 (10 eps), starring Tom Gleeson, Tom Cashman, Anne Edmonds, Jenny Tian, Lloyd Langford, Josh Thomas, and Wil Anderson - currently airing Thursdays 7:30pm, weekly, on Channel 10 and 10Play.Join us every* Tuesday 8pm AEST on any number of places (mainly the TV Blackbox ⁠Facebook page⁠, ⁠YouTube channel⁠, and ⁠Insta live⁠...plus a few others), and keep in touch with the TV Bingebox show & host Steve Molk at ⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/SteveMolk⁠⁠⁠.Thanks for tuning in! (All content used for review purposes only; all media included under fair use policy. All copyright is retained by respective owners.)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast.-----SURPRISE! It's a Wednesday, not a Tuesday record this week (oh well) but that only means BIGGER, BETTER, and somehow MORE INTERESTING things. Four new shows, community recommendations, and a bunch of new UpMolk and DownMolk quick-ish-fire suggestions to keep you on your toes and have your bingelists continuing to grow! Shows covered in this episode:• Top Gear Australia S05 (8 eps), starring Jonathan La Paglia, Blair "Moog" Joscelyne, and Beau Ryan - streaming right now every Friday, dropping weekly, on Paramount+.• Ren Faire (3 eps), starring George Coulam, Jeffrey Baldwin, Louie Migliaccio, and Darla Smith - airing in full right now on BINGE.• Presumed Innocent (8 eps), starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, O-T Fagbenle, Peter Sarsgaard, Noma Dumezweni, and Chase Infiniti - streaming right now (first 2 eps), dropping weekly, on Apple TV+.• Ladies In Black (6 eps), starring Debi Mazar, Miranda Otto, Jessica De Gouw, Clare Hughes, Azizi Donnelly, Gemma Ward, Kate Box, Huw Higginson, Julian Maroun, Todd McKenney, Russell Dykstra, Thom Green, and Sacha Horler - premieres Sunday 16 June 8:30pm, dropping weekly (all eps on iview), on ABC. Join us every* Tuesday 8pm AEST on any number of places (mainly the TV Blackbox ⁠⁠Facebook page⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Insta live⁠⁠...plus a few others), and keep in touch with the TV Bingebox show & host Steve Molk at ⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/SteveMolk⁠⁠⁠⁠.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SURPRISE!You might love the TV Bingebox component of the (sadly now retired) TV Blackbox podcast...well here's Molk with an entire episode full of what you could/should be watching! Join him Tuesdays 8pm AEST for the live recording or simply enjoy it as it drops into the podcast feed here... :)-----We're back for a short, sharp, invigorating season four and this time we're live 8pm AEST every Tuesday on the TV Blackbox Facebook page, YouTube channel, and Insta! Come along and join us live, or simply enjoy everyone minute after the fact. We all make choices. I'm not your real mum. In this random new exercise in self promotion/public flagellation, there are four shows on the cards AND a bunch of quick fire UPMOLK and DOWNMOLK reviews, PLUS the incredible TV Bingebox community share their shows they're obsessing about at the moment. Everybody wins! Shows covered in this episode:• Colin from Accounts S02 (8 eps), starring Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer, Genevieve Hegney, Emma Harvie, Michael Logo, Annie Maynard, Helen Thomson, Darren Gilshenan, Virginia Gay, Celeste Barber, Broden Kelly, Justin Rozniak, and HEAPS more - streaming right now every Thursday, dropping weekly, on BINGE.• Revealed - Renee Gracie: Fireproof (90 min), starring Renee Gracie - airing in full right now on Stan.• Austin S01 (8 eps), starring Michael Theo, Ben Miller, Sally Phillips, Gia Carides, and Roy Billing - premieres Sunday 9 June 8pm, dropping weekly (all eps on iview after premiere), on ABC.• The Cleaner S01 (6 eps), starring Greg Davies and Zita Sattar, with guests David Mitchell, Roisin Conaty, Asim Chaudhry, and Helena Bonham-Carter - premieres Tuesday 5 June 8:30pm, dropping weekly (all eps on iview), on ABC Entertains. Join us every* Tuesday 8pm AEST on any number of places (mainly the TV Blackbox ⁠Facebook page⁠, ⁠YouTube channel⁠, and ⁠Insta live⁠...plus a few others), and keep in touch with the TV Bingebox show & host Steve Molk at ⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/SteveMolk⁠⁠⁠. Thanks for tuning in!