Category Archives: Behind the Reviews

Behind the Reviews – Edition #39 (Summer Love)

Summer Love premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on 31 August 2022 and was described by the TV Week’s 2022 Previews edition as “an anthology series on eight different stories across eight episodes set at the same beach holiday house.” This show was the first anthology series I’d ever reviewed and was unique as it had a rotating cast

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Behind the Reviews – Edition #34 (Charmed Analysis)

In the previous edition, I spoke about why I write TV show analysis pieces and provided more details on why I wrote Marital and Gender Roles in The Brady Bunch and House Husbands, Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, and Exploration of the afterlife on television: Upload vs The Good Place. This edition will focus on the three analysis pieces I’ve written about Charmed. Even

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Behind the Reviews – Edition #32 (Web Series)

As well as TV shows, I’ve also reviewed three web series: The Good Place Presents: The Selection, Lucy & DiC, and Scrubs: Interns. A web series has been described as a series of “scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the internet.” Two out of the three web series I’ve reviewed are spin-offs of television shows.

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Behind the Reviews – Edition #31 (Upload)

Upload is the first TV series I’ve reviewed that was made for a streaming service, Amazon Prime Video, as opposed to airing on free-to-air television. Upload premiered on 1 May 2020 and focuses on Nathan Brown, a computer programmer who dies prematurely and is uploaded to a premium virtual afterlife that his girlfriend, Ingrid, pays for. The show’s premise as

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Behind the Reviews – Edition #30 (The Wrong Girl)

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

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