Why crop it?
We’re all adults here, nothing wrong with the poster IMO.
If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. Judging by the ratings for this channel, most people won’t.
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Thought it was against the rules I might get in trouble lol … isn’t nudity.
No I might watch it . Just didn’t think it was real thought they were making a joke.
I know, it’s probably a serious documentary about the history of Viagra. But on this quote from SBS VICELAND’s Facebook post for the show:
“Looks like a hard watch…”
Except Leo, of course.
…not least because it’s airing in the premium timeslot of 1.15am!
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Has anyone else noticed that NITV airs Shortland Street at 5pm weeknights? Old episodes.
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How old?..
I looked at yourtv.com.au and it says Monday 5pm NITV - Shortland Street
Desdemona grapples with her demons. Chris moves forward. Theo’s Christmas spirit goes down in flames.
So seems like December 2020? … odd why would they repeat where they started .
On the topic of Shortland St, wonder if SBS will keep it given that last time it was on SBS in the 90’s it lasted a year… though it’s not like anyone else wants it eg Foxtel etc.
I hope it doesn’t get removed. Not sure what ratings are like or if they matter to SBS at that timeslot.
how does Shortland Street fit within NITV’s remit?
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I’d doesn’t seem to apart from having indigenous Maori characters in the cast. That seems to be enough these days.
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Stacey Dooley: Back On The Psych Ward
Tuesday 19 October at 09:45 PM
Stacey Dooley returns to Springfield Hospital to work with the team again, looking after patients over six months as they battle through the pandemic. As mental health worsens across the UK, Stacey meets Coral, whose alcohol dependency pushes her mental health over the edge and leads her into a desperate situation.
Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over - Season 2
From Tuesday 26 October at 9:45 PM
This fascinating series sees award-winning documentary maker Stacey Dooley spend a weekend with a range of extraordinary British families. It’s an uncompromising look at modern life, behind the door of some of Britain’s more unconventional households, with people leading lifestyles that some others might judge.
Episode 1: Stacey sleeps over at the home of the Sediles, where Lillian, a mother of two, is a member of the growing community of ‘tradewives’ - a group of women who have rejected career ambitions in favour of becoming the archetypal traditional housewife. Stacey joins Lillian and her husband Felipe, ‘the boss’ of the household, as they celebrate 10 years of marriage and questions if this promise to obey their husbands makes these women as happy as they suggest.
The Big Squeeze
Wednesday 27 October at 08:30 PM
The incredible stories of those caught up in the GameStop short squeeze, and a cautionary tale about what happens when the markets divorce themselves from the real economy.
Hoarders - Season 5
From Friday 29 October at 8:30 PM
From the outside, their houses look normal. But inside, a family is struggling to keep ahead of the insignificant things that have taken over their lives. A therapist, a professional organiser, or a cleaning crew will guide our collectors through the clean-up process and give them the tools they need to keep their behaviour in check.
Inside Britain’s Vaccine Triumph
Saturday 16 October at 08:30 PM
Documentary about the team responsible for sourcing Covid-19 vaccines for the UK Government, whose efforts were one of the biggest public health gambles in British history. Members of the team share their experiences of the critical six-month period from May to December last year, when millions of pounds were spent on vaccines.
Originally broadcast as Jabbed: Inside Britain’s Vaccine Triumph on Channel 4 UK in May 2021
I think the episodes of Shortland St we are seeing now are the ones made since they resumed production since lockdown. I was on their Instagram page and it showed a behind the scenes of Monique having a tantrum and throwing the drink and it said it was filmed in Level 3 conditions.
I notice that Esther isn’t on she’s now gone to see TK and family on the farm … in reality gone to have her baby in real life .
This looks good, coming soon
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Agree, the Last Year of Television special from last year was pure gold.
Glad his talents are being commissioned.
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Dark Side of the 90s
Weekly from Monday 8 November at 8:30 PM
Or stream the full series at SBS On Demand from 8.30pm on 8 November.
‘Dark Side of the 90s’ offers jolting nostalgia for Gen X-ers
This new 10-part series from VICE takes us back to the age of grunge, supermodels and high-stakes talk television.
I’m 45 years old, but I’ve never thought of my own youth as a subject of nostalgia – it’s just there in the rear-view mirror, distant but still plainly visible. Chalk it up to Peter Pan Syndrome if you like. But VICE’s new series, Dark Side of the 90s , puts my misspent younger years in the appropriate context: waaaaaaaay back in the distant past.
