Yesterday
Singing in English a ‘blessing and curse’ for Oz music: Grammy boss
The president of the Recording Academy says singing in English can be a disadvantage outside America – but Australia’s music industry can conquer it.
This epic but intimate Aussie war series deserves to be a hit
Justin Kurzel’s five-episode adaptation of fellow Tasmanian Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize winner, Narrow Road to the Deep North, is storytelling at its best.
This Month
Doctors say this show is first to get the emergency ward right
Binge’s unusually accurate medical drama The Pitt, starring Noah Wyle as a beleaguered intensive care physician, has become the talk of real-life hospital breakrooms.
Nine closes five year deal to keep Wallabies, Wallaroos broadcasts
The coverage will include Super Rugby and national tournaments including the Bledisloe Cup, the Rugby Championship, and the soon-to-launch Nations Cup.
‘White Lotus’ audience is big, and keeps getting bigger
The third season, which concluded at the weekend, is the series’ most popular yet, according to internal HBO statistics and Nielsen, the research firm.
The White Lotus is the first great post-‘woke’ piece of art
The show canvasses the last remaining taboos and puts them all on-screen, with a luxury hotel or a superyacht as the backdrop.
‘Severance’ nails office hell in 5 ways. Do they match your workplace?
The producers of the Apple TV+ hit mined the tricks and designs of some of the great employment films to make life for their “innies” as unbearable as possible
It took a Canadian to skewer Hollywood this well
Seth Rogen’s The Studio, new on Apple TV+, uses some of Tinsel Town’s biggest stars to satirise its eternal battle between art and commerce.
DAZN to take control of Foxtel as $3.4b deal goes through
The chief executive of the global sports streaming service is in Australia to sign off on the company’s biggest acquisition yet.
Netflix rival Max rolls out in Australia with bold profit prediction
Warner Bros Discovery international CEO JB Perrette says the streamer will have “millions” of Australian subscribers and turn a profit in two to three years.
March
‘Severance’ workplace thriller gives Apple a much-needed hit
The workplace thriller is a monster hit for the streaming service, which has struggled to retain subscribers and is losing more than $1 billion a year.
Netflix drama Adolescence will chill the blood of any parent
Astonishing performances turn this series about a 13-year-old murder suspect into a devastating watch.
Netflix is gobbling up world literature. What could go wrong?
The streamer keeps mounting lavish adaptations of beloved novels – and making them all feel homogenised.
Nine to sell ads on new streaming service Max
Warner Bros Discovery’s Max streaming platform launches in Australia on March 31. Nine Entertainment, which owns Stan, will also stand to benefit.
Optus considers bundling sports streaming with mobile plans
The Singaporean-owned group has been weighing up whether to sell off its streaming business, which holds the broadcast rights to English Premier League matches.
Disney eyes more Australian sport, turns into a Foxtel competitor
As ESPN hops onto Disney+, the entertainment giant’s Australia and New Zealand boss says it is “open to investing more” in domestic broadcast rights.
David Mitchell plays a middle-class dweeb yet again, and it’s great
The “Would I Lie To You” stalwart is hilarious as Ludwig breathes brain-teasing life into the police procedural.
February
Foxtel’s Binge to lose top-tier HBO shows from next month
International entertainment giant Warner Bros Discovery has announced the date its own Max streaming service will arrive in Australia.
Lee Child retired, but Jack Reacher kept calling
On the eve of a third season for the streaming drama based on his sleuth hero, the author talks his coffee addiction and why he left America the day Trump won.
Saudi government buys stake in Foxtel’s new owner, DAZN
The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it ultimately gives the Gulf kingdom an influential voice in the Australian broadcast market.