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Australia's number one guide to TV and radio. In print in The Age every Thursday.

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‘I have nowhere to go but down’: Jean Smart revels in TV reign

The star of the year’s darkest - and most brilliant - comedy Hacks is tipped to laugh all the way to the Emmys.

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10 years after it ended, the ABC's HUNGRY BEAST has created numerous television careers. Co-creator Andrew Denton and then newcomers @KirstenDrysdale and @MarcFennell explain how it worked and why it mattered for my cover story in today AGE @GreenGuideTV. theage.com.au/culture/tv-and…

The show Andrew Denton calls his greatest joy and achievement

Arguably the most influential show of Australian television, Hungry Beast launched a slew of brilliant careers. More than a decade later, its legacy remains.

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Joel Edgerton tapped Barry Jenkins on the shoulder and asked to work with him. The Australian actor followed the MOONLIGHT director through the demanding, complex adaptation of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, which reframes history. Here's what he witnessed: smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-ra…

How Joel Edgerton’s cruellest role turned into a blessing

The 46-year-old actor was driven to play a ruthless slave catcher in the year’s most anticipated TV series. It may be his defining moment.

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Adult Material is about porn, consent, sex, power and a whole lot more

The acclaimed playwright Lucy Kirkwood's new drama knows how to tell a story and to ask provocative questions.

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'Absolute joy': The Goodies inspires a generation of local TV creators

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Goodies' TV debut, Charlie Pickering, Marieke Hardy and Andrew Hansen reflect on the legacy of the beloved comedy trio.

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Need a new dose of deep state conspiracy?

A breakout hit in 2018, TV spin-off Condor returns with a megaload of paranoia and high-wire tension.

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Comparisons between The Undoing and Big Little Lies fast coming undone

Hugely expensive, impeccably designed and cast, the Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant-starring prestige drama comes off as a tawdry throwback.

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All hail the divine madness of Australian comedy trio Aunty Donna

There’s a whiff of the Young Ones, a hint of Mighty Boosh, the lightest sprinkling of Tim and Eric; pinning down this comedy troupe is an impossible task.

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Tim Chappel dresses stars in The Masked Singer. theage.com.au/culture/tv-and… via @theage

Tim Chappel and a pink kitten are the real stars of The Masked Singer

The Oscar-winning costume designer takes inspiration for the outrageous costumes on Ten's celebrity singing show where he finds it; from the catwalk to Target.

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Can TV affect our attitudes to climate change and carbon emissions? theage.com.au/culture/tv-and… via @theage

Can TV affect our attitudes to climate change and carbon emissions?

Yes it can, says Craig Reucassel, as he embarks on a new documentary series aimed at informing rather than preaching to an audience.

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Actors, or cattle, as Hitchcock described them, are TV's power brokers

Reese Witherspoon, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jason Bateman are but a few of the multi-hatted creators of TV shows whose influence extends beyond their close-ups.

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The sound of no hands clapping: How AFL, NRL and EPL 'fill' empty stadiums

Been to a game lately? No, and neither has anyone else. But that's not what it sounds like thanks to some clever innovation.

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You won't be bored watching Operation Buffalo but you may be confused theage.com.au/culture/tv-and… via @theage

You won't be bored watching Operation Buffalo but you may be confused

The wild tonal shifts of the ABC's ambitious Sunday night comic-drama, about nuclear testing at Maralinga in the 1950s, soon become baffling.

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"Reality is now moving faster than any production schedule." For @GreenGuideTV in today's Age I wrote about Stan's THE COMMONS, and how its fictional vision of Australia's uncertain climate future has been superseded by what's happening right now. smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-ra…

The Commons predicted climate apocalypse; then an actual one happened

In a week of grim and harrowing news footage of devastating bushfires, it's not easy watching a TV drama about a future that we're careering towards.

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.@adamzwar ... deep in research for my SeaChange Green Guide feature and look what I discover? Who doesn't love a man in uniform? 🤷‍♂️
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How the dating show quite literally turned itself into a joke theage.com.au/entertainment/… via @theage

How the dating show quite literally turned itself into a joke

The corn and artifice of The Bachelorette has set the stage for cheap, cheerful and genuinely funny competition.

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Love awful movies? There's a podcast for that

Film nerds Guy Montgomery and Tim Batt have watched "Sex and The City 2" more than 50 times.

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U were calm without being complacent. Vigilant without being paranoid. Like a champion competitor u were always in the moment and not focused on the result. Congratulations Shane u r SOLE SURVIVOR 2018!!! 🎉 #survivorAU
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New from me in @GreenGuideTV: what's driving our obsession with true crime documentaries and what does the ABC's new series EXPOSED: THE CASE OF KELI LANE bring to the burgeoning genre. smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-…

Piqued viewing: Why we're obsessed with the true crime genre

In Exposed, award-winning ABC reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna explores the perplexing story of Keli Lane and what happened to her new-born baby Tegan.

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BLACK AS is a hidden gem waiting to be watched on @ABCiview: a semi-improvised Arnhem Land adventure with four Yolngu men that's a family-friendly survival guide, ode to friendship and country, and outback mechanic how-to. My story for @GreenGuideTV smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-…

Four Yolngu men were fans of prank show Jackass; Black As is their version

Bush Mechanics creator David Batty has made the most delightful on Australian TV right now.

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