Shock! Horror! The hosts of SBS’s Movie Show, David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz, have defected to the ABC! To an Aussie, this is pretty much as big a deal as when Letterman jumped to CBS.
Category: TV
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Competing Aussie reality shows
Hmm, it looks like we’ve got two new competing Australian reality shows in the works! We saw a commercial on the ABC last night asking for contestants for “Outback House”, which will be similar to previous PBS and BBC shows. They’re going to take a group of “modern Australians” and see if they can live like it’s 1860. It looked pretty neat. Up against it will be “The Colony” (which I discovered thanks to a comment by Ben). That one will actually send people from the UK on a voyage by ship to Australia to start out as colonists. Some will even be convicts!
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iTunes
The iTunes Music Store has sold 1 million songs in 3.5 days. Alas, not one of them was to me. Anybody in the US mind if I switch my credit card address to your house?
In other products-I-desperately-want-but-can’t-get-my-mits-on news, the Snook has made great strides with our homegrown “TiFaux” DVR project. We’re using this system and so far he’s got it playing live TV, displaying the program guide, and recording shows. Unfortunately we seem to be getting some antenna interference from the computer itself so the quality leaves much to be desired. Of course, as soon as we spend a ridiculous amount upgrading the machine they’ll probably bring the real thing out here anyway.
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Iron Chef
Iron Chef has finally started Down Under and the Snook and I are stoked. I wonder what he’ll make of this Iron Chef Fan Fic though…
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Queer Eye
Last night that Snook got to watch his first episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He seemed to like it, though he squirmed whenever I mentioned submitting him for a makeover from the upcoming Australian version. Hee. He needs it.* I amused myself at lunch today by reading those recaps from StraightEye.com. I really need to see the infamous Lisa episode.
* The beard is definitely out of control, but he refuses to trim it until we have our official housewarming party. Why? So he can style it like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Chip & Reichen
Snook sent me a link to this article alleging that Chip and Reichen have officially “divorced”. Too bad.
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Big Brother
Woohoo! And we have our first Big Brother scandal of the year. Apparently one of the sixteen housemates had to pull out of the show minutes before it started, while another has been revealed to have quit the police force in disgrace after allegedly “exposing” himself.
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BB3
Big Brother 3 has started, and yours truly has volunteered to be a forum moderator. I have no idea what my duties will entail. I like the idea of putting the smack down on 13-year-old snivelling AOL trolls though!
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Belated Friday Five
1. What was the last TV show you watched?
At the gym tonight I caught the premiere of “My Big Fat Greek Life”. Confession: I never saw the movie the show is based on. I meant to, and up til tonight I was planning on renting it. But given how dumb the show looked (even with no sound), I can’t say I’m eager to run out to Blockbuster and pick it up. (And has anybody else noticed that Nia Vardolos has seriously gone orange?)2. What was the last thing you complained about and what was the problem?
It’s been raining here for two weeks straight and I’ve been complaining about it constantly. Yeah, yeah, we’ve had a drought for the past year so I shouldn’t bitch, we need the rain, yadda yadda yadda… but it sucks. Especially when you don’t have a clothes dryer and your ability to have clean laundry depends on nice sunny days to dry things on the line. Needless to say, I’m now on a first-name basis with the Chinese laundry lady around the corner.3. Who was the last person you complimented and what did you say?
It was the Snook. I told him he smelled like a baby this morning. I mean, in a good way. It’s weird. I know all his fragrances: laundry detergent, soap, shampoo, aftershave… and somehow it all mixes up with his weird little pheromones and ends up smelling like the top of a baby’s head.4. What was the last thing you threw away?
The foil wrapper from a chocolate Easter rabbit. I obtained it by nefarious means, actually. It was on my desk at work as a present from our “Social Club”, but I quit the Social Club three months ago. I even checked my paystubs and I definitely haven’t been paying the $8/month fee. They must not have gotten the memo though. Don’t bother telling me to confess. I’ve already eaten the evidence. 🙂5. What was the last website (besides this one) that you visited?
Glitter. I’m on there a lot lately. -
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Australian television is airing the infamous UK coughing episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire tonight. It looks like we’ll be the first place in the world to see it!