• COMMENT

After successfully transforming the competitive cooking genre into a deliciously contrived snark-fest, My Kitchen Rules is running out of steam - and it looks like not even a handsome new judge or the Real Housewives of Wollongong can resuscitate it.

"I don't want to kiss you." Ouch.

Keira Maguire's tears might finally elicit some sympathy from her celebrity campmates, while Tziporah Malkah has continued her steady descent in Kris Smith's esteem.

Winter has well and truly arrived.

Our pick of what's on the small screen this week

Tziporah Malkah, formerly known as Kate Fischer, has been told to "stop playing the victim" by her fellow I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here campmate Kris Smith.

Bring out the big puns, there is a lot on the line for fish king Josh as he throws down the curry gauntlet to rivals Matt and Alyse during sudden death elimination on My Kitchen Rules.

It was one of the most powerful moments on television this year to date - and now there's a big twist in the tale.

Ray Martin presents a look at the gulf between how we think and how we behave when it comes to questions of race and racism in this country.

It's so familiar, you'll think you're tripping balls.

Four hours of Paul Hogan wasn't enough; Donald Trump's presidency an "insurgency"?

Britain's most revered TV naturalist David Attenborough, 90, is returning to present a sequel to The Blue Planet documentary series, 16 years after the original illuminated the depths of the world's oceans.

• ANALYSIS

On Monday night's Q&A;, questioner Fred Thorpe did what questioners do when this program is at its best: she went toe-to-toe with the political class and poked it in the eye.

Cheats! That was Josh's cry after My Kitchen Rules revealed that Matt and Alyse used pre-made, store bought red curry paste to cook their main dish of the evening.

Muslim comedian Nazeem Hussain recalls his family's fears after a terrorist attacked a Lindt café in Sydney and how that event made his sister anxious about wearing a hijab in public. 

It was a roller coaster of emotions, Deschanel says of filming the final season of Bones.

The unfortunate wait for Unfortunate Events.

Regional TV rivals WIN, Prime and Southern Cross Austereo are set for a three-way battle for local news audiences in regional NSW.

Every character I play is an animal, says the 46-year-old British star of Billions.

The puppetmasters had a field day as their new couple stirred things up at the weekly dinner party.

The former Bachelor contestant angered no less than three camp mates during Sunday night's episode.

The fiery debate over last Monday's episode of Q&A; continues.

If it wasn't so expertly done, you'd feel manipulated.

• COMMENT

Hoges might have been far more interesting had it not been so determined to ensure we liked its subject.