| 2008 viewing |
| Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial (SBS) |
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Thorough overview of the Dover case. Science won comprehensively. |
| Mayday: Collision Course (Ch 7) |
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Air Crash Investigations on the high seas. Why the sporadic scheduling!?! |
| Summer Heights High (ABC) |
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I've only just caught this via repeats. Ridiculous and excellent. |
| The Daily Show (Ch 10) |
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Frequently funny news desk piss-take by Jon Stewart. |
| Late Show: David Letterman (Ch 10) |
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Pay top $ you get good writers. Watch Dave's personable interview technique. |
| First Tuesday Book Club (ABC) |
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This bookchat show is still brilliant and totally unmissable. |
| Underbelly (Ch 9) |
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Tries to be The Sorpranos. Needs more blood. Will it hold up without Collosimo? |
| Living with the Future (SBS) |
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Covers a different modern, minimalist house in each episode. Absolutely fantastic. |
| Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Ch 9) |
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More 'inspired by' the weblog. Piper was OK; she should have been a brunette. |
| Make Me a Supermodel (Ch 7) |
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Jennifer Hawkins sizzles. An unintentionally hilarious poor-man's Next Top Model. |
| The Farmer Wants a Wife (Ch 9) |
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Why am I addicted to this reality-TV hayseed love bollocks? Was kinda sweet. |
| Stranded (SBS) |
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Amazing Andes plane crash survival story involving cannibalism and courage. |
| The F Word (Ch 9) |
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The latest highly entertaining Gordon Ramsey cooking show. |
| Boiling Point (Ch 7) |
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Ramsey's first TV show – warts and all. |
| Lipstick Jungle (Ch 7) |
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Based on Bushnell's book, season one was quite excellent drama. |
| Taxidermy: Stuff the World (ABC 2) |
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Crazy human condition shit. Obsession taken to alien and horribly familiar levels. |
| How Much is Your Dead Body Worth? (SBS) |
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A grisly and absorbing exposé of the human body parts black market. |
| Ready Steady Cook (Ch 10) |
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Follows Oprah. The inventiveness is fun despite the rushed filming. |
| Huey's Cooking Adventures (Ch 9) |
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Basic recipies and ingredients done well. Huey loves his food. |
| The Cook and the Chef (ABC) |
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I like this one. Traditional homey approach vs contemporary hep style. |
| Surfing the Menu (ABC) |
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Ocker beachside cookery focusing on seafood and messy, no BS dishes. |
| Food Safari (SBS) |
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Features mouth-watering ethnic cuisine. Eat dinner first or suffer untold agonies. |
| Q & A (ABC) |
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First episode had "Kevin 24/7" on the hot seat. All grins, Tony Jones officiated. |
| The Girls of Playboy Mansion (Ch 7) |
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Not as exciting as it should be, sorry dudes. |
| Cyber Shack (Ch 9) |
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This tech gadget informercial still has some interesting content. |
| Big Brother VIII (Ch 10) |
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Sandilands and boring housemates suck. Bridgette's legs earn it one star. |
| Hell's Kitchen (Ch 9) |
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Gordon in mean spirited R-TV mode. Watchable, but too distasteful for many. |
| America's Fattest City (ABC) |
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Goddamn, this show made me hungry. City in question: Houston, USA. |
| Crimes that Shocked the World (Ch 9) |
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America's answer to Born to Kill? A must for serial killer fans. |
| Paparazzi (ABC 2) |
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Only the BBC could make this misunderstood topic fasincating. |
| Seconds to Disaster (Ch 9) |
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A diabolical 11:30pm timeslot for this absorbing 'fatal mishap analysis' series. |
| Impressionism: Art of the Nice (ABC) |
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Matty Collings is back with another high quality art series. Catch it! |
| I Love Carbuncles (ABC) |
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More architecture, this time praising brutalism in England. I wasn't convinced. |
| The Perfect Home (ABC) |
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A repeat of the marvelous Alain de Bouton series, based on his book. |
| Rove Live (Ch 10) |
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Rove's almost got his old zing back. Still very much optional viewing. |
| Gladiators (Ch 7) |
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I used to watch the old series...and it's now a ratings winner in the 00s?!? |
| I Survived Impailing (Ch 7) |
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Another trauma injury show. Gruesome footage content varied. |
| Air Crash Investigations (Ch 7) |
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Dropped to 11:00pm. Even more terrifying with a focus on death and injury. |
| Hired Assassins (ABC 2) |
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Great little 2003 expose about editorial cartoonists. |
| Dancing with a Serial Killer (SBS) |
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Disturbing doco about the infamous French maniac convicted of 11 murders. |
| The War (ABC) |
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Superb WW II series shows the good and bad of the American campaigns. |
| 80th Academy Awards (Ch 9) |
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Still a drag, but I couldn't turn it off. Some OK sarcastic jokes. |
| Amazing Medical Stories (Ch 9) |
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Back for another bizarre year. On late but worth catching...weirdorama. |
| Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (Ch 9) |
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Another eatery reform series. Uncensored Gordon Ramsey = fireworks. |
| Kitchen Nightmares USA (Ch 9) |
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Same as the normal series but resurrects dire American eateries. |
| The Dame Edna Treatment (Ch 9) |
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S/he has lots his/her edge (i.e. best writers) so keep a few SMS convos going. |
| The Biggest Loser (Ch 10) |
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Kind of tedious. My own 10kg 'fat fracou' is more than enough, thanks. |
| Cashmere Mafia (Ch 9) |
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Hmm, the writer is overcooking it. Worth following for a few episodes. |
| Good News Week (Ch 10) |
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Smart, but an hour's worth? That's way too much fucken Paul McDermott. |
| The Chopping Block (Ch 9) |
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Iron Chef for bogans? Heh heh. Gotta love the critics...Da truth hurts! |
| So You Think You Can Dance (Ch 10) |
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Rather crap, actually. Bad format, lousy 'judging', Nat (get naked) sucks. |
| Extraordinary People (SBS) |
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Can't resist docos about medical freaks. Superb, and strangely arousing... |
| Good Game (ABC 2) |
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A near-perfect magazine show – don't matter what the subject matter is. |
| Two and a Half Men (Ch 9) |
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A funny and not-too-contrived sitcom. Features a boozing twat as well. |
| Energy War (SBS) |
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Cutting Edge repeat of a fine Dutch doco about the murky politics of oil. |
| Political Assassination (SBS) |
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Superb series covering the usual suspects, Gandhi and others. |
| Space Odyssey: Journey to Planets (ABC) |
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Lavish UK interplanetary exploration docudrama. Great SFX but overly sappy. |
| Meeting Evel Keneval (SBS) |
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Kind of intrusive, but a fine biography of a true daredevil. |
| My Architect: A Son's Journey (SBS) |
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Doco about brutalist architect Lou Khan by his son. |
| The Nuclear Comeback (SBS) |
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Interesting recap of the nuclear debate. |
| How to Survive a Plane Crash (SBS) |
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Primo television: proven tips for air crash survival. Totally absorbing. |
| Whacked Out Sports (Ch 9) |
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Painful sporting accident footage combined with hilarious commentary. |
| Spaced (ABC 2) |
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Aunty is showing repeats of this and Black Books in batches. |
| Extreme Makeovers (Ch 9) |
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Brilliant concept: perform miracles for genuinely loveable freaks. Can't turn it off. |
| What's Good for You (Ch 9) |
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Light on the science, but scheduled at 7:30pm prime time, think of the audience... |
| Forgiving Dr. Mengele (SBS) |
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A bit melodramatic. Worth it for the brief Auschwitz footage and info. |