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week there was not enough time for us to adequately cover the full breadth and depth of even these topics:As quickly as the horror unfolded at what became the tragedy of WESTFIELD BONDI JUNCTION, so too the TV networks leapt into rolling coverage. Well, most did. The ABC ignored it, and Seven had the horses to finish running (with the latter managing to name the wrong person as the perpetrator). AND THEN they milked it for all it was worth through Sunday and Monday. Nothing like a bit of GRIEF PORN to help people simultaneously remember and forget.Come Monday, Justice Michael Lee delivered his judgement on the BRUCE LEHRMANN v CHANNEL 10/LISA WILKINSON DEFAMATION CASE. Wow. WOW. Molk offered his opinions on the winners and losers were, and the implications of the Justice's findings. The biggest loser? Bruce Lehrmann by a country mile and a hat.After the impassioned conversation on last week's podcast ep, so much has happened even within the corral at 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT. The collateral damage of Seven being dragged into the Lehrmann/10 defo case by former producer Taylor Auerbach is that executive producer MARK LLEWELLYN has terminated his relationship with the Seven Network, and the Network snuck the release out during Justice Lee's reading of his summary judgement. Will the show continue, and how does the 7News brand recover?The best documentary about a family of cartoon dogs has wrapped up...or has it? Speculation around BLUEY and her future continues to swirl, with nothing by spin from the ABC and silence from creators Ludo Studios. The benefit of the 28 minute episode airing Sunday past is that it now holds the title of "highest rating program in VOZ history" (total audience average). SO WHAT NOW?!Another glorious instalment of the TV BINGEBOX rounds us out (upmolks and downmolks aplenty). Join in the fun and comment below to share what have you been watching...We're so glad you watched or listened this latest episode of the TV BLACKBOX Podcast - that's firteen, firteen, firty-two.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You almost could have predicted what we we going to talk about this week:Seven confirm that, despite the growing public displeasure with the behind the scenes shenanigans coming out as a part of the Lehrmann/Channel 10 defamation case, 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT will return this week...but they have not confirmed that executive producer MARK LLEWELLYN will maintain his role; Continuing with Seven, budget cuts are affecting programs and staffing...that means the end of the former EP of Sunrise MICHAEL PELL and his magical United States mystery tour that seemingly has offered nothing to the domestic business; Panic has set in for fans of the show, as BLUEY makers Ludo Studios remain tight-lipped about the future of everyone's favourite animated documentary about Blue and Red Heelers; Nine and Foxtel compete to grab a hold of TABCORP's streaming animal cruelty competition that also destroys human lives; All-around TV nice guy and Lego Masters Australia host HAMISH BLAKE conveniently lands a profile in Stellar magazine and talks about his reaction to Sonia Kruger's Gold Logie acceptance speech joke-that-wasn't-a-joke; and Kevin Perry delivers another exclusive, advising the airdate for the six episode run of JEOPARDY AUSTRALIA, hosted by Stephen Fry and buried on Saturday nights.We round things out with the much-loved and highly-anticipated TV BINGEBOX segment (upmolks only). Join in the fun and comment below to share what have you been watching...We're so glad you watched or listened this latest episode of the TV BLACKBOX Podcast - the cats of Australia have made their choice.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brand new things we talked about this week:Rob delivers an exclusive update on the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case with Channel 10;Denise 'Ding Dong' Drysdale lands sprout-deep in the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! Australia jungle, which allows Rob and Robbo to wax lyrical about the taping of that infamous Christmas segment;Seven brings home the goods in the second week of the the Easter non-ratings period (so does it matter if it's non-ratings?);Rove mentions that "people will watch live TV", which allows Rob to go on a tear as to what he thinks should happen with live TV, while Robbo shares his valid opinion also, and Molk brings some sanity and reality to it all; andJudge Judy returns to TV while in syndication on another network, and is making out like a bank robber.The episode ends, as usual, with the highly-regarded TV BINGEBOX segment (massive upmolk). What have you been watching?Thanks for tuning in for this episode of the TV BLACKBOX Podcast - it's for when a hard-earned thirst needs a big cold beer...