The Wrong Girl premiered on Network Ten on 28 September 2016 and focuses on “Lily Woodward, a producer on a morning television show, and what happens when life, love and friendships collide. Longing for a life rich in romance, a dynamic career and a happy family, Lily is constantly thrown off course. As her journey continues, Lily discovers that sometimes
Read moreThe Time Traveler’s Wife premiered on HBO on 15 May 2022 and is an adaptation of the 2003 novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger. For those who are unfamiliar with the novel, it is about the love story of Henry and Clare. Henry has inherited a condition which causes him to time travel throughout his life (on rare
Read moreThe Secret Daughter premiered on 3 October 2016 on the Seven Network. The Secret Daughter stars singer, Jessica Mauboy as “Billie Carter, a part-time country pub singer, whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with wealthy city hotelier, Jack Norton.” I wrote in my review of the pilot that I didn’t know what to expect from the show and
Read moreThe Newsreader premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on 15 August 2021, the show focuses on “an unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.” The main characters consist of Dale, an ambitious reporter paired
Read moreThe afterlife, according to a definition published on Wikipedia, is a “purported existence in which the essential part of an individual’s identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body.” The Wikipedia page on the afterlife goes on to state that according to the various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of
Read moreThe Good Place premiered on 19 September 2016 on NBC and focuses on an afterlife that humans are sent to called the Good Place (Heaven) or the Bad Place (Hell) based on the score they’ve received on the morality of their actions in life. Season 1 – The pilot introduces us to Eleanor Shellstrop who meets Good Place neighbourhood architect,
Read moreThe afterlife, according to a definition published on Wikipedia, is a “purported existence in which the essential part of an individual’s identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body.” The Wikipedia page on the afterlife goes on to state that according to the various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of
Read moreStreet Smart premiered on Network Ten on 5 August 2018 and was described in that year’s TV Week Previews edition as a “hilarious and entertaining look at a team of bumbling crims who dream of fast cars, attractive women and getting rich quick.” Street Smart was created by Rob Shehadie and Tahir Bilgic, who also created Here Come the Habibs,
Read moreThe afterlife, according to a definition published on Wikipedia, is a “purported existence in which the essential part of an individual’s identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body.” The Wikipedia page on the afterlife goes on to state that according to the various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of
Read moreSquinters premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on 7 February 2018 and follows “five car loads of travellers, on the road, to and from work, wrestling with the conundrums of daily life.” I felt that Squinters was a unique show for many reasons: its focus purely on the characters’ commute to and from work, all the characters being put
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