True Detective: teaser
HBO has released a teaser for True Detective, a new 8 part drama series coming in 2014 with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. In True Detective, Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Martin Hart’s...
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“Drama that’s different” on Foxtel in 2014
The Devil’s Playground, Wentworth, Game of Thrones, House of Cards and The Real Housewives of Melbourne are amongst Foxtel’s 2014 titles, announced at its annual Upfronts in Sydney tonight. Also...
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HBO has released a second full-length trailer for the Matthew McConaughey-Woody Harrelson crime drama True Detective. The eight-episode series features Detectives Rust Cohle’s (McConaughey) and Martin...
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Airdate: True Detective
HBO’s first big drama series for 2014 begins in less than two week’s time. True Detective stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey as detectives hunting for a serial killer in Louisiana across...
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True Detective
The landscape in deep Louisiana is unforgiving. Empty highways criss-cross the state. Forests harbor dark secrets. Distant, dying factories dot the horizon. Dead trees stand silent beside lonely roads....
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Returning: Game of Thrones
Admittedly it’s a long way off, but Foxtel has confirmed a return for Game of Thrones in April. It will air on Showcase starting Monday April 7th at 3:30pm (within two hours of the US) and then at...
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Renewed: Looking
US gay dramedy Looking has been renewed for a second season. The HBO series starring Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez’s Agustin and Australian actor Murray Bartlett began last month. It airs in...
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True Detective finale crashes HBO Go
If you saw the final episode of True Detective you’ll know what a mighty season this has been. And you’ll know why HBO subscribers in the US were so hungry for the last installment that they crashed...
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The Devil’s Playground to premiere in France
Upcoming Foxtel series The Devil’s Playground will have its international premiere in France later this month, after being selected for the Series Mania festival in Paris. It is one of three Australian...
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Renewed: Game of Thrones
Try not to look surprised. HBO has renewed Game of Thrones for not one, but two additional seasons. The good comes two days after the record-breaking ratings for the fourth season premiere -6.6 million...
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Fargo
It’s been 18 years since I saw the Coen Bros. film Fargo, which I recall enjoying immensely at the time. Over time however, my memory of it has blurred somewhat, with Frances McDormand, William H. Macy...
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What’s coming for True Detective season two?
After its dazzling first season, what is in store for the next instalment of HBO’s anthology series True Detective? Creator Nic Pizzolatto has confirmed Season 2 will have three leads. “The characters...
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If you’re missing Fargo, you’re missing brilliant scenes like this…
Fargo on SBS ONE continues to impress me, not merely for the dead-cold performance by Billy Bob Thornton and the awkward Martin Freeman, but because of scenes like the one we saw this week in “Who...
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Emmy Awards 2014: Nominations
True Detective, Fargo and The Normal Heart are amongst debut entries in the 2014 Emmy Award nominations, announced in Los Angeles. True Detective will compete with Breaking Bad‘s final season, plus...
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Emmy snubs: where’s The Good Wife please?
Amongst the various Emmy snubs this year (there are always a few) it’s hard to figure out the thinking behind snubbing The Good Wife for Best Drama Series -especially when Downton Abbey managed to...
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Ewan McGregor for True Detective?
Anthology series True Detective is yet to announce its second season cast (in case you’d forgotten Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey were strictly one season only). Creator Nic Pizzolatto has...
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Television Critics Association Awards 2014: winners
Subscription TV shows dominate the winners of the 2014 Television Critics Association Awards (USA). They include True Detective, Breaking Bad, Orange is the New Black and Veep. The Good Wife, which was...
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Renewed: Fargo
Now this is going to be fascinating, given where the series ended…. Fargo has been renewed for a second season. FX has confirmed another 10 episodes by writer Noah Hawley. John Landgraf, CEO of FX...
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Slow-tracking or Express? Foxtel explains programming strategy.
As most Foxtel subscribers know, seeing Game of Thrones on the same day as it airs in the US is crucial. It helps you avoid online ‘Spoilers’ and increases opportunities to engage in conversations,...
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3 cops for next True Detective (and one is female)
Season Two of True Detective will feature 3 cops, one of whom is female, HBO boss Mike Lombardo has revealed. He told an audience at the Guardian International Television Festival in Edinburgh, “[It...
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