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Travel Guides and Married at First Sight deliver Nine a comfortable win

Travel Guides and Married at First Sight deliver Nine a comfortable win

Ten and ABC offered weak line ups and were left behind accordingly.

The cardinal and the king

The cardinal and the king

The new Michael Jackson reckoning ought to serve as a lesson against blind faith — and wilful blindness.

Endless cult film is no escape from the march of time

Endless cult film is no escape from the march of time

The Clock is as much contemplative object as an artwork, and it's strangely addictive.

Netflix series on Trotsky revives old-school anti-Semitism

Netflix series on Trotsky revives old-school anti-Semitism

While everyone’s worrying about "fake news" on the "unregulated" internet, the world’s new global screen content behemoth is pumping it out to untold millions of homes.

Dog days for Australian kids’ television

Dog days for Australian kids’ television

Bluey is now the most popular show in ABC iView history. So why do industry insiders say children’s content creators are fighting over the scraps?

Where is Australia's 'prestige' television?

Where is Australia's 'prestige' television?

The commercial networks have been in a death spiral for some time, and it looks like we're condemned to reheated panel shows and rebooted reality from here on out.

Why we should expect less from Marie Kondo

Why we should expect less from Marie Kondo

No, the cult tidying expert's method won't save you but it is a salve for a hopelessly chaotic mind.

Sorry to Bother You lacks subtlety, but that's not a bad thing

Sorry to Bother You lacks subtlety, but that's not a bad thing

This is not an ambiguous comedy about pain and alienation; it’s an unambiguous comedy about pain and alienation.

My ‘realistic wish’ for Australian comedy

My ‘realistic wish’ for Australian comedy

If the good ol' Chaser boys can't make it on the ABC, who can? 

Record spend on local drama, but overall investment down

Record spend on local drama, but overall investment down

A new report from Screen Australia has shown that Australia produced a record amount of local content this year, despite a drop in expenditure.