It is, I assure you, a very weird feeling. We grow and change and age gradually, for the most part, and so does the broader culture, and so it sometimes takes something like this series to come along and remind you that the flower of your youth shrivelled on the vine quite a while back. Moreover, it grew in the soil of a foreign country, to paraphrase L.P. Hartley.
Still, you can see connections, and map the way our current culture has grown out of some of the topics Dark Side of the 90s tackles. The first episode, ‘Trash TV: Dirty and Deadly Talk’, digs into the sensationalist talk show boom of the decade, where pundits like Geraldo Rivera, Phil Donahue and Sally Jessy Raphael trawled America for the most outré and outrageous guests and encouraged them to debase themselves for the amusement of the audience. Jerry Springer was the king of the castle, his show including topics as edifying as “I Married a Horse”. After the inevitable backlash the last host standing was Oprah Winfrey, who pivoted from hyperbolic scandal to being the Mother of All Media we know today.
And yet, is there that much distance between what guests on these shows would do for attention and validation on today’s social media or reality TV, where the slim but real opportunity to go viral seems worth any amount of shameless posturing, posing and self-debasement?
The Geraldos and Jerrys of the world set a stage where fame and attention were the only real currency, and a lot of people are still dancing on it. Indeed, the roots of influencer culture can be seen in episode 9, ‘Secrets of the Runway’ which focuses on the supermodels of the ’90s and the massive sway they, and the fashion houses who clothed them, wielded over high culture.
Closer to home for me – and to ground level – we get ‘Grunge and the Seattle Sound’, a look at, well, exactly what it says, in particular the saga of Seattle’s Sub Pop recording label, who gave us Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and, as an eventual side effect, a rush on flannel shirts and Chuck Taylors.
They gave that to MTV too, and while the lurid details of Kurt Cobain’s suicide might be the obvious draw for this one, to me what’s more interesting is the way the mainstream drags fringe culture to the centre for fun and profit, taking the weird and wonderful and commodifying it. We’ve seen it over the past decade or so with comic book movies and superheroes, but the way grunge went from a local phenomenon to a global genre is a perfect example.
That seems to happen much faster these days thanks to the rise of the World Wide Web, as no one calls it these days. Dark Side of the 90s would be remiss if it didn’t offer up a take on the nascent internet of the time, when dial-up modems meant the landline (remember landlines?) was out of commission if you wanted to hang out in an IRC chatroom, and the dot com bubble got impossibly big before the inevitable burst.
The final episode, ‘Internet 1.0: Don’t Believe the Hype’, maps out this corner of the period, when countless companies and start-ups pivoted to an online business model without really understanding what that meant, or the risks involved.
The early days of the World Wide Web were really the Wild Wild West, with all the massive risk and rewards that implies. Still, as Dark Side of the 90s shows, it was a time before Facebook, Twitter and all their attendant woes, so maybe that part of the decade is worth viewing through rose-tinted glasses.
Ten-part series Dark Side of the 90s starts at 8.30pm on Monday 8 November on SBS VICELAND. Episodes air weekly, or stream the full series at SBS On Demand from 8.30pm on 8 November.
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Leonardo Dicaprio: Most Wanted
Wednesday 10 November at 08:30 PM
This documentary is a hero’s journey that begins with a young boy in Los Angeles who dreams his way to the top of Hollywood, quickly climbs it, and then fights back against the image the film industry wants to impose on him. Because he never wanted to be anyone other than himself.
The Source
From Thursday 11 November at 10:10 PM, 11 episodes
A team of paramedics in Mexico City are better prepared than anyone for the COVID-19 pandemic, with top-of-the-line equipment, like high-tech capsules for infectious patients. But as the virus begins to surge through the city, Mexico’s underfunded healthcare system cant cope with the volume of patients and even private hospitals quickly reach capacity. As politicians downplay the severity of the situation, the paramedics find themselves in impossible situations, stuck transporting patients with nowhere to go as they put their own lives on the line.
The Back Side Of Television
From Monday 15 November at| 09:20 PM 3 episodes
Join Mitch McTaggart on a hilarious journey through Australian television. Explore how true crime has gotten worse, and how psychics aren’t much help. Also, which network has a weird obsession with Peter Falconio? Plus, how does breaking out of jail lead to a TV gig?
Episode 1: Join Mitch McTaggart on a hilarious journey through Australian TV. True Crime, Psychics, Australian Idol and more!
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A new 2021 special will screen on New Year’s Day.
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Wellington Paranormal has been renewed by TVNZ for a fourth season in 2022.
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That was quite a good watch ,looking forward to Episode 2.
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I thought the third episode of Back Side was probably the best, though all were excellent. I especially liked the damning piece on ACA.
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i loved the go at fta tv lol
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