35 episodes

From the top TV critics at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, an entertaining and informative weekly podcast about the shows you need to be watching - and the ones to skip.

The Televisionaries The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

    • TV & Film
    • 4.2 • 118 Ratings

From the top TV critics at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, an entertaining and informative weekly podcast about the shows you need to be watching - and the ones to skip.

    I May Destroy You wins our 'Best of 2020' prize

    I May Destroy You wins our 'Best of 2020' prize

    In our season finale special, host Louise Rugendyke is joined by culture editor-at-large Michael Idato, Spectrum deputy editor Kylie Northover and Guide and Green Guide columnist Debi Enker to crown the top shows of 2020 and take a peek at what’s coming up in the next few months.

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    • 46 min
    Is Fargo's fourth season too ambitious for its own good?

    Is Fargo's fourth season too ambitious for its own good?

    Host Louise Rugendyke is joined by Green Guide and Guide critic Debi Enker and Spectrum deputy editor Kylie Northover to discuss the warring gangs of Fargo, they wonder if it’s ever too late to jump into a long-running series and they share a martini with the crew from M.A.S.H. The critics also reveal what they’re bingeing when off duty and revisit a game time classic.

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    • 29 min
    Is Emily in Paris an escapist fantasy or the real deal?

    Is Emily in Paris an escapist fantasy or the real deal?

    Host Louise Rugendyke is joined by Green Guide and Guide critic Debi Enker and Spectrum deputy editor Kylie Northover to review Darren Star’s new show Emily in Paris, they discuss what TV shows get right about scene setting and catch up with the uber-rich cast of Gossip Girl. They also play Telequizionaries and reveal what they’re watching when off duty.

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    • 33 min
    ‘Side splittingly funny’: Why Staged is lockdown TV at its best

    ‘Side splittingly funny’: Why Staged is lockdown TV at its best

    Host Louise Rugendyke is joined by a  Guide and Green Guide double act - editor  Paul Kalina and columnist Debi Enker - to ‘moot’ upon Staged, the David Tennant and Michael Sheen comedy in which the stars attempt to rehearse a play over Zoom, they discuss the proliferation of lockdown TV shows and ‘av a laugh with Ricky Gervais and the cast Extras.

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    • 32 min
    It's gory and gorgeous, but is Ratched just style over substance?

    It's gory and gorgeous, but is Ratched just style over substance?

    Host Louise Rugendyke is joined by Green Guide and Guide critic Debi Enker and Spectrum deputy editor Kylie Northover to dissect Ryan Murphy’s OTT drama Ratched, which is based on the tyrannical nurse Mildred Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, they discuss what the appeal of the super producer is and check in to the emergency department of Chicago’s County General Hospital with ER.

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    • 32 min
    Why Emmy winners Schitt's Creek and Watchmen reflect the mood of our times

    Why Emmy winners Schitt's Creek and Watchmen reflect the mood of our times

    Host Louise Rugendyke is joined by Green Guide and Guide critic Debi Enker and Spectrum deputy editor Kylie Northover to discuss the big winners at this year's virtual Emmy Awards. They’ll sort out the champions from the runners-up, look at the Australians nominated and hand out a few awards of their own.

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    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5
118 Ratings

118 Ratings

indiga67 ,

For fellow tv junkies

I enjoy this podcast immensely. Michael Idato is always entertaining ( I suspect he watched as much TV growing up as I did!). I don’t always agree with the reviewers (Killing Eve, Belgravia) but I always enjoy the banter

Anniemacca ,

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Love your work ladies! Is there somewhere i can go online where you list all the tv shows ideas? Im in the car when I listen and I need to write them down.

daninmelbourne ,

Televisionaries

Loving the show. Never miss an episode when Debi Enker is on. Love her honey dulcet tones!

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