Paul Kalina
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia
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Best in show: what we watched, binged, laughed and cried about in 2020
The pandemic kept us glued to TV more than ever; our panel of TV critics has selected the best shows of the year, most of which can still be viewed on demand. → Read More
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. → Read More
Sacha Horler replaces Genevieve Morris in new comedy Sando
Plus, The Good Doctor sets a new record for time-shifted viewing. → Read More
Forget focus groups, Common Sense has the pulse of the nation
From the makers of Gogglebox comes another round of raw and uncensored opinions. → Read More
Ask the hairdresser: Common Sense will "Gogglebox" the talking points of the day
In other TV news, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy will be revived for Netfix. → Read More
SBS lands The Good Wife spin-off, The Good Fight, starring Christine Baranski
After months of speculation, SBS has confirmed it will air the much-anticipated The Good Fight. → Read More
Original Roseanne cast head back to work for eight-episode remake
Phoebe Tonkin, Joel Jackson and Ewen Leslie headline new SBS drama Safe Harbour. → Read More
ABC's catastrophic failure to release Carrie Fisher's last hurrah
The new season of Catastrophe can be streamed on Amazon ... But not if you live in Australia → Read More
Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey head to Kiev to host SBS's Eurovision coverage
Anthony LaPaglia and Melanie Lynskey cast as leads in multicultural drama Sunshine. → Read More
Neighbours faces the axe, or is this a bargaining ploy?
While The Block will makeover a notorious Melbourne hotel for the down and out. → Read More
Networks reveal highlights of their 2017 schedules
It's not too early to start penciling in your 2017 TV viewing diary. → Read More
Post-Olympic TV offerings: Survivor Australia, The Block, Gilmore Girls, Divorce, The Code, Transparent
The second half of 2016 has plenty of strong dramas to counter-balance the sugar-rush of competition shows we've seen so far this year. Here are 11 of the best. → Read More
Networking for Guide, May 23
Channel Seven really is "smashing it", with news that it will produce a version of hit sneering, sorry, cooking show My Kitchen Rules for the US Fox Network. → Read More
The best TV shows of 2015
Welcome to the annual Couch Potato Awards. → Read More
Survivor, Offspring, dating and reality franchises: Ten sets a course for 2016
To quote the famous slogan of the show Ten will revive next year, the third-ranked commercial network is hoping to "outwit, outplay, outlast" with a local version of Survivor. → Read More
Daryl Somers, Karl Stefanovic's The Verdict and Alan Bond's life will be the stars of Nine in 2016
Four words you never expected – or perhaps wanted – to hear; Daryl Somers is back. → Read More
The cream of Australian acting is returning from the US to make TV on home soil
A-listers are taking breaks from Tinseltown to shoot high-quality TV mini-series. → Read More
The cream of Australian acting is returning from the US to make TV on home soil
A-listers are taking breaks from Tinseltown to shoot high-quality TV mini-series. → Read More
Lunch with Erik Thomson: Could '800 words' be the next 'Packed to the Rafters'?
The former Rafters star has more than 800 words to say about how he started acting and his new TV show. → Read More
Australians are 'taking over' the US, according to Bill Maher
Forget Mexican immigrants, TV host Bill Maher is worried about "f--king Australians" taking over America. → Read More