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Televised Revolution - Why’s so popular? (Episode 295)

Consider the most popular television shows that the medium has ever offered. Why them? What is it about those shows that caught the attention of the viewing audience at large while their contemporary shows were otherwise ignored? We nut out what was at the core of these series that caused them to resonate.

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Televised Revolution - “Spoiler Space” (Ep 294)

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With our TV viewing fractured, concern about spoilers is fast becoming the worlds number one concern – followed closely by Twitter scandals, and then war/famine.

What is the etiquette required surrounding spoilers in our always-connected world? How much concern do we need to provide when discussing events from our TV shows of choice and at what point is their sensitivity no longer your problem?

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Televised Revolution - The Returning TV Show (Ep 293)

The potent mixture of fan devotion and the permanence of media means that even cancelled TV shows never truly go away. 15 years ago the only way that we would see shows take on eternal life was for the shows to reach the magic number of syndication and reach 100 episodes. However, since The X-Files was released on DVD in May 2000, a new market was established and now no TV show would ever be forgotten. Even shows cancelled 8 episodes in found a life on DVD.

With a financial model in place to continue watching these same shows for years, an expectation grew that we could bring back cancelled shows. The return of series like Family Guy, Futurama, and now Arrested Development has made this desire a reality. But, should TV ever see a second life?
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Televised Revolution - “Late Night Goodness” (Episode 292)

Late night television. It’s the lifeblood of the kooks, anti-social loners, and parents of new-born kids. It has also been home to many of televisions more interesting, genre defining, and the most well-regarded shows. The late hours are where the TV that was too niche for primetime was dumped. And that’s always where the best TV is.

This week on Televised Revolution we look at the shows that have populated late night time-slots. What made them great and why did they resonate so heavily with certain types of viewers. We also take time to discuss the end of analogue TV broadcasting in Brisbane (also where the Televised Revolution home office is based), and there’s also the return of Arrested Development that takes place right as we start recording the podcast.

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NOTES:

  • The Doctor Who live cross mentioned on the podcast featuring Rob McKnight crossing live to himself in a Doctor Who pop-up shop can be viewed HERE.

Televised Revolution – “The 90′s were a big deal” (Episode 291)

The 90′s were a pretty big deal TV-wise. Much of what we love today are things that we came to love from the 1990′s and so it made sense that we examine what the value of that decade was.

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Televised Revolution – “You put it where?” (Episode 290)

As content holders race to carve out their slice of the digital pie, there are two ways to try and drive audience engagement. The first is to simply make your product available in as many places as possible – consider the way that Google make their products available across not just Android phone handsets, but also on competitor Apple devices too. The second way is to release proprietary hardware that is linked inextricably to the content that they also provide – consider the Amazon Kindle.

Televised Revolution this week seeks to examine the pros and cons of each approach, along with what that means for the TV viewer who just wants to be able to watch their stories.

As always, the panel also offer their Love It Or Hate It’s for the week along with the TV news in 90 seconds.

At Televised Revolution, we look forward to receiving your mail and check us out on the Twitter. You can also find the podcast on iTunes (please leave us a review, it helps people find the show).

Televised Revolution – The Couch – Wentworth (Episode 3)

Dan, Simon, Prue, and Laurence engage in joint hosting duties for this episode of The Couch as they interview the cast of Wentworth – Foxtel’s new Prisoner remake.

Interviewed are Aaron Jeffery (Outrageous Fortune, McLeod’s Daughters, Water Rats), Celia Ireland (All Saints, My Mother Frank), and Executive Producer Jo Porter.

Televised Revolution Podcast – What is technology replacing on TV? (Episode 289)

The past 15 years has seen the world change faster with greater impact than at any other time in our shared history. The rise of the Internet and the relative in-expense of owning sophisticated computer systems has had significant impact.

While we see the differences in our daily lives with what seems to be minor shifts (less reliance on landline phones, mail, postcards, wrist watches, etc), we are also finding an impact on the media we consume. While there has been obvious changes to the ways that we consume print news and music, there are also a number of changes happening with regularity on television. Segments once considered vital suddenly have less relevance and there are even shifts in the way stories are told through narrative TV (re: sitcoms, drama series, etc).

Today on Televised Revolution we’re taking a look at these changes. Have we lost anything? Or, more importantly, what have we gained?

As always, we will also offer the weeks TV news in 90 seconds and run through what we are loving and/or hating on the TV this week.

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