So good we created our own spin-off: The BingeBox segment from the TV Blackbox pod gets its own series! Join Dan, Jo, Brooky and Molk as we give you some great tips, hints and shows to give a wide berth to as we land squarely in the TV BingeBox! In this episode: Follow the @TV_BingeBox crew: @danmbennett @jocasamento1 @viscountbrooky @SteveMolk Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tv_blackbox Find us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/TVBlackbox/ Visit our website: https://tvblackbox.com.au Hello World ..read more

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS returns for season two on Foxtel Image - Foxtel 2020 week 16; Second week of 2020 Easter ratings break. All times are local unless noted otherwise.   Key: #MustWatch (bold & italics) #MolkPicks (bold) Everything else worth a look without guarantee/endorsement. STUFF TO WATCH Sunday Insiders with David Speers (2020.11) - 9am ABC Adam Ruins Everything (S03 premiere - E01/E02 of 12) - 6:35pm SBS VICELAND House Rules: High Stakes (S08E05) - 7pm Seven 60 Minutes (S42E10) - 7pm Nine Melbourne Comedy Festival 2020: Comedy Care Package - 8:30pm ABC Monday West ..read more

Lego Masters Source: Geek Mom SHOW US YOUR BEST LEGO® CREATIONS YOU COULD TAKE HOME WINNING BUILDS FROM THE SHOW With LEGO MASTERS set to return to our screens on Sunday, April 19, Nine today put a call out for budding LEGO enthusiasts around the country to submit photos of their own LEGO creations. The designer of the most imaginative creation will take home three of the amazing winning builds from the upcoming blockbuster series. LEGO MASTERS was a ratings smash hit last year and is set to inspire a whole new world of wonder and creativity in its epic second season. With school hol ..read more

All grown up now we're on episode four and we dip our toes into the very, very shallow reality pool. Join Dan, Jo, Brooky and Molk as we give you some great tips, hints on shows to watch and those to give a wide berth to as we land squarely in the TV BingeBox! In this episode we cover off: Our Claps & Slaps (shows we’ve been loving and shows we had the misfortune to watch) including Nashville, The Real Housewives of New York, Succession, Grace & Frankie, The English Game, Better Call Saul, Bluey, Drunk History, Ridiculousness, You Can't Ask That, Trapped, Australian Story, Murder of L ..read more

Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany Image - Foxtel The effects of the Coronavirus are being felt across the media landscape, and with no live sport to broadcast Foxtel is the latest to see massive staff losses. In the last 48 hours the subscription TV service has seen over 200 redundancies, a further 140 staff stood down pending a return to normalcy, and a host of other staff working reduced hours for reduced pay. As reported previously by TV Blackbox the effects of the COVID-19 crisis is deeply affecting the media industry in Australia and around the world. The end to the 2020 AFL and NRL sea ..read more

Jacinta Tynan Australia’s biggest media companies are shutting down offices and making workers redundant in what has been a brutal 48 hours. We’ve already seen COVID-19 start to impact the TV industry with Seven asking staff to take pay cuts and Channel 10 implementing a staff shutdown after Easter, but now other media companies are taking drastic measures to stay afloat in these troubling times. TV Blackbox can reveal WIN TV, Sky News, Endemol Shine Australia and Foxtel have all made staff redundant over the past couple of days as the advertising downturn takes hold. Sky News CEO Pa ..read more

Self isolation is starting to make some members of the TV Blackbox team a little stir crazy, especially Molk who's up for a fight! Each week the TV Blackbox team take you behind the scenes, wade through the PR spin and launch into the reality that is the Australian television business. In this episode: 2.27 - Should content quotas be scrapped during the COVID-19 crisis? 9.57 - EXCLUSIVE info on the Big Brother shoot, which has now wrapped 17:48 - What does the team make of the Tony v Eddie stoush? 24.09 - Why some executives think ratings should be abolished for the time being 27.13 - Did the ..read more

Bluey Source: BBC Australia’s number one kid’s show Bluey is coming to CBeebies from next month with Series One screening on the channel from May 4th. The loveable family of Heelers - Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli - have won the hearts of kids and their parents around the world since it first launched in Australia two years ago, fast becoming a global phenomenon.  Bluey has scooped up numerous awards including an International Emmy and a Logie, is enjoyed by families as far away as US, Canada, UK, Middle East and China and has a host of famous fans including ex- Prime Minister Malc ..read more

FanForce Source: YouTube NEW STREAMING PLATFORM ‘FANFORCE TV’ BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOR VIRTUAL CINEMA PREMIERES Film distributor and cinema-on-demand innovator, FanForce, today announced the launch of FanForce TV, a new streaming platform focused on driving the community-led viewing and discussion of films online. Amidst the coronavirus crisis that has brought the film industry to a standstill, FanForce, the theatrical film distributor founded in Australia and now operating in 37 countries, brings the shared experience of the cinema to living rooms around the world via a pa ..read more

Tracy Vo on the 9 News Perth set PHOTO: Instagram Channel 9 has officially confirmed popular newsreader TRACY VO will remain in Perth for the foreseeable future to be with her family during the COVID-19 crisis. As state border shutdowns and mandatory isolation prevent her from commuting back and forth to Sydney, she still needs to work so will resume her Perth News duties, and will be on the road reporting from Wednesday as well as presenting the Perth weekend news. News duties on the TODAY show will continue, for the moment, to be taken on by Alex Cullen, who is also presenting spo ..read more