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Relax, fella. The ratings don't matter this week. Come over here and give me a cuddle.It's a steaming fresh pile of stuff you may be interested in:New ABC Chair and the one filling the biggest stillettos in the business Kim Williams fires a shot across the entire collective ABC staff's bow to ensure they know he means business when it comes to impartiality (no matter what The Australian thinks they can define "impartiality" as);How can Channel 10 solo-CEO Beverley McGarvey axe the same show...twice...while shedding another 60 staff?;Australian Idol "judge" Marcia Hines collapses at the second last hurdle and is rushed to hospital, but in a rapid turn of Easter-ish events is resurrected and returns to crown the new winner;Rob has a chat with co-host of the new Nine show Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars Australia in Janine Allis and asks for an original King William Chocolate on the way out;The high-profile resignation list fills out: Brooke Boney gives up The Today Show for England, and Bruce McWilliam gives up Seven for something more profitable; andRob uncovers the 'pee protocol' on The Price Is Right.We back out the episode with another chock-full edition of our highly-lauded TV BINGEBOX segment (often copied, never matched). Get upmolking and downmolking with us.We're so glad you joing us to participate in this ep of the TV BLACKBOX Podcast - the one you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we go, friends. It's another extremely frest episode of the TV Blackbox podcast wtth Rob, Robbo, and Molk...all completely livestreamed live, with audio as-live.Every Tuesday night in season from 8pm AEDT/7pm AEST/etc., you can join us live on the TV Blackbox Facebook page or YouTube channel. We'd absolutely love it if you joined in - as many keep doing - by commenting on the livestream...which allows us to include a broad sample in the episode to help punctuate our conversation. For those that join us live-thanks for playing along, friends!So what did we talk about? How about all of this:Nine's National News Director Darren Wick steps away in kind of awkward circumstances, and nobody can agree on what's actually happening;Rob has a chat with Nine's director of programming Hamish Turner about their best start to the year (and that's saying something), and how that positions the network for the rest of 2024;In news absolutely everyone saw coming Paramount Global confirmed Beverley McGarvey as stand-alone CEO to run the ANZ business all by herself like a proper grown-up and everything;There is controversy (look, not really) at the new airdate (release time) of popular (with some) series Doctor Who (they are on first) now that it's part of Disney's content family (regimented programming) and this is what happens when capitalism overtakes public broadcasting (naturally).We finish this ep with our traditional TV BINGEBOX segment, full of endorsements and warnings (some upmolks here and some downmolks there).Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The end of an era in Australian comedy writing offers an answer to the classic "Why did the chicken cross the road?"..."To pay tribute to Mike McColl-Jones"So what did we talk about? Check this out:It finally happened...streaming has overtaken linear broadcast TV as the predominant way we watch television (and it happened last year!);Channel 9 Perth (yes, it exists WA - that's the channel between 8 and 10) shake up their afternoons in a programming tipping point;Molk manages to wedge in some chat about the new VOZ ratings metrics and how everything is travelling (zero surprises, honestly);Sharon Osborne attempts to be relevant by ranting against Simon Cowell and a tree fell over in a forest and nobody heard it so it never happened; andThe last of the old-school television comedy writers Mike McColl-Jones submits his last script and heads to the eternal green room for a nightcap with Graham, Don, Bert, and the gang.Then, as always, we round out the night with another TV BINGEBOX segment, bursting at the seams (some upmolks here and some downmolks there).So glad you could join us for this episode of the TV BLACKBOX Podcast (the finest in podcasty podcastness that ever podded).Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys are back in town - Rob, Robbo, and Molk are locked and loaded to deliver you another massive podcast. Just be careful what you wish for (in both livestreamed video and audio formats).We punch out the livestream every Tuesday night in season from 8pm AEDT/7pm AEST/etc., you can watch live on the TV Blackbox Facebook page or YouTube channel. We'd absolutely love it if you joined in - as many keep doing - by commenting on the livestream...which allows us to include a broad sample in the episode to help punctuate our conversation. For those that join us live-thanks for playing along, friends!Here's the highlights from this week's episode:Meta promise to cuck the commercial News organisations in Australia (including the commercial TV ones) and chuck their news-flavoured toys out of the cot...so is it a big Aussie bye-bye to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Insta?;Seven attempt to take the moral high ground with regard to sports streaming rights and...the cynics are circling;Changes to categories and judging for the 2024 Logie Awards prompt the question: "Is it too little, too late?";Unmade's Tim Burrowes had a great chat with Foxtel & Hubbl CEO Patrick Delany and we have thoughts; andWarner Bros Discovery shuts down almost the entire New Zealand newsroom of Newshub, which means the land of the long white cloud media cloud just got real dark...and we ponder the impact for Australia.Then, as always, we round out the night with another TV BINGEBSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A little bit of kumbya goes a long way when you have to present to a joint Parliamentary committee, asking them to help save your struggling business model. Hello darlings - Robbo is out sick this week, so Rob and Molk welcome back super-sub and producer to the stars Abbey to the podcast! Also, despite all the encouragement we've returned in simultaneous video and audio format with the livestream. You allegedly wanted it - we finally did it!Livestreamed every Tuesday night in season from 8pm AEDT/7pm AEST/etc., you can watch live on the TV Blackbox Facebook page or YouTube channel. We'd absolutely love it if you joined in - as many did - by commenting on the livestream and we've included just a sampling in the episode to help punctuate our conversation. We're so glad so many of you turned up again.For those with the songs of Taylor Swift still ringing in their ears, here's the big topics of the week (as decided on by us)...It was a unique day in the Australian TV landscape where pretty much every executive in the country to do with free-to-air TV - ABC MD David Anderson ; SBS MD James Taylor; Commercial FTA CEOs James Warburton, Mike Sneesby, and Beverley McGarvey; Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany; Fetch CEO Scott Lorsen; and a bunch of others - all fronted up on a joint Parliamentary enquiry to offer their submissions and answer questions on the proposed Prominence legislation. It's serious business and not an easy solve - if the legislation doesn't happen, will it kill Australian FTA TV? Didn't they do that to themselves already?! (If you missed it and want to check the entire day's submissions and questions, you can watch it all here on the APH website. It's actually mostly interesting for almost all of it.)The tragedy of the death of Jesse Baird and his partner Luke Davies has hit the Australian media industry hard. The team reflect on Jesse's work at Channel 10, and share Sarah Harris' heartfelt memories from The Project.Rob & Molk attended Foxtel's launch of their big new thing - Hubbl (🎶 every day I'm Hubbl-in' 🎶) - and think it might actually have legs. Spoilers, there was no reaction pod as they didn't get their hands on anything, but that will come in a week or so.Last, but never least, we unwrap a huge TV BINGEBOX segment that also now doubles as your chance to throw in the comments the things you're watching, upmolking and downmolking (copyright us).It's a big one not short of opinion. Welcome to another edition of the TV BLACKBOX Podcast (so big you can see it from space).Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One half the co-CEO duo at 10Paramount gets the chop as Paramount Global boss Bob Bakish downsizes everything (again), and the Wilkinson/10 trial takes an interesting turn as Bruce Lehrmann weighs in by filing a complaint on one of 10's lawyers. We dive into hypothesizing on Lisa Wilkinson's future media opportunities and...look, we think they're not great.Nine seals the new Melbourne Cup deal, and it's not without intricacies (and a lack of care by many). Has the race that used to stop the nation jumped the televisual shark?Foxtel will officially launch their 'game-changing' new device HUBBL and the embedded TV product HUBBL GLASS so we chat about what we know, what we think it might do, and make up the rest (keep an eye out for a special reaction pod from Rob & Molk after the event where hopefully they come with more detail).Finally, Seven announce the full cast for the 2024 edition of DANCING WITH THE STARS, and two-thirds of us are keen and the other one thinks it isn't even worth macarena-ing over.Another sizeable TV BINGEBOX segment rounds out the pod, this time with some of your recommendations to boot. How good is engagement?! 😉Sit down and settle in for another exciting episode of the TV BLACKBOX podcast (guaranteed 57% factual).Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Also, the Super Bowl was massive in the US and here in Australia…but was it reasonable?Rob, Robbo, and Molk return talking all things TV trends, trials, and tribulations (and we tried a new thing…but more on that later).The huge news was the affidavit from Lisa Wilkinson proving she was pushed from THE PROJECT as her court case with Channel 10 started today, and it should send shivers down the spine of every executive and every piece of on-air talent around. In short – it confirms you’re only one speech/op-ed away from “having the full support of the network” and getting dumped.In the US a class action is being brought against Amazon for introduction of ads to their Prime Video service. Fair, or crocodile teas? Almost as bas as the Australian sports betting companies wanting to eek out some free to air spectrum to run their own TV channels so you can see the games they can take your money for 24/7.Did you know the AACTAs were on over the weekend? The ratings said you (and the rest of Australia) didn’t watch…why is that?In smaller news to round things out: THE LATEST shits to Perth to save Seven money, Piers Morgan continues to be irrelevant (though will probably make some money out of Google now), and the Super Bowl delivers massive ratings in the US (and Australia) for two big reasons.Also, we finish out with another meaty TV BINGEBOX segment sure to set your PVRs and catch-up services groaning with (mostly) great choices.It’s a brand new TV BLACKBOX podcast, back just in time to ensure we’re topically-adjacent.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's real news about the fate/future of Paramount+/10Paramount that concerns even us! This week it's Rob(erto), Robbo, and Molk lining up to discuss and dissect the week in Australian TV (and attached bits).As Paramount's US boss Bob Bakish looks to be preparing Paramount Global for sale, what will this mean for 10Paramount down under? Is their recent shelving of an array of Australian original series a sign of what is to come, or simply bad timing as they seek to eek out additional revenue from licensing the content elsewhere? The team aren't leaning into a beat up--this is a live situation that will have real impact on everyone who works at Channel 10.The media buyers have said it'll be at least 12 months before they pay any heed to the new VOZ ratings, and we discuss why that might be and the current PR Jedi playbook when it comes to promoting your shows and making sure no matter the metric, everyone's a winner! (NOTE: reach is not a thing; national audience is all we really have to go by now and we should be leaning into that...but state-by-state numbers for shows would be nice.)There's THE GRAMMYS to discuss as they showed everyone how to do it (and saw a bump in their ratings). Trevor Noah smashed it and kept it light and fun for the entire (nearly) four-hour broadcast. Taylor Swift announcing her new album didn't hurt either.Then finally, as the casting for the new series of DANCING WITH THE STARS starts to roll out, does it highlight that the audience are less concerned with the format and more concerned with the controversy surrounding the star?The TV BLACKBOX podcast has returned, and we are full of surprises (or something that starts with 's', anyway).Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh, we're back friends, and boy do we have stuff to talk aboutRob, Abbey, Robbo, and Molk return for another massive year of the TV BLACKBOX podcast - fresh from our mouths to your earholes (ew).There is literally heaps to talk about tonight, from Antoinette Lattouf's firing from the ABC for a retweet to ABC boss David Anderson losing the support of the entire ABC, the impact of entirely new metrics with the VOZ daily ratings, changes at 60 Minutes, Tracy Grimshaw being coaxed back on-screen at Nine, and the confirmation of ABC Chair Ita Buttrose's replacement when she steps down - former News Limited boss Kim Williams.Plus, as an extra special Summer treat, it's our biggest bingebox yet! Will Molk be allowed to talk about more than three shows? Will Rob have watched more than one and an endless repeat of Big Bang Theory? Does Robbo still love everyone? Can Abbey continue to reign supreme as producer-extraordinaire?See?! SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. We're so glad you're back too.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

t's the most fundamental change in OzTAM reporting since it began over twenty years ago...so what does it all mean?!TV Blackbox the podcast is back for 2024 with a special edition from TVBB editors Rob, Kevin, and Molk to discuss the changes for OzTAM reporting that start Monday 29 January 2024.Out with the old, and in with the new - all the old reports (and data!) are gone, expunged from the OzTAM website, in preparation for two new daily VOZ Total TV reports landing at 11:35am, and an additional new weekly report.Also, no more subscription TV data at all (Foxtel will create and deliver their own reporting this year).Is it good for the industry? Is it shifting deckchairs on the televisual Titanic? Can this help return some positivity to an industry already feeling fragmented by changes to audience viewing patterns and having them bounce around between eleventy-seven subscription streaming competitors?So, here's your lowdown on the changes, and our views (for good and for ill) on what they mean for our much-loved Australian TV industry. TV Blackbox the podcast is back!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.