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'Blogs Central
Blog Central: Couch Potato Go channel surfing with our rotating panel of couch potatoes as they share their views on the good, the bad and the ugly on our TV screens. We want to know what you think too, so sink into the sofa and share your comments.

Recent entries

Monday, September 1, 2008

Durie is a boringus fakemanii

And that's a species I don't want in my garden. >>

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Beijing is boring this time of year

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

Time now for the Games of the saturation Olympiad. >>

Monday, August 4, 2008

Farmers want a porn star?

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Supposedly, these blokes want a wife and a connection. >>

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Laughter guaranteed!

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Discover the show that out-rated Gordon Ramsay. >>

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Just who is The One?

New Aussie psychic show is good, trashy entertainment. >>

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Boogie Nights with Bert Newton

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

What songs make you want to don your dancing shoes? >>

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Gruen spin just grates

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Show about advertising all style and no substance. >>

Monday, May 26, 2008

Television ads are driving me nuts

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

There are a few gems, but mostly they're plain irritating. >>

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Flight of the Conchords crashes

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

Zero laughs to be found in latest Kiwi comedy. >>

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Who thought Big Brother could get any worse?

Blogs Central: Comments6 Comments

I shouldn't have come back after the turkey slap. >>

Monday, May 5, 2008

How to look good naked ...

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

... it is possible, but perfection is not. >>

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Don't miss Aunty's finest half-hour

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

I've stumbled across the best timeslot in Australian television. >>

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Canal Road is falling off Nine's drama map

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

Vote with your remote and save the Aussie drama. >>

Sunday, April 27, 2008

So You Think You Can Dance: And the winner is ...

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

Queensland is the home of Australia's favourite dancer. >>

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

More TV hosts should be like Chef Gordon Ramsay

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

We should forgive him the odd F-reak out >>

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

TV's Logies: a pathetic excuse for a piss-up

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

They're irrelevant and as daggy as your spinster aunt. >>

Monday, April 7, 2008

To boldly go where no soap has gone ...

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Sex, stalking, affairs, revenge, murder - it has it all. >>

Monday, March 31, 2008

Gladiators: It's matter over mind

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

A show like this appeals to the lowest common denominator. >>

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Moment of Truth: Can TV get any more despicable?

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Sacrificing dignity in the rabid pursuit of cash and fame. >>

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Biggest Loser's a big fat disappointment

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And it makes me want to eat more chocolate. >>

Friday, March 14, 2008

Dance show wowsers need a reality check

Suck it up Princess, no-one wants a moaning Myrtle. >>

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Sexual shenanigans set the scene for drama

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

It's love-all in the edgy British series Sinchronicity (sic). >>

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Live show hotter than a tomali!

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Behind the scenes of So You Think You Can Dance. >>

Friday, February 29, 2008

Busts, bikinis, blondes and babes

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Comedy proves the Benny Hill spirit is alive and well. >>

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Who has time for sex after an 18-hour day?

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

Cashmere Mafia seems old, tired and just a tad unrealistic. >>

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Teenage girls behaving badly

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

Oh no, please don't drop the F-bomb! >>

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

All Saints just keeps getting better

Bandits, bombs, beautiful people ... what more could you want? >>

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Underbelly could be the one

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

At long last Channel 9 has made a brilliant programming decision. >>

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

First, the good news ... it's back!

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

The TV equivalent of a comfortable pair of old jeans. >>

Monday, February 4, 2008

This dance routine has all the right moves

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

Finally, a show that surpasses the hype ... >>

Monday, January 28, 2008

Turning debauched English lushes into ladylike lasses

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

Hilarious reality show is in a class of its own. >>

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Strike me dead, it's getting very Ugly, Betty!

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

American writers' row has left TV land in limbo. >>

Monday, January 21, 2008

Top Gear doesn't get my engine running

Blogs Central: Comments7 Comments

What a load of babble and waste of good-looking cars. >>

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Kiwi cops in hot pursuit!

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

You really couldn't be arrested by nicer people ... >>

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Be afraid, people, be very afraid

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

Doom and gloom makes you want to build a bunker. >>

Monday, January 7, 2008

Extreme Makeover: It's beauty at knifepoint

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Who says it's what on the inside that counts? >>

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Lord of the Flies with a 2007 edge

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Kid Nation: 40 children, 40 days, no parents. >>

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Thank God for the saucy vicar

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

Dawn French has restored my Christmas cheer. >>

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Can't get no Satisfaction here

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

New Aussie drama reaches new tacky heights. >>

Friday, December 7, 2007

One summer show rocks, the other is 30 Rock

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

Some words of warning, folks: don't fool for the hype. >>

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Triumphs and trainwrecks: the TV year that was

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

Grab a coffee and settle on the couch ... >>

Monday, November 26, 2007

Few fireworks in Idol grand finale

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

It was epic and memorable, but for the wrong reasons. >>

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Idol single is a load of schmaltzy twaddle

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

This awful mish-mash is heading to an airwave near you. >>

Thursday, November 15, 2007

All these double-takes are making me dizzy

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

When actors get a great role, they should settle in. >>

Monday, November 12, 2007

Is this the worst show on television?

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

Bad karaoke should be confined to dingy pubs. >>

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

There's nothing silly about these Billys

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

Seven's cross-promotion just got a whole lot classier. >>

Monday, November 5, 2007

Harold's leaving? Say it isn't so!

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Well, folks, there goes the neighbourhood ... >>

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Get over it, Tarasai!

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

Pint-size diva is still spitting the dummy. >>

Monday, October 29, 2007

Getting down and dirty

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Did you know people get paid to give "fanny facials"? >>

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Farmers hope to lasso a wife

Looking for lurve in true Aussie style. >>

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Mega Millionaire was mega weird

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

That was the strangest quiz show I've seen. >>

Monday, October 22, 2007

Which Australian Idol judge would you vote off?

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

Is all the bickering just a shameless grab for ratings? >>

Friday, October 19, 2007

I just can't take it any more!

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Why does the “commercial” part of television have to be so intrusive, so LOUD and so repetitive. >>

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Time tinkering is messing with my head!

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

Why is Damages being moved back to 10.30pm? >>

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Dancing with the Stars is losing its shine

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

This show is becoming as tired as Daryl Somers' jokes >>

Friday, October 12, 2007

Iron Chefs show their mettle in culinary combat

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

These Japanese kitchen capers are a riot! >>

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

The grass is greener in Weeds

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

This radical black comedy puts the herbs in suburbia. >>

Monday, October 8, 2007

A master class in anti-television

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

ABC's Rain Shadow earns a D for disappointing. >>

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Model bitchfest set for a photo finish

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

It's a shame it's all two years too late. >>

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Reality TV: Dream-crushing is entertainment

Watching people fail miserably seems to be the most fun most people can have thesedays. When did bullying become fashionable? >>

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

So evil and so, so delicious

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Our favourite bunny boiler is back in a brilliant TV drama. >>

Monday, September 17, 2007

It hurt to watch Idol bloodbath

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

What did you think of the rock schlocker? >>

Thursday, September 6, 2007

We're drowning in TV's sleaze

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

Channel 10 has hit a new low with Californication. >>

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Shock jock Kyle in the hot seat

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

Did Denton give Sandilands a serious case of rope burn? >>

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Gripping: life & death struggle

You could almost see the Grim Reaper hovering in the hospital corridors, sipping dodgy cafeteria coffee from a styrofoam cup. >>

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Sucked in by train-wreck television

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

The shows we love to hate ... and can't stop watching! >>

Saturday, August 25, 2007

It's noice to have you back, Kath and Kim

New series has made me excited about the state of Aussie-made comedy. >>

Sunday, August 19, 2007

The lack of suspense is killing me!

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

US crime shows are killing off the best of British drama. >>

Monday, August 6, 2007

Australian Idol's great for a laugh

Last night’s Australian Idol delivered more laughs than back-to-back episodes of The Simpsons, South Park and Little Britain. >>

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Time to scratch the Idol itch

The Idol worship begins tonight as Channel 10 searches once more for mediocre musical talent. >>

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Boring BB finale lacked fireworks

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Big Brother 2007 is over - and boy did they drag out the finale! >>

Monday, July 30, 2007

Two hours of drivel insults the grey matter

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

What happened? I lost two valuable hours of my life last night. That's what happened. >>

Sunday, July 29, 2007

It’s time to go …

Big Brother has almost come to an end and I’m tipping Zach to win. >>

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Missing, without a trace

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

There are certain things in life you can count on, and one of them is that every Wednesday between 9.30pm and 10.30pm, someone will be lost and found. >>

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Posh: What a load of tosh!

Blogs Central: Comments1 Comments

Life’s too short to watch a whole hour of Posh Spice, aka Mrs David Beckham, prancing around on the TV screen in her new home of Beverly Hills. >>

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Has Law & Order lost the plot?

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

Let me state from the outset that I’m a big fan of Law & Order and all its various spin-offs. >>

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Oh brother, I'm hooked

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

Big Brother 2007 – what an action-packed series it has been already. >>

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Who loves Border Security?

A TV show about Australian customs sounds about as riveting as watching a live (and I use the term loosely) sitting of federal parliament, but Channel 7’s Border Security manages ... >>

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