A daily newsletter guide to what is happening on your screens - TV, streaming, movies, games, VR, AR
Dan Barrett is an industry commentator & TV critic. He does radio - 4BC & ABC GC and co-hosts the Screen Watching podcast. He's a former Mediaweek deputy editor and content creator for SBS.
Television has just exploded with huge titles commanding your attention. There's some huge new and returning shows: Scenes From a Marriage - HBO's new Jessica Chastain/Oscar Isaac limited series based on Ingmar Bergman's classic series from the 70s. Personally, I found it a little taxing - it's a lot
Piers Morgan will front a new global news show, while Rupert Murdoch launches a new UK news channel.
Netflix saved Manifest despite the tweets. It was Netflix viewers watching that did it - proving once again that Twitter is useless.
Comedian Norm Macdonald has died. And today we're all a little sad.
A big day for Fox - today it announced a COPS revival. And it bought TMZ.
The Queen's Gambit has dominated night one of the Emmys. Expect more wins throughout the week.
Here's what will be new and returning on your TV screen this weekend.
Mouse Rat are no joke, alright? They're all so dreamy.
TV star Nicole Kidman is telling you to go to the movies? ALSO: A new Batman podcast? AND: huge new trailers including Matrix 4 and The Many Saints of Newark.
Solving the mystery of the Dawson's Creek theme song, a new box for Foxtel, and Herman's Head turns 30.
RIP Michael K Williams, Phoebe Waller-Bridge out of Mr & Mrs Smith, and the cynicism of Inspiration4.
Finally - Dawson's Creek has been restored to the way the almighty intended.
The new and returning shows that will keep you on the couch this weekend.
Locast knew that the TV antenna was a rare sight in the US. But their plans to disrupt were short-lived.
Tom Cruise movies delayed! Urkel gets an animated TV show! Dunder Mifflin comes alive! And so much more in today's newsletter.