FIRST WATCHReviewA Netflix series and documentary have revived global interest in Erik and Lyle Menendez, who blasted their allegedly abusive parents to death with shotguns while they sat watching TV in 1989.
‘Insane medical cases’The Wall Street JournalDuring almost two decades on air, writers of hit TV show Grey’s Anatomy have had to weave a seemingly endless stream of medical cases into the complicated, sexy, often tragic lives of its characters.
Itzel Luna
True crimeThe Wall Street JournalHollywood’s treatment of famed 1990s murder case draws new attention to Menendez brothers’ crime — might Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series set them free?
ERICH SCHWARTZEL
ObituaryThe TimesJohn Amos played the slave Kunta Kinte in the award-winning television miniseries Roots, which helped to combat racism in America.
The Times
TVReviewA silly, sexy, salacious romp called Rivals is based on Jilly Cooper’s famous book, plus South Korea’s dying breed of haenyeo – women divers.
FIRST WATCHReviewA brilliant new series on Binge spares no blushes in its ruthless skewering of the bloated superhero movie industry.
MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian MagazineThe show’s star Steen Raskopoulos says the local version of the Ricky Gervais comedy classic had to be ‘properly Australian’. What can viewers expect from the most anticipated release of the year?
EXCLUSIVE TRAILERLifeThis month’s Territory is a vast, melodramatic series set in the heart of the Outback’s biggest cattle station. Take a look behind the scenes with the all-star cast | WATCH TRAILER
TVReviewDespite my long-held misgivings about the horror genre, I was sucked in to this series across the first two short episodes.
MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian MagazineFor too long Brendan Cowell had been the life of the party. The actor, writer and dedicated hedonist needed someone or something to help him through. He needed a hero – so he created one.
The WatchlistReviewCate Blanchett is a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown in Alfonso Cuaron’s mysterious Disclaimer, plus a series about the romance that inspired Leonard Cohen’s greatest love songs.
Ordinary spiesThe TimesThe MI5 drama Slow Horses brilliantly captures the truth about the British Security Service – it’s full of ordinary, flawed people doing extraordinary things.
Ben Macintyre
TELEVISIONReviewIt has a climactic twist so powerful, that is such an audacious rug-pull, you’ll need to return to the start and rewatch completely (I did) before fully comprehending the totality of this tale.
Kevin Maher
LIFE AND TIMESArtsHe’s stepped off the Succession set and got behind the desk to deliver a ‘scary’ message to workers.
INTERVIEWReviewHarry Bosch creator Michael Connelly talks family, podcasts and handing on the baton to a new generation of fictional cops.
Nicholas Adams-Dzierzba
TelevisionHBO’s The Penguin delivers a gritty Gotham tale, sans the DC nonsense, while NFL star Travis Kelce makes his acting debut in Ryan Murphy’s new gorefest.
Q&AReviewBroadcaster Tony Armstrong, 34, on why he left ABC News Breakfast, playing AFL and the biggest myth about hard work.
Alexandra Hill
FIRST WATCHReviewWyatt Earp and the Cowboy War offers a mashup of fact and fiction to tell the story of the legendary lawman of the American old west.
EXCLUSIVEReviewABC chair Kim Williams says the national broadcaster may need to trade off a mainstream audience in some areas as he flags structural changes at the national broadcaster.
Q&AThe Weekend Australian MagazineThe longtime Grand Designs presenter says his heart sinks whenever he visits the owners of a promising new site and hears these fateful words.
Stephanie Sekulovska