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What to stream this week (clockwise from top left): Heads of State; When No One Sees Us; Ironheart; Watchmen; Joh: Last King of Queensland; and The Waterfront.

What to stream this week: Richard Roxburgh as Joh and five more to watch

A sun-soaked crime drama with echoes of Dept. Q, a documentary about Joh Bjelke-Peterson and a new Marvel superhero are the picks this week.

  • Craig Mathieson

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The Netflix Vine Studios building in Los Angeles, California.

From cable to clicks: Is streaming on Netflix the next frontier for TV news?

Reinventing the news wheel is tough. But spinning it off a streaming platform is an idea rich with potential.

  • Michael Idato
Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game.

How will Squid Game end this week? We have some horrifying predictions

One of the most popular shows in the history of television is coming to its close. Don’t expect a happy ending.

  • Meg Watson, Nell Geraets, Karl Quinn, Gabriela Sumampow and Hannah Kennelly
Lee Byung-hun as Frontman

Lifting the mask: Squid Game’s villain Front Man reveals (almost) all

For three seasons, Lee Byung-hun has been the game’s cold-hearted controller. Here, he offers his thoughts on what was really going on behind the mask.

  • Karl Quinn
Gold Logie nominees Ally Langdon, Lisa Millar, Hamish Blake, Julia Morris, Poh Ling Yeow and Sonia Kruger at the Sydney Opera House.

Women dominate Gold Logie 2025 nominations as new award honours legend

Many heavyweight acting legends were overlooked for new talent this year, signalling a degree of generational change.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Actor Robyn Malcolm

‘We’re roadkill’: How this Kiwi actor turned middle-age rage into her best work yet

The Kiwi actor has never been stronger or in more demand – and she’s definitely not ready for the La-Z-Boy yet.

  • Louise Rugendyke
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Charlie Vickers as Kieran in The Survivors.

Why Lord of the Rings’ biggest villain came home

Charlie Vickers is in the most expensive TV series ever made, but it was a small-town murder mystery that drew him back to Australia.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Robert De Niro as former president George Mullen in Zero Day.

Watched everything? Here are seven hidden gems you might have missed

A couple of US presidential thrillers, a drama from the creator of Adolescence and a shocking Norwegian drama lead our list.

  • Debi Enker
David Harbour as Jim Hopper and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in season five of Stranger Things.

Netflix reveals release date for final season of Stranger Things

The eight-episode fifth season of the supernatural horror has been split into three parts.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Owen Cooper plays Jamie Miller, who is arrested for murder, in the Netflix drama Adolescence.

The best TV of the year (so far)

From returning favourites to the resuscitation of Noah Wyle’s medical career, this year’s TV offerings have been a mix of the familiar and the thrillingly unexpected.

  • Louise Rugendyke, Meg Watson, Kylie Northover, Karl Quinn, Craig Mathieson and Debi Enker

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