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Mercado on TV: 2019 year in review – Public broadcasters shine
• Best commercial offerings Lambs of God, Five Bedrooms, Fat Pizza
by Andrew Mercado – Nov 29, 2019
Mercado on TV: Remembering TV greats as Recovery takes on The ARIAs
• It plays like a low(er) rent version of the Coen Brothers, but Fargo star Kirsten Dunst might save it if you stick in there.
by Andrew Mercado – Nov 22, 2019
Mercado on TV: Nine’s Morning Wars, The Crown, Has Days been axed?
• Morning Wars is hard to separate fact from fiction
by Andrew Mercado – Nov 15, 2019
Mercado on TV: Getting real with reality – the fakest show on television?
It hasn’t been a great week for reality shows, with contestants from House Rules (Seven) and The Block (Nine) calling out both shows for bullying them. Now that is a can of worms being opened, and…
by Andrew Mercado – Oct 25, 2019
Mercado on TV: Verdict on Ryan Murphy’s latest, religion on Love Island
• It’s a hot mess, but it looks fantastic.
by Andrew Mercado – Oct 4, 2019
Mercado on TV: A-grade reality hits to B-grade bogan nonsense
• In Seven’s big reality week there’s room for a new drama too
by Andrew Mercado – Sep 27, 2019
Mercado on TV: Recalling the great Hoges, Strop and Delvene Delaney
• Paul Hogan was first seen on TV from 1971 after an appearance on New Faces
by Andrew Mercado – Sep 13, 2019
Mercado on TV: 10’s Pilot Week, “I love one show out of first two”
Part Time Private Eyes (Tuesday) is a no-brainer.
by Andrew Mercado – Sep 6, 2019
Mercado on TV: Soaps, The Affair’s finale and Marc Cherry’s latest
• This is its fifth and final season of the Affair
by Andrew Mercado – Aug 30, 2019
Mercado on TV: From Utopia to Hans (and farewell Virginia Trioli)
• Utopia is still a great reflection of modern bureaucracy
by Andrew Mercado – Aug 16, 2019
Mercado on TV: Australian sitcoms are often risky propositions
• Special rant: How about less channels with better must-see shows?
by Andrew Mercado – Aug 9, 2019
Mercado on TV: Foxtel’s gothic masterpiece that will leave you gasping
• Lambs of God is a brave and audacious endeavour
by Andrew Mercado – Jul 19, 2019
Mercado on The TV Week Logies: Sunday night’s highs and lows
• Fix the red carpet show, how the TV Week readers got it right
by Andrew Mercado – Jul 1, 2019
Mercado on TV: Crime acronyms, skaters, bedrooms and Roger Ailes
• UK audiences love a biopic and who better to watch last Christmas Day than the story of Torvill and Dean?
by Andrew Mercado – Jun 28, 2019
Mercado on TV: Blaming the box – Bramston, Big Brother & Bolt
• Today’s harshest TV critics are radio shock jocks and newspaper columnists
by Andrew Mercado – Jun 21, 2019
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