Tv
Craig Mathieson
The reports of TV's death are greatly exaggerated
Craig Mathieson Ever since J. R. Ewing got gunned down on Dallas in 1980, one of television's favourite gambits has been the cliffhanger, where an individual episode or entire season would end on the cusp of a...
Gillian Armstrong
TV fails the screen test for this culture
Gillian Armstrong How fantastic it is that our TV programs and films are doing so well at present, and also that Australians young and old were recently surveyed and reported that they don't want our culture to be...
Danny Katz
Puppy love gets flushed away as TV advertising stoops to a new low
Danny Katz Cute Labrador puppies and toilet paper ads have always gone together beautifully: they're one of those mysterious lovely/disgusting combinations that just seem to work.
Suzy Freeman-Greene
House husbands still a TV fantasy
Suzy Freeman-Greene Imagine four male leads changing nappies or filling lunchboxes on the blokiest of TV stations, Channel Nine.
The Loaded Dog
Do NRL TV rights benefit the fans?
The rugby league TV rights deal has been hailed as a billion-dollar win for the code, but with just one game to be televised live each week free-to-air, is it a win for fans?
Danny Katz
Talk about annoying: take away their pens and TV footy blokes are nothing
Danny Katz The TV footy commentator is the guy who talks on TV while the footy game is going. He is kind of like your annoying mate who comes around sometimes to watch the footy with you and never shuts up.
Danny Katz
Beware, channel surfers: impatience can turn TV night to anus horribilis
Danny Katz It was such a happy, innocent scene: my beloved and I sitting on the couch, watching a TV show, enjoying a Cadbury Snack bar filled with delectable goop of indeterminate flavours.
Paul Sheehan
An unlikely TV hit makes us all fools for true love
Paul Sheehan One can only hope that Julian Kitchener-Fellowes, also known as Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, also Lord Fellowes, Conservative member of the House of Lords, will eventually relent and allow some...
Richard Ackland
Trolls of TV and radio would not last a day under print rules
Richard Ackland Free speech, freedom of the press, the right to say what you like - all are getting a huge run at the moment.
Marriage, the monarchy and gen Y: their date with TV destiny
Alexandra Patrikios If the cloying royal wedding coverage is all getting a bit too much, fear not – Twitter can be trusted to put things in perspective.
Tim Colebatch
Indian TV's unsound fury
Tim Colebatch In 2007, according to India's National Crime Records Bureau, 32,318 people were murdered in India. Another 3644 were victims of ''culpable homicide'', roughly equating to manslaughter.
Dirty laundry leaves a nation stained
Germaine Greer Australians of Irish descent will be particularly interested in the unfolding saga of the Magdalenes.
Allison Pearson
As Blade weeps in court, we forget the Blonde is the victim
Allison Pearson If you have just accidentally shot dead the woman you love, what do you do?
Alan Stokes
Footy needs more 'us' versus 'them'
Alan Stokes Please don't tell anyone, but I feel for Ben Barba and Canterbury Bulldogs supporters.
Ryan Harvey
Do we change ourselves or 'the other'?
Ryan Harvey The recent ''Rosa Parks moment'' of Malaysian-born ABC TV News presenter Jeremy Fernandez exposes how difficult it will be for policymakers to reconcile the aspirations of an Asian Century white...
Suzy Freeman-Greene
When a simple slice of Pi is the most satisfying dish of all
Suzy Freeman-Greene At a time studios wring every drop from sequels, Life of Pi's success is a thing of joy.
Canvas
It's absurd that our best books are not made into films
Peter Craven Why don't we have a film industry that is more sensitive to the riches of Australian writing?
Sandie de Wolf
Mother-blaming is an outdated, simplistic view
Sandie de Wolf Accusing women of neglecting children ignores the role that men play in violent homes.
Jaimie Fuller
Armstrong must walk the walk
Jaimie Fuller The truth, the half-truth and anything but the truth. Lance Armstrong's showbiz ''confession'' to Oprah Winfrey, was an unpalatable blend of all three elements, each of them carefully manipulated at...
John Birmingham
Rice and shine, your sleep-ins are over
John Birmingham Man, what was Steph Rice thinking? All those medals and sponsor bucks not enough for